On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 09:18 +0200, Alexandre Rossi wrote: > > > > (WW) intel(0): Disabling Xv because the overlay register buffer > > > allocation failed. > > > > > > If I explicitely use VideoRam 32768 in xorg.conf, xorg does not start > > > and fails with the following message : > > > (II) intel(0): Kernel reported 110080 total, 1 used > > > (II) intel(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 440316 kB available > > > (**) intel(0): VideoRam: 32768 KB > > > (II) intel(0): Allocating 5273 scanlines for pixmap cache > > > (EE) intel(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your VideoRAM set too > > > low? > > > > As indicated here, try commenting out the VideoRam directive in > > xorg.conf. > > If I do, X.org starts but no XV, which is deactivated due to failing > "overlay register allocation" .
Does the BIOS setup allow changing the graphics aperture size? If yes, can you try increasing it? -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X and DRI developer
