diff --git a/linux-core/radeon_gem.c b/linux-core/radeon_gem.c
index 98105e7c..12a03588 100644
--- a/linux-core/radeon_gem.c
+++ b/linux-core/radeon_gem.c
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ int radeon_gem_mm_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	
 	radeon_init_memory_map(dev);
 
-#define VRAM_RESERVE_TEXT (64*1024)
+#define VRAM_RESERVE_TEXT (256*1024) /* need to reserve 256 for text mode for now */
 	dev_priv->mm.vram_visible -= VRAM_RESERVE_TEXT;
 	pg_offset = VRAM_RESERVE_TEXT >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	drm_bo_init_mm(dev, DRM_BO_MEM_VRAM, pg_offset, /*dev_priv->mm.vram_offset >> PAGE_SHIFT,*/
diff --git a/shared-core/radeon_drv.h b/shared-core/radeon_drv.h
index 662d9cc3..96f9a98c 100644
--- a/shared-core/radeon_drv.h
+++ b/shared-core/radeon_drv.h
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ do {									\
  * Ring control
  */
 
-#define RADEON_VERBOSE	1
+#define RADEON_VERBOSE	0
 
 #define RING_LOCALS	int write, _nr; unsigned int mask; u32 *ring;