On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 03:28:21PM -0700, walt wrote > Does your BIOS let you set the AGP aperture manually? Couldn't hurt to make > it bigger if you're able. The comment about 'stolen memory' sounds a bit > evil ;)
The BIOS only has options for 32/64/128 megabytes. Intel cheaped out with the on-board graphics, and used system ram, instead of its own ram. I have 8 gigs on the machine, so 256 megs wouldn't hurt. > I'm wondering if console framebuffer support is really necessary for Intel > graphics chips, I dunno. You could try disabling it in your kernel config > to see if it make any difference. Selecting the i915 driver, or VESA, automatically forces framebuffer. Any other selection, and X won't work. Framebuffer is right down there with hal and dbus in my list of unfavourite drivers. Unfortunately, the only other option is some form of VESA, which also requires framebuffer. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
