Bug#170889: xserver-xfree86: DRI disabled for radeon LW
On Mit, 2002-11-27 at 07:17, Jerry Quinn wrote:
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> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW
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> (WW) RADEON(0): Static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 17325 kB video memory
This is the problem, not the chip. You need to use depth 16 or a lower
virtual resolution for DRI. Beware that I seem to remember the DRI in
4.2.1 not working too well on Radeon 7500s, you may want to try
deb http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk/ ./
instead.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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