Unable to use desktop effects if GARTSize option is set in the xorg.conf file

[Chris Jones]

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