Xserver memory consupmtion

[Markku Kolkka]

Petr Fischer kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika perjantai, 17. 
kesäkuuta 2005 00:15):
> Process: /usr/X11R6/bin/X
> Memory: 628MB
> VM size: 628MB
> Resident memory: 518MB
> RSS memory: 518MB
>
> Why is memory consuption of X server so big?

How much video memory does your display card have? X maps the 
video RAM to its memory space, which increases the VM size but 
doesn't actually consume main RAM.

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 Markku Kolkka
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