On Sat, 2007-12-01 at 11:40 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2007/12/01 01:30 (GMT-0500) Clark P. Case apparently typed: > > > I have a system (and 3 other identical ones) that uses a Tyan S2098AGN > > motherboard, 2.1GHZ Celeron w/512MB ram. I have been running openSuse > > 10.0 to 10.2 without issues. The board has integrated video but only > > allows up to 8MB of the ram to be shared. > > Why do you think this is a problem? Is this a BIOS option? I have a Celeron > 2.4G test box with the same chipset: > http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/va/index.htm > > Its BIOS offers a Frame Buffer Size selection of 512k, 1M & 8M. IIRC, the > Intel Xorg video drivers aren't bothered by this seeming limitation. They > have their own formula for deciding how much system RAM to use. I got SUSE > Factory v10.3 installed on it running 24 bit 2048x1536 in Sept. or Oct., and > Mandriva 2008. The latter's GUI installer wouldn't run on it, but it works > dandy after having used the text installer. > > If you try using the integrated video and still can't get an installer to > work, check to see if you have the latest MB BIOS. A newer one helped with > framebuffer problems on mine. > -- > " A patriot without religion . . . is as great a > paradox, as an honest man without the fear of God." > John Adams > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 > > Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ Thanks for your perspective. Unfortunately the core of my problem is not with the integrated video. I offered that information as background. I have been using the Intel Extreme graphics onboard and the Bios offers a frame buffer of either 1MB or 8MB. I can install and used all Linux distros with that setup without a problem. The problem lies in the fact that when I disable the onboard and install any other cards, that I get the kernel panic and it fails as later stated in the same paragraph.
I feel strongly that this is a kernel issue and since i was able to get to a desktop on the old 3.4 version of Knoppix's live cd, that the problem exists in versions of the kernel greater that whatever version is included on that live cd. I know that it's obscure, but had hoped that others may have at least heard of a similar situation. I suppose I will have to stick with some form of BSD if I am to utilize the 4 128MB video cards I just $160 on but cannot used. It's not the cards, it is something to do with the PCI capabilities on the motherboard as it pertains to the Kernel but that is a guess from my troubleshooting. Just frustrating... Thanks again! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
