RE: tlug: Grrr... Why won't the same solution work for the same problem twice?

[Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com>]

On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Dave Gutteridge wrote:

> I'm pretty sure it's 1MB VRAM, which is what Xconfigurator suggested to me,
                       ^^^^^^^

It's time for a new card, I think.  That would solve a lot of your
problems.  1 meg is *very* little.

> and I think what you said is one of the variations I went through. If I
> uncomment the "Mode 1024X768" line, it comes back with an error saying that
> there isn't enough VRAM>. So then I uncomment the line which says "Device

That sounds about right.  I don't think you can go 1024 x 768 with a 1
meg video card.  Try it at 640 x 480 and see if that works.  If it does,
go up to 800 x 600 and see if that works.  If not, fall back to 640 x
480, or treat yourself to a new video card (if you don't have AGP and
want to keep that motherboard, move fast; PCI video cards are becoming
downright scarce).

Good luck!

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