Re: Maybe I need a better video card? Editing xorg.conf?

[Ming-Ching Tiew <mctiew@yahoo.com>]

--- On Thu, 9/29/11, Klaus Knopper <debian-knoppix@knopper.net> wrote:


> If that happens again, could you please try
> 
> echo "base=0xd0000000 size=0x10000000 type=write-combining"
> > /proc/mtrr
> 
> from the console, before restarting the X server with init
> 5?
> (base=0xd0000000 size=0x10000000 are correct for my intel
> card).
> 
> This may reallocate at least the MTRR registers that got
> lost.
> 
> But, I wonder what the Xorg server is SUPPOSED to do when
> the GPU hangs?
> 

This is certainly something I should try. I have saved it on my system.

Thanks for the pointer.