[SOLVED] video card onboard quarter of the memory was recognized

abarahc · 2010-07-10 01:59:08

Hello everybody. I used the following command in Terminal:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -A 0 'VideoR'

which resulted in the following output

(==) intel(0): VideoRam: 262144 KB

I'm using this notebook model

HP dv4 1136br

My notebook can have 1G dedicated video on windows. May still have a small amount of shared main memory.
The problem is that the output of this command shows that 256MB are being detected .-.
wanted to make sure I can trust this output! if not, you could tell me another method to know how much video could recognize Linux? grateful.

Last edited by abarahc (2010-07-23 12:48:46)

JackH79 · 2010-07-13 03:01:52

A simple google search might've tipped you off:
According to HP's website, your notebook has an Intel GMA 4500M HD, which does not have dedicated memory, but uses your computer's RAM instead and only when it needs it.

Edit: Oh dear, just forgotten to have opened this from the OP's other mightily impressive thread in TGN. So I guess, he won't be interested in an answer anyway. Sorry for pulling this up again.

Last edited by JackH79 (2010-07-13 03:12:37)

abarahc · 2010-07-17 02:55:08

which does not have dedicated memory

can you show me the link of this information?

For if we have only 4g RAM, how can I share 1g that amount and still keep 4g of memory? Where is information you posted just tells me one thing: that the dxdiag (command to check video card) is returning me lies ... : /

when I open dxdiag it says I have dedicated 1g: D, and I see the windows memory manager that I still try to 3.9gb of RAM.

ps: I did these tests running wow and guild wars at most ... the indicator of ram it still gives the maximum memory of 4GB

abarahc · 2010-07-21 11:54:39

hey guys, pls!!! i need more help

litemotiv · 2010-07-21 13:11:17

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu … 25&lang=ru

intel gma4500 chips don't have dedicated memory, and certainly not 1GB of it. it's possible that shared video memory isn't visibly subtracted from you work memory in windows, it's also possible that the intel linux driver reserves 256mb max while the windows driver can reserve up to 1GB, i don't know. nonetheless, 256mb of available memory is more than enough for the capabilities of this videochip, you wouldn't use the extra amount anyway since you would already have reached the limits of the card in terms of throughput and processing power.

are you actually experiencing problems with it, or is it just about the numbers?

Last edited by litemotiv (2010-07-21 13:12:17)

decaturguy · 2010-07-21 19:34:21

how about this in your xorg.conf
I don't know if it works now but back in the days it worked for me with gma950 i used to set it to 256MB without it i get 8MB or 64MB i don't remember.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "intel"
VideoRam 1048576
EndSection

Last edited by decaturguy (2010-07-21 19:45:39)

abarahc · 2010-07-23 01:27:46

litemotiv wrote:

are you actually experiencing problems with it, or is it just about the numbers?

not a big problem. is that in windows I can run guild wars and WoW without problems. not perfectly, but can reach 75% of perfection graphs, so to speak. In guild wars I can actually run it with the options in high quality!

I know that when we use wine you need more hardware, but that does not explain the excessive slowness in processing guild wars (by wine). I looked pretty good on configuring Wine to run the game in question as best as possible. I even install PlayOnLinux ...

in the other side, when i'm on Window$ i can run it perfectly, no crashes, full resolution on my notebook (1280x800), with many other program in the background, like AIMP, WoW, and other things that consume memory ...

what amazes me is that in task manager it does not indicate that I am sharing memory ... is always indicated that I really 3.9Gb ...

decaturguy wrote:

how about this in your xorg.conf
I don't know if it works now but back in the days it worked for me with gma950 i used to set it to 256MB without it i get 8MB or 64MB i don't remember.
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "intel"
VideoRam 1048576
EndSection

it works with KMS configs?
i will try it!!

Last edited by abarahc (2010-07-23 01:38:11)

eldragon · 2010-07-23 11:04:30

its not about the ram. its about the drivers.

the intel linux drivers have been under heavy development / rewrite in the past year(s).

you will most likely see an improvement in the following updates, if page flipping is reenabled.

you could also try building from git xorg, kernel 2.6.35 (many...many MANY bugfixes), mesa and xf86-video-intel.

i doubt they will be on par with the windows drivers yet. but its a big improvement.

and as far as i know. the linux drivers take ram as they need and free it when its not needed anymore.

good luck.

abarahc · 2010-07-23 12:48:24

Ok buddys. Thanks for the explanations!

eldragon wrote:

you could also try building from git xorg, kernel 2.6.35 (many...many MANY bugfixes), mesa and xf86-video-intel.

i will do this :}

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[SOLVED] video card onboard quarter of the memory was recognized

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