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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, SKYNET1 wrote:

> I can run X with the VGA server but when I use the SVGA server,
> it doesn't have enough memory for the virtual screen!
> What type of memory does it want? RAM or Video? I have
> 32mb of ram and 2mb of VideoRam.
> I use a 640x480 mode, with 800 600 as virtual...but
> it doesn't have enough memory.

You may need to set the VideoRam parameter in XF86Config to give X a hint
about how much memory you really have on the video card.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major