From: José F. <j_r...@ya...> - 2002-04-24 08:16:29
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On 2002.04.24 07:06 Felix Kühling wrote: > On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 07:44:59 +0200 > Peter Andersson <pe...@da...> wrote: > > > Okey, i think i have located some of the problems one is that there > > only are 4mb of sdram on my Mach64 graphics board and that the driver > > requests: > > > > (WW) ATI(0): DRI static buffer allocation failed -- need at least 5625 > > kB video memory > > I looked at your XFree86-log. It says you're using 32 bit color depth. > Try 16. That will reduce the amount of memory used by 2d and also > increase 3d performance a lot. > You have as little memory as I do as so you will probably also want to lower the default screen resolution to 640x320, to increase performance as Felix said. Attached are a some simple scripts I use to comment out the Mode 1024x768 lines of XF86Config-4 (switching to 640x320 as I don't have 800x600 there) and also to set/restore the symlinks to call the X server in /usr/X11R6-DRI. You'll probably have to adapt them to your distribution if you want to use them. > ... José Fonseca |