SiS on-board video claims system RAM

From: Jurjen Oskam (jurjen@stupendous.org)
Date: Tue Apr 04 2000 - 04:56:16 EST


01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]:
Unknown device 6306 (rev a2)

This device uses system memory for video purposes.

Memory: 28336k/30720k available (1236k kernel code, 408k reserved,
680k data, 60k init, 0k bigmem)

I have a 32 MB DIMM in there. Since that machine is a server, I really
don't need the video. Is there a way to disable that video card and
reclaim that RAM for 'normal' use? Or to let it use only a tiny amount
and just use textmode?

In the BIOS it's possible to select the amount of RAM that the video
chip takes. 2MB is the lowest setting.

If more info about the machine is needed, I'd be happy to supply it.

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