From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 10 22:22:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FDEC16A4CE for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:22:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from leguin.anholt.net (69-30-77-85.dq1sn.easystreet.com [69.30.77.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD9E243D55 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:22:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: from leguin.anholt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by leguin.anholt.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBAMLn2Q098542; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:21:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: (from anholt@localhost) by leguin.anholt.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iBAMLm8q098530; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:21:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: leguin.anholt.net: anholt set sender to eta@lclark.edu using -f From: Eric Anholt To: Michael Nottebrock In-Reply-To: <200412101902.31480.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> References: <41b9dff9.33c.1194.14946@flashmail.com> <200412101902.31480.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:21:47 -0800 Message-Id: <1102717307.57870.1.camel@leguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xorg/xfree on intel 865G (HP evo d530) X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:22:18 -0000 On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 19:02 +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Friday, 10. December 2004 18:42, squigly@flashmail.com wrote: > > > Well, I did try several configuration, I don't remember if I > > tried that combo, I will give it a try. but, I've set the > > AGP aparture size to 128MB, isn't that suppose to give the > > ability to go to higher res and depth? > > No. > > > the 865G does state (via dmesg) that it has 8Mb of bios ram. > > Is that my limit? Actually, it gets worse. A lot of i8xx bioses are buggy, so that you get limited to 1MB of video memory instead of 8MB, as far as the bios's mode selection is concerned. I don't know if your specific chipset is susceptible, but you might check. With various hacks floating around the net you can whack the bios into thinking it has the correct amount of video memory. With luck that'll get integrated into X.Org at some point, but nobody's done the work yet, that I know of. -- Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org