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Old 06-12-2005, 04:27 AM   #1
doctor_sniff
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change vga ram?!!


How to change VGA ram?
when installed linux, i setup the vga card ram to 16mb.
but my vga crad has 128 mb ram.
 
Old 06-12-2005, 06:19 AM   #2
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Try XF86config or xorgconfig (case sensitive, not sure i got the case right) from a virtual terminal (ctrl+alt+f1) as root.

This will launch a configuration program which asks you about your mouse, keyboard, video, etc. there is an option is the config for the amount of video ram
 
  


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