[Openchrome-users] X won't start, K8M800, slackware 12

[kuzh anan]

> ------------ P?vodn? zpr?va ------------
> Od: Xavier Bachelot <xavier at bachelot.org>
> P?edm?t: Re: [Openchrome-users] X won't start, K8M800, slackware 12
> Datum: 18.9.2007 09:59:34
> ----------------------------------------
> 
> > Hi again, 
> > I set the video ram in bios to maximum, which is 256M, 
> > Now the log reports: (--) VIA(0): videoram =  33280k
> > I tried different virtual size values, from 1600 1200 you suggested to 1280
> 1024 which I am trying to setup, but unfortunately nothing changes. When I
> startx kde starts up and the only 2 resolutions I can choose from are 1600x1200
> (huge screen, which I can 'surf' with the mouse) and 640x480. I am at my wits
> end. 
> > Best Regards 
> > Martin
> 
> There's something odd about video ram size detection.
> Try to force it to the correct size by adding this to the device section 
> in xorg.conf :
> 
> Option 'VideoRAM' '262144'
> 
> Regards,
> Xavier
> 
> 
> 

Yes that must be it, but Option "VideoRAM" didn't help. It is recognized but later on corrected or set to 33280 again: 

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -i ram
(**) VIA(0): VideoRAM 0kB
(**) VIA(0): Option "VideoRAM" "262144"
(==) VIA(0): Will not impose a limit on video-ram set aside for DRI.
(--) VIA(0): videoram =  33280k

The whole log can be viewed here: http://pastebin.com/d6c310d6c 
Best 
Martin