From: "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dmesg warning about mtrr: type mismatch and allocation failed
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:48:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100817024834.GB3969@waltdnes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <i4ce28$2sv$1@dough.gmane.org>
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 <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-17 2:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-15 23:27 [gentoo-user] dmesg warning about mtrr: type mismatch and allocation failed Walter Dnes
2010-08-16 22:28 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2010-08-17 2:48 ` Walter Dnes [this message]
2010-08-16 22:55 ` [gentoo-user] " Paul Hartman
2010-08-19 11:37 ` Walter Dnes
2010-08-19 14:47 ` Bill Longman
2010-08-19 21:32 ` Mick
2010-08-19 21:43 ` Paul Hartman
2010-08-19 23:24 ` Peter Humphrey
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