Hi, How much video ram does your card actually have ? Have you tried setting it to something smaller, like 64 ? Chris On Sunday 15 July 2007 9:31:23 am Rogue wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a rather strange problem at hand. > > If I enable desktop effects then I keep getting the following warning > and eventually my system freezes and then there is nothing that I can > do, but a hard reboot. > > *********************************WARN_ONCE********************************* > File radeon_mm.c function radeon_mm_alloc line 216 > Ran out of GART memory (for 1048576)! > Please consider adjusting GARTSize option. > *************************************************************************** > > Now, if I try setting the GARTSize option in my xorg.conf: > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "radeon" > Option "RenderAccel" "true" > Option "GARTSize" "128" > EndSection > > , I keep seeing the following error in my log file: > > (EE) RADEON(0): [pci] Out of memory (-12) > (EE) RADEON(0): [pci] PCI failed to initialize. Disabling the DRI. > > And then compiz wouldn't kick in because of the lack of DRI. > > Now, I know that I am to pity myself because I am using the ATI card, > but does anyone have a solution to this issue? > > Secondly, in the message above, is the GARTSize to be specified in bits > / bytes / kB / mB ? > > thannks, > Rogue
