Re: i810/i815 graphics glitches at 1280x1024, gart problem?
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 00:31, Miles Bader wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 07:06:29PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote:
> > > (WW) I810(0): xf86AllocateGARTMemory: allocation of 1024 pages failed
> > > (Cannot allocate memory)
> > > (II) I810(0): No physical memory available for 4194304 bytes of DCACHE
> > > (WW) I810(0): xf86BindGARTMemory: binding of gart memory with key 1
> > > at offset 0x4000000 failed (Invalid argument)
> > > (II) I810(0): Allocation of 4096 bytes for HW cursor failed
> >
> > These might only cause the DRI to be disabled (you're reserving all AGP
> > memory for the framebuffer, have you tried a lower value for the
> > VideoRam directive?), I'm not sure the video problem is related.
>
> Yeah I earlier tried `VideoRam 32768' with no obvious effect (though I guess
> it probably could allocate some the ancilarly memory correctly). I don't
> care so much about DRI, at least until the standard output is OK... :-)
Disable it in the meantime then? :)
> Grrr, I really wish I could just slap a debugger on the kernel and see _why_
> the allocation is failing... hmmm, maybe I can stick some printks in at least.
> ACtually that's not a bad idea...
Again, it's likely because you're reserving all AGP memory for the
framebuffer.
> BTW, in case all my efforts fail, anyone got a recommendation for a good but
> cheap `low-profile'* AGP video card that works well with xfree86? :-) :-(
I'd try xserver-xfree86 4.3.0-0pre1v1 from experimental first.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
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