Re: Xorg and DRI on Pismo

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>]

> > > peter@gonzo:/var/log$ less Xorg.0.log
> > > (WW) R128(0): Video BIOS not detected in PCI space!
> > > (WW) R128(0): Attempting to read Video BIOS from legacy ISA space!
> > > (WW) R128(0): Video BIOS not found!
> > > (WW) R128(0): Static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 9216 kB 
> > > video memory
> > > (WW) R128(0): Static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 9216 kB 
> > > video memory
> > > (WW) R128(0): Static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 9216 kB 
> > > video memory
> > 
> > That means you probably don't have enough video memory. How much do you
> > have ?
> 
> All Pismos have 8MB AFAIR.

I haven't looked at X.org  r128 code for a while, maybe it's more memory
hungry nowadays. I need to dig out my venerable Pismo and have a look...

Ben.