[KLUG Members] AGP problem (maybe?)

[Wesley Leonard]

Yeah, give it a try.  What kind of AGP card is it?  Have you searched the net
for any incompatabilities in your card/board combo?

Also, is this a Linux/Kernel problem or an X windows problem?  Can you boot into
runlevel 3 or not at all?

l8er

Scott Thurmond wrote:
> 
> Last night I changed the main video from PCI to AGP thinking that I had it
> set wrong but that didn't work either.  There was a setting that I saw that
> had to do with memory size.  It is set to 64 and I thought I might play with
> that number.  Does this sound like what you are describing?  You think
> turning it off might do the trick?  I'll try it tonight and let you know.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org
> [mailto:members-admin@kalamazoolinux.org]On Behalf Of Wesley Leonard
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:06 AM
> To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
> Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] AGP problem (maybe?)
> 
> I believe AGP can borrow main memory to use as graphics memory and I think
> you
> can set that up in BIOS.  Perhaps turn that off.  I can't think of what it's
> exactly called but I remember seeing that in some BIOS that I've played
> with.
> 
> Also, if you have a choice about what type of adapter is your main video
> adapter, try setting it to PCI.  The AGP card will still work but perhaps
> you
> can fool the motherboard/OS into working.
> 
> l8er
> 
> Scott Thurmond wrote:
> >
> > I have a Gigabyte 5AA mainboard, AMD K6-1 processor.  I have an AGP
> graphics
> > adaptor.  When I try to install Mandrake I get a message that says
> "Install
> > crashed.  Memory may be missing."  I replaced the memory.  I replaced the
> > graphics adaptor with a PCI card and it loaded fine but the graphics
> sucked.
> > So I went and got a new AGP card thinking that maybe the original AGP card
> > was hosed but I got the same results with the new card.  I have upgraded
> to
> > the latest BIOS for the mainboard.  Could there be some BIOS setting that
> > might be screwing me up?  My next step is to replace the mainboard but I
> > hate to go through all the trouble and money if it is something fixable.
> >
> > -Scott
> >
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