are you passing the reduced amount of ram to the kernel? On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 11:59, RichardA wrote: > I'm trying to install MDK 9.1 on a VIA C3. I get an insmod error during > hardware detection when it reboots, but I don't think that's my problem > (I can't find anything in the logs about IO or IRQ errors). > > If I use a 15" CRT monitor, the install seems stable. If I use my LCD > screen, it crashes very soon after login. I set the monitor to generic > (there's no DVI input on it) 1280 x 1024 x 24bpp, and I'm wondering if > this is too high a resolution for the graphics chipset. > > The chipset is an onboard Trident Cyberblade i1. I think it uses 8MB of > shared RAM, and the Trident site talks about up to 1024 x 768 for > TFT. I see application crashes, kernel panics and XFDrake crashing with > this error: > "xfs is not running at /usr/lib/libDrakX/Xconfig/test.pm line 47" > > If there wasn't enough graphics RAM, surely it would just refuse to > start?. What can I do to zero in on the problem? Is anyone else running > this chipset at this resolution? > > Richard
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