[Bug 396655] Re: Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value
In looking at this closer, the man page specifically addresses this: "By default, the i810/i815 will use 8 MB of system memory for graphics if AGP allocable memory is < 128 MB, 16 MB if < 192 MB or 24 MB if higher. Use the VideoRam option to change the default value. "For the 830M and later, the driver will automatically size its memory allocation according to the features it will support. Therefore, the VideoRam option, which in the past had been necessary to allow more than some small amount of memory to be allocated, is now ignored." So the fact that it is not possible to set VideoRam is by intent, and so this is not a bug. If you disagree with this and want to make use of the VideoRam option for manually controlling ram allocation, I would encourage you to talk about your needs directly with upstream via the xorg@ mailing list. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396655 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 396655] Re: Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Tags added: karmic -- Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396655 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 396655] Re: Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value
** Attachment added: "dmi_karmic.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28872855/dmi_karmic.txt -- Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396655 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 396655] Re: Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value
** Attachment added: "dmesg_karmic.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28872841/dmesg_karmic.txt -- Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396655 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 396655] Re: Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value
Tried the same on the Karmic live cd. Applied the configuration to Xorg.conf and restarted Xserver. no change. I've attached the files you requested. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf_karmic" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28872814/xorg.conf_karmic -- Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396655 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 396655] Re: Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log_karmic" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28872833/Xorg.0.log_karmic -- Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396655 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 396655] Re: Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value
Hmm, next I'd like to forward this issue upstream, but first it must be retested on latest Karmic to make sure the issue still happens there with the latest code. ISO images are available at http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/. If you can reproduce it in the LiveCD environment, you shouldn't need to modify your installed system. Also please attach a fresh Xorg.0.log from this testing and the files produced by `sudo dmesg > dmesg.txt` and `sudo dmidecode > dmi.txt`. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396655 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 396655] Re: Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28771085/Xorg.0.log ** Description changed: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel I have an integrated intel video card 4500m - (lspci - 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated - Graphics Controller (rev 07)). + Graphics Controller (rev 07) running on Ubuntu Jaunty. The card has 64mb of ram built into it and the rest it steals from the system's memory. According to intel's specifications the total ammount of memory the card can have is 768mb (windows indeed allocates this amount for the card, Ubuntu however allocates only 256mb of VideoRam for the card's activities (Fredora allocates 512mb). I tried to give the card more memory by adding the appropriate line to xorg.xonf (512mb) VideoRam 524288 but for some reason the system decides it is "no longer a recommended value" (WW) intel(0): VideoRam configuration found, which is no longer recommended. (II) intel(0): Continuing with default 262144kB VideoRam instead of 524288 kB. (II) intel(0): Kernel reported 474880 total, 1 used (II) intel(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 1899516 kB available (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete (**) intel(0): Framebuffer compression enabled (**) intel(0): Tiling enabled (**) intel(0): SwapBuffers wait enabled (**) intel(0): VideoRam: 262144 KB (II) intel(0): Attempting memory allocation with tiled buffers. (II) intel(0): Tiled allocation successful. The same goes for any other amount of memory, the system simply impies that it knows better what I want than doing what I ask it to do. I would very much like to increase the amount of ram allocated for my card, using Ubuntu, at least to 512mb (like in Fedora) (mainly for caching a lot of textures). attached are my xorg.conf file and Xorg.0.log (I'm using the experimental xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.99.901 but it was the same with previous versions of the driver) -- Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396655 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 396655] Re: Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28771076/xorg.conf -- Intel ghraphics - VideoRam value locked. X.org Disregards manual value https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396655 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
