Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <4b48eca8.8040...@gmail.com>, Stanisław T. Findeisen wrote: >> (II) s3(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (insufficient memory for mode) >> >> What does this mean?? Is my graphics card memory already too little to >> run X?? How much video memory is needed to run X? I am sure both the >> monitors support 1024x768. > > For 1024x768 and 32-bit color depth you'll need 1024x768x32 bits = 1024x768x4 > bytes = 768x4 KiB = 3x256x4 KiB = 3x1024 KiB = 3 MiB. So, you'll probably > need 3MiB of video memory. You could run in 8-bit mode though; them you'd > only need 768 KiB.
Hm, I thought I have more memory than that, but apparently this is false. :-( How do I change color depth? I tried: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg but it only allows for keyboard layout selection and little more. > Besides not having enough video memory, it's possible that X is detecting the > amount of video memory you have incorrectly. STF http://eisenbits.homelinux.net/~stf/ OpenPGP: DFD9 0146 3794 9CF6 17EA D63F DBF5 8AA8 3B31 FE8A -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
