On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 18:19, Daniel Kleine-Albers wrote: > currently i'm working with a non-accelerated Xserver over the aty128fb - > Frambuffer Device. This is OK, but it's too slow to watch DVDs. So i'm > trying to get it accelerated. > > So, I compiled a 2.4.17-kernel with benh-patch with dri and all the > other things needed for fast graphics. > > If I start my Xserver with the config below, nearly everything looks > fine, but i get an error in the Logs, which says: > Static buffer allocation failed, need at least 10xxx KB Video RAM - but > as i have only 8 MB, i just wonder how to get it to work.
This message is about DRI, for which there isn't enough VRAM in depth 24 - try 16. However, DRI isn't needed for DVD playback, nor does it help before 4.2.0. > After the Xserver starts, there's only a black screen with some blue and > green lines (looks different every startup) - and i can't use it. > (Switching back to the old config works just fine.) This is strange. Might be a problem with your 1152x768 modeline and/or monitor configuration, in particular the frequency ranges. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
