On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:39:03 +1000, "john rigby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Ed, > Thanks for the response, but afraid I can't follow it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ed tharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 9:49 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Not why only graphical - Why no graphical? > > > > > I have now even bought a Jetway moboard as I was told it was lux > friendly. > > > SIS 630T chipset > > > It has O/b video AGP4x shared mem amount immaterial as I've seen so far. > > > WRONG... THIS is your problem, you need to specify the ram being used > video > > as subtracted from the "overall" ram,ie "linux mem=118" (this being a > machine > > w/128 ram chip, and 8 meg for video ram and a little extra to be safe. > ************ Specified where? I don't recall it coming up in the install > proc. > The system at last fallover had 384 Megs RAM. > > What I meant by "immaterial" was that any change in the allocated Video RAM > under Doze made no difference in anything noticeable, so I left it at the > default 8.
In the example Ed has given, you need to type "linux mem=118" instead of just "linux" at the LILO boot prompt. You have shared system and video RAM, so you need to substract your video RAM from your total RAM to calculate your system RAM. > All *MY* communications are certified virus-free. Why not yours? > Ask here for full info - *and* get it free. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.344 / Virus Database: 191 - Release Date: 2/04/02 I don't use Windows. I don't need that rubbish ;-) -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "Oh definitely" -- Bill Gates, when asked "does your computer ever crash?"
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