Re: [LIB] U100: Video memory
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:52:32 -0300 From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] U100: Video memory On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 17:01 -0800, David Chien wrote: > Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 16:59:06 -0800 (PST) > From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] U100: Video memory > > > I've read somewhere that the size of U100 video memory is selectable.. > > Where can I change this setting? It isn't in the BIOS and Toshiba > > It's using Intel's Dynamic Video Memory technology. White paper here: > http://download.intel.com/design/chipsets/applnots/30262305.pdf > But the variable part is set in the BIOS by the manufacturer, not the user, > so you can't control how the system uses up more memory automatically. I've made this question because I found these messages on linux boot that called my attention.. agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 424M agpgart: Detected an Intel(R) 855GME Chipset. agpgart: Detected 16252K stolen memory. agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd800 I'm trying to make a kernel config for U100's hardware and I discovered that enabling DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) for the i810, Xorg will stop working.. I've even found that 2.4.x is no good for this kind of laptop because it lacks core frequency and voltage management.. I think there's no way to hibernate it using 2.4 .. I'll start configuring a 2.6 in the next days.. It would be great to have a kind of repository for libretto's configs used in linux .. [] JA Tavares
away from office... Re: [LIB] Libretto #548
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:03:39 -0800 From: "Sara Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: away from office... Re: [LIB] Libretto #548 This is an automatic email notification. I will be unavailable until Monday, March 20th. Your message had been saved. -Sara Walsh
[LIB] U105 Back UP!
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:30:54 -0500 From: "Tony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: U105 Back UP! I have gotten my U105 to boot XP without using the recovery DVD! Yay!. See my previous message on Express Media Player Software. I rebooted from the Win98 USB Flash drive and started Partition Magic 8.0 again. I deleted the 700mb DOS partition at the beginning of the hard disk. I left it as unused space. Rebooted from the hard drive and like magic WinXP booted just fine! First thing I did was make a back up of Express Media Player Software. Next stop was Disk Management. Sure enough, Disk Manager showed 700mb unused space at the beginning of the hard drive. I then created a partition in it and formatted it as FAT. Everything is fine now. Next week I'll try to figure out how to install DOS 7 onto the first partition and get a boot manager installed. ~~~ Tony Oresteen W1AJO Montverde, FL
[LIB] Express Media Sofware
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:55:25 -0500 From: "Tony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Express Media Sofware Sorry if this has been covered before but I think it is important! I just got a Libretto U105 yesterday. In less than 24 hours I've manage to screw up the hard drive (hey, there's more than just XP out there!). I tried to create a 700mb partition at the beginning of the drive for DOS. I used Portion Magic 8 and it created the partition and moved the files. Unfortunately, it screwed up some files in the move as WinXP now doesn't boot. No problem, I just reached for the recovery CD. Cracking open the DVD package, I discovered an info sheet that says "How to recover the Express Media Software (for the Libretto U105 model Only)". Reading it, it says: 1. The Express Media Player Software is NOT on the recovery CD. 2. Back up the Express Media Player software by using Recovery Disc Creator. Naturally, I never did this - who would open a recovery DVD to see if there is a hidden note in it? I got lots of pop ups on the U105 for various things but never one that said to back up any software. Now that my WINXP system is corrupted, how am I supposed to back it up? So if you have a U105 and have never backed up the Express Media Software, you should do it now! Toshiba is looking for a disk to send me. It seems that they don't have any part numbers for Express Media Player for the U105! BTW, the recovery DVD is brain dead. It was smart enough to see that I had two portitions on the hard drive. It give you two options: 1. Install in the first partition and leave #2 alone. 2. Delete all partitions and install XP in a new single partition Now partition 1 is 700mb in size. How is it going to install XP in 700mb? It didn't bother to check partition size. There is NO option to install into partition 2! Now that is brain dead! So if you partion your drive, leave XP in the FIRST partion if you want to use the recovery DVD. ~~~ Tony Oresteen
