[ltp] Re: Kdrive x server?

[cloakable]

On Tuesday 09 January 2007 04:31, Daniel Pittman wrote:
> cloakable <cloakable@gmail.com> writes:
> > I would like to use this server in place of X.org on my thinkpad 240,
> > but I'm not sure A: Where to get it, and B: How to compile it :) I'm
> > trying to slim down the apps on my laptop, and X.org is consuming 40GB
> > on boot.
>
> You mentioned later that you meant 40MB, and with that in mind:
>
> No, it isn't.  Your X server is *NOT* using 40MB of memory.
>
> I bet your video card has, oh, 32MB of memory, right?
Actually, my video card has 2MB memory. NeoMagic 128XD.
>
> So, that 40MB consists of:
>
>   32MB of video memory mmaped into the X server memory space.
>    8MB of memory used by code, heap, shared memory, etc by the X server.
>
> If you want to improve performance the X server isn't really the place
> to be looking.
>
> Regards,
>         Daniel
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