--- Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 08:03 -0800, Ridge Chittenden
> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have an old IBM Aptiva that has an onboard ATI
> chip
> > with a measly 2MB of video RAM. This is enough for
> me
> > to run X with a resolution of 800x600, but no
> more.
> > I'd like to try to push it to a higher resolution,
> but
> > the Xserver complains that it doesn't have enough
> > memory and drops down to 800x600.
> >
> > lspci reports this for my chipset:
> [snip]
> > So I'd like to allocate some RAM to Video. I tried
> > entering that option in XF86Config-4, as follows:
> >
> > Section "Device"
> > Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. 3D
> > Rage Pro AGP 1X"
> > Driver "ati"
> > VideoRam 32768
> > EndSection
> >
> > That had no effect. top still reports all of my
> RAM,
> > and the Xserver won't go above 800x600.
> >
> > My BIOS has no discernible way to force RAM to
> video.
> > Anyone have any thoughts or clues?
>
> Yes: you can't do that! You *could*, though, buy a
> new AGP video
> card for your Aptiva (as long as it is compatible
> with AGP 1x).
Yuck! OK, thanks Ron. Unfortunately, this machine
(circa 1998) has only 1 PCI slot, which is occupied by
my wireless card. (The video is onboard.) Forgive my
ignorance, but would an ISA video card work?
Perhaps it's time for a new machine (or at least a new
motherboard...)
Thanks,
rc
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