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[Toni Ruottu <toni.ruottu@xxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

When I installed Ubuntu my system had an ATI graphics card. Once I got
to the desktop I used "System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers" to
install a driver for it. Later I wanted to use an Intel graphics card,
so I disabled the ATI card from bios and enabled the Intel card instead.
When booting up the computer again it failed and got stuck in a text
console. I had no idea, why and I was worried that my Intel card was
broken, as one of my friends had got the card working without any
problems.

About a year later I read that the Intel card would support kernel mode
setting, so I gave it another try, but it was still broken. After
spending quite some time asking about the problem in various places I
finally found out that I should remove some packages related to the ATI
card. I think it was removing xorg-driver-fglrx package that finally
fixed the problem and I was able to use my Intel card.

By filing this bug I'm not hoping for a system that would revolutionize
the graphics card infrastructure of the whole Linux eco system or what
ever, but could you please change the system to a slightly more
understandable direction, so getting a new graphics card (that has been
proven to work in Ubuntu!) to work in Ubuntu would take a one day,
instead of a year. Maybe you could put a notification on first boot with
the new card "For your new graphics card to work we have to remove some
stuff related to your old card. Sorry for the inconvenience. Press ok to
continue." Or something along those lines.

** Affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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boot fails after changing graphics card
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/505560
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