i830M chipset

[Net Llama!]

Perhaps the frame buffer stuff is your problem.  Why are you using that
instead of the explicit XFree86 driver for your videocard?  frame buffer
is a last resort solution when nothing else works.  You get crappy
performance, but its better than no X at all.

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Shawn Tayler wrote:

>
> The System only reports a default of 800K of "Stolen Memory"  while the
> bios is set for 8M.  This limits me to 8bit color at 1024x768 res.  I'd
> like to get that up to a more reasonable number.  The patches I have seen
> ar all for the 2.4.18 and 19 kernels and XF4.2.0.  I am at 4.4.0 and 2.6.5.
>  Even the Intel page is dated back a ways and the driver itself will not
> function even after the provided modules are loaded.  XF fails out with an
> error 11.
>
> I am wondering if there are some utils in XF86 that would help probe a bit.
>  I have the frame buffer stuff loaded in the kernel already.
>
> Shawn
>
> On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:06:42 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org>
> exclaimed:
>
> > What is the problem you're trying to solve?
> >
> > On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Shawn Tayler wrote:
> >
> > > HI Guys,
> > >
> > > Has anyone gotten an i830 video setup to work properly?  ie. get
> > > agpgart to see more than 800k of video ram?  This damned laptop is
> > > being a pain and I've run out of ideas and googling....
> > >
> > > Creative, and/or useful suggestions
> > > appreciated.
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