[Gllug] Asymmetric video RAM allocation?

[Ian]

lower your colour depth?

what res are you planning for the first one?

ian

On Tue, 2002-07-23 at 13:57, tet at accucard.com wrote:
> 
> I have a dual head setup using a Matrox G450 (without Xinerama). Is there
> any way I can allocate video RAM asymmetrically between the two heads?
> I have 16MB and I'd like 12 to go the the primary head, and 4 to the
> secondary. The reason is:
> 
> (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
> 
> I can't get DRI working, because there's not enough RAM to initialize DRI.
> Which means no Chromium, no Wolfenstein, and no Unreal Tournament :-(
> 
> I've tried to add suitable VideoRam entries in the appropriate Device
> sections in my XF86Config-4, but that doesn't work. It just takes 12MB
> to be the total amount of RAM, and splits it in two, giving 6 to each
> head.
> 
> Just to restate, I'm not using Xinerama (if I was, then I guess this would
> be much harder). Nor am I bothered about DRI on the second head. That's
> purely used for 2D system monitoring at a fairly low resolution. But I do
> want to get DRI working on the primary head.
> 
> Can anyone suggest anything, short of running single headed, or dropping
> my resolution even further than I have already (my preferred resolution
> requires 16200K video RAM, which isn't even vaguely feasible on a 16MB
> card).
> 
> Tet
> 
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