Re: [XFree86] XFREE86 on THE LAST DELL LATITUDE D505
Quoth Christophe Goze-Bac: Dear Christopher I add the memory size but the problem remains shit ! Where to find such information ? From your log file: (II) I810(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 12288 kB (II) I810(0): BIOS now sees 12288 kB VideoRAM (==) I810(0): VideoRAM: 32768 kByte What is the value you give to 855patch? And what is the value in your XF86Config file. The amount you specify in the XF86Config VideoRam line must be *smaller* than the amount you give to 855patch. The patch reserves the memory. The VideoRam tell the xserver how much to use. If the server tries to use memory that isn't reserved for it, Bad Things(tm) can happen. cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
[XFree86] XFREE86 on THE LAST DELL LATITUDE D505
Hi my laptop latitude d505 with a i855GME chipset is not working at all I tried two distributions SUSE 9 PRO or RedHat 9.0 with RH90 distribution I cannot install the system from graphical environment, only text. with SUSE 9.0 PRO the graphical modes is working fine, frame buffer seems to work with the 3 available screen size. but the last step of installation fails when the XFree86 driver is used ! during the boot the penguin is there in the upper-left corner (frame buffer is ok) but when the startx runs, all the machine freezes at the screen starts to get green CTRL+ALT +DEL is the last chance I have to do something LAST INFORMATION I have a dual boot with XP PRO, the graphics board works fine, it is not damaged * Hope you can really help me, Christophe XFREE.tar Description: Unix tar archive
Re: [XFree86] XFREE86 on THE LAST DELL LATITUDE D505
Quoth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: with RH90 distribution I cannot install the system from graphical environment, only text. You need a VideoRam line in you XF86Config file to tell the driver how much system memory to use. try adding VideoRam8192 to your Device section. I'd also recommend runnin in 16bit colour. There can be problems with the i855 in 24 bit (gets unstable when VT-switching) and there is no hw accceleration in 24bit mode AFAIK. cheers chris ___ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
