Thanks! Fixed my jerky flash videos.
lspci -v this gives me 2 entries to my video card amongst others, its the first one I need which tells me the memory region (Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) Subsystem: Dell Device 0201 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16 Memory at eff00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] I/O ports at eff8 [size=8] Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at efec0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel modules: intelfb 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) Subsystem: Dell Device 0201 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at eff80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] Capabilities: <access denied> my mtrr before: :~$ cat /proc/mtrr reg00: base=0x000000000 ( 0MB), size= 2048MB, count=1: write-back reg01: base=0x07f800000 ( 2040MB), size= 8MB, count=1: uncachable reg02: base=0x07f700000 ( 2039MB), size= 1MB, count=1: uncachable I then use the memory region I obtained before and enter sudo -s echo "base=0xd0000000 size=0x10000000 type=write-combining" > /proc/mtrr AFTER: reg00: base=0x000000000 ( 0MB), size= 2048MB, count=1: write-back reg01: base=0x07f800000 ( 2040MB), size= 8MB, count=1: uncachable reg02: base=0x07f700000 ( 2039MB), size= 1MB, count=1: uncachable reg03: base=0x0d0000000 ( 3328MB), size= 256MB, count=2: write-combining tada! Fixed, thanks everyone -- [i915GM] MTRR entry gets removed when restarting xorg - causes corruption on ttys https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/314928 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs