[desktop-discuss] compiz in intel i915

[Raul Martinez]

> Hmm.... time to check the basics!
> 
> How much 'system' memory/RAM do you have in the Dell
> D630??

1GB

> 
> 1. Check your BIOS settings and allocated RAM for the
> Intel IGP (X3100). See if your graphics memory is
> allocating at least 256MB. Run a good health check on
> your system RAM as well and make sure that shows up
> properly under your BIOS settings. 

I have checked the BIOS setup, here appear to have only 8MB of memory (I can't modify this value), but when I startup with my window's partition this says that have 256MB. 

I have upgrade the BIOS firmware but the menu is the same.

In the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

(II) intel(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 7616 kB
(II) intel(0): detected 7676 kB stolen memory.
(II) intel(0): I830CheckAvailableMemory: 257528 kB available

I don't sure how much memory is using the X3100 card (do you know how can i confirm it??)

> 
> 2. Turn off (disable) Compiz completely.

done
> 
> 3. Go to your screensavers and run the 'Hyperspace'
> screensaver. Let it run for about 5-10 minutes. Any
> slowdowns, stuttering, glitches, lockups or freezes?

When I have selected this screensaver the screen gone black!!, and I cannot recover the control to the system :(, this hang again and I need to poweroff/poweron...
> 
> Let us start there and work our way back up. It might
> be a patch issue overall, but let us at least check
> the basics.

Sure!!!
Thanks a lot for your help
> 
> ~ Ken Mays
 
 
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