[K12OSN] Firefox crashes

[Michael Blinn]

I start the machine with the i810 xserver and no 'videoram' directive. At the login screen, I switch to vt2, run free, and I get the following:

Mem total:  254980   used: 42812   free: 212168

So, I put 207195 (212168/1024) in the X_VIDEORAM line. (It doesn't like the M). Now, when loading pages such as overstock or amazon, where there are lots of images, I get a full-on xserver crash and the terminal is locked, showing the "press <enter> to continue" message at the console screen, though pressing enter has no effect.

Any other suggestions? I wouldn't be so worried, but I have 10 or 15 of these GX110s.

Thanks,
  Michael



On Thu, 03 May 2007 08:47:12 -0400, "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> Sounds like a typical crummy BIOS from Dell...
> 
> You can determine how much RAM the video is grabbing by knowing how much
> RAM the box has and looking at the output of "free" on the box once
> things are running. The difference between the box total and the "TOTAL"
> amount has been allocated to video RAM. Then put that amount in lts.conf
> as 
> X_VIDEORAM = abcM
> 
> (take the amount you determined and divide it by 1024 -OR- use "free -m"
> to get the amount in MB).