debian wrote: > > Hello, > > I have debian installed on a new pc (P4, 512mb ram, intel onboard i845). > Everything works, i installed latest kernel (2.6.8.11), i have i810 as > driver in my XF86config file but the problem is that i only can use > 1024x768 with a default depth of 8. > > If i take 16, then i go back to 640x480. > > Now, this card should be a problem about this because the vga card is > using ram frow the computer and has no (or almost none) own memory. > > Anyone knows how i can solve this so that i have higher resolution > with a depth of 16 ? > > Sounds like your BIOS is reporting too small an amount of Video RAM; look in the BIOS for a RAM memory setting and see if you can increase it.
(If you have a Dell, they had a buggy BIOS on at least one system that misreported the amount of available video RAM, so even if you set it to 8 in the BIOS, it still only reported 1 to the OS.) -- Kent West Technology Support /A/bilene /C/hristian /U/niversity -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
