[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 17:08:29
> ----------------------------------------
> kuzh anan wrote:
> >> ------------ 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
> > 
> 
> Try to disable dri. Look for a line that says :
> 
> Load 'dri'
> 
> and comment it.
> 
> X.
> 

It didn't help
M.