Re: [Dri-users] MGA G200 AGP in XFree86 4.1 and kernel 2.4.10

[Karel J. B. <ka...@wo...>]

On Wed, Oct 10, 2001 at 04:33:44PM +0200, Arcangelo Labianca wrote:
> I'm not been able to have DRI working in my configuration:
> 
> - Matrox Millennium G200 AGP (2x)
> 
> - Linux 2.4.10 with mtrr, agpgart enabled and new mga.o module (3.0.2)
> 
> - XFree86 4.1.0 that loads glx and dri
> 
> What happens is that the MGA driver says (in XFree86.0.log):
>   MGA(0): Direct rendering disabled
> 
> Attached is the output of some commands and log files.
> Can anyone give me a suggestion?
>
<snip>
>
> (EE) MGA(0): Static buffer allocation failed, not initializing the DRI
> (EE) MGA(0): Need at least 11250 kB video memory at this resolution, bit depth

Try setting a lower resolution and/or lower colordepth, I suspect 8 MB is not 
enough for what you have chosen. I have my G200 with 8 MB set to 1024x768 at
16bpp. Also, I get hang-ups when trying to use AGP 2x. It's on Asus P5A,
OS is FreeBSD, so it might differ from your situation.

Karel.