Bug#221205: Weird crap in root window coming from depths of cache
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, +13:27:56 EET (UTC +0200),
Michel Dänzer <daenzer@debian.org> pressed some keys:
> On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 09:45, Juhapekka Tolvanen wrote:
> > I tried this setting in my Xfree86:
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "Matrox Millennium II"
> > Driver "mga"
> > ChipSet "mga2164w"
> > VideoRam 16384
> My bet is that the card doesn't actually have that much video RAM.
That VideoRam setting is normally on. I did not put that line for the
sake of debugging. I am helluva sure, that I have 16 megs of RAM in
video card, because I have bought such memory upgrade card. In addition
I have read TFM that came with my video card.
> The
> driver takes your word for it though, causing weird effects. Don't
> override it and let the driver do its job.
I tried that, too. Driver said, it could not find memory because of
hardware bug so it settled on some really low default value. Normally it
can reach resolution of 1280x1024, but not this time. When I
switched to text-based virtual console with Ctrl-Alt-F1, it looked
weird: It looked like snowfall over normal text console.
Do you think my memory upgrade card is b0rken? Or do you think contact
pins of that memory upgrade card has become oxidized?
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