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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #363238
  2. Comment #37

Comment 37 for bug 363238

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In , Bugs-freedesktop-org (bugs-freedesktop-org) wrote :

(In reply to comment #10)
> (In reply to comment #7)
> > (EE) RADEON(0): Static buffer allocation failed. Disabling DRI.
> > (EE) RADEON(0): At least 16735 kB of video memory needed at this resolution and
> > depth.
>
> This is likely your problem. Try reducing the max desktop size using a Virtual
> directive, or running at a lower depth.

It does not look like this is possible. Even with Modeline reduced to 1024x768 max this does not work. With 16 bit color depth, DRI is still disabled because about 9MB video RAM are required according to Xorg.0.log. And 8 bit is apparently not supported by DRI.

What now?