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Re: memory problem
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From: Matan Ziv-Av <matan@svgalib.org>
To: תומר אייזנמן <floyd@multinet.net.il>
Cc: <linux-il@linux.org.il>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: memory problem
>
> > i have an old 133MHZ pentium with 32Mb of ram.
> > my linux (red-hat 6.0 kernel 2.2.5-15) detects only 13-14MB.
> > i solved this problem with linux mem=32M at lilo prompt.
> > it's seems to work fine but when i try to run the command startx
> > it gives me an error message: segmentation fault and halt's.
> > is there any other way to solve this.
>
> It sounds as if you have memory hole enabled (usually done for isa vga
> cards). If you don't need the hole, disable it in the bios.
>
> If you do have an isa vga card you have a few options:
> 1. disable the memory hole, so the card can't be used in linear mode, so
> XF86 will only run at 8bpp. svgalib (and maybe commercial X servers)
> can still use high color modes.
> 2. Enable the memory hole and use only 14MB of ram.
> 3. Enable the hole, and either upgrade to 2.3, or look for a e820 patch
> for 2.2 kernel.
>
> --
> Matan Ziv-Av. matan@svgalib.org
>
Yep, that was the problem.
i disabled it and it works fine now.
thank you all.
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