[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-09-04 Thread soxs
Then this bug is correctly set eas invalid. Thx clearifying that. -- xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247887 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-09-04 Thread Timo Aaltonen
hardware limitation, not a bug. The GPU can use the whole VRAM, so you don't need to worry. -- xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247887 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-09-04 Thread soxs
Btw. Radeon HD 4870 has the exact same problem. No matter wether using 8.6 nor 8.8. nor none of them. -- xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247887 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-09-04 Thread soxs
Well, reading that mentioned post at phoronix again and again, where does this limitation come from? Is it caused by ther kernel or do I missunderstand it .. plx If it's not harware limitation, then it is in fact a bug. Maybe a limitation from ages where grpahics cards had 4kb of VRAM... -- xse

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-09-04 Thread Timo Aaltonen
right, doesn't seem to be a bug, closing. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247887 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubu

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-08-11 Thread Cruxic
Perhaps this is a hardware limitation instead? Check this out: http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showpost.php?p=40510&postcount=17 -- xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247887 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-08-09 Thread soxs
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247887 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-08-08 Thread Cruxic
I'm having the exact same problem with my Radeon HD 3650. Only 256MB of the 512MB are detected according to Xorg.0.log. Apparently other linux users have the problem too - here's a Phoronix thread that talks about possible work around: http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6648 I'm going

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-08-06 Thread Mario Limonciello
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: fglrx-installer => xorg ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => New -- xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247887 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-08-06 Thread soxs
It's independent of fglrx. Running inteprid without any tweaking, I get the very same log message, just with RADEON instead of FGLRX so it actually is a xorg bug -- xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247887 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-08-06 Thread soxs
It gets even more strange: the radeon driver detects 512MB but say, that only 256 mb are accessable... This confuses me a little ** Attachment added: "xorgbug.jpg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16596026/xorgbug.jpg -- xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-08-06 Thread Mario Limonciello
Can you check if this still happens on 8-7? ** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247887 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-07-30 Thread Timo Aaltonen
** Changed in: fglrx-installer (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xorg => fglrx-installer -- xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247887 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mai

[Bug 247887] Re: xserver detects only 256 of 512 MB video RAM

2008-07-12 Thread Benjamin Drung
I can confirm this. Using hardy amd64 with fglrx 8.6. lscpi does not detect it correct, too. I have a Sapphire Radeon HD 3650 with 512 MB GDDR3. $ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep VideoRAM (--) fglrx(0): VideoRAM: 262144 kByte, Type: DDR3 $ lspci -vvnn 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI