From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OlCEQ-0007xN-Vh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:48:59 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0F55AE0971; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:48:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02EB3E0971 for ; Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:48:35 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: An8FALeVaUxFpZvN/2dsb2JhbACTOo0RcsANhTsEjE+EDg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.55,379,1278302400"; d="scan'208";a="72781788" Received: from 69-165-155-205.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.165.155.205]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with SMTP; 16 Aug 2010 22:48:33 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:48:34 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:48:34 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: dmesg warning about mtrr: type mismatch and allocation failed Message-ID: <20100817024834.GB3969@waltdnes.org> References: <20100815232718.GA3864@waltdnes.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: 44f97f08-6503-4985-81e6-89a8f287c83c X-Archives-Hash: d7224d56eaf76edbb42c55a5afbe1e4d 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