Subject: Re: X questions, SLiRP v. SLIP/IP-NAT question
To: Scott Smith <smelly@spy.net>
From: Jim Wise <jimw@numenor.turner.com>
List: current-users
Date: 09/25/1997 15:43:40
On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Scott Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Phil Nelson wrote:
>
> >
> > >No, that's *got* to be impossible, you must be reading something wrong
> > >or *SOMETHING*. The X server's binary size isn't even half that, so it
> > >can't take up that much memory. My X server (XF86_SVGA) is under 3MB
> > >and it's *NOT* stripped. You're reading something wrong or something..
> >
> > He was talking runtime usage, not executable size. For example,
> > on my i386 system, I see:
> >
>
> Yes, I realise what he was talking about, but the only way that could happen
> was if he was running something with a *really* bad memory leak. While it's
> possible, I really don't see how somethng like that could go unnoticed from
> the general population. That's my opinion, anyway. *shrug*
He was running 1280x1024, remember, at 32 bits. That _alone_ should
account for about 5 MB RAM. Add backing store for each window, font
information, communications queues with each client, and bookkeeping
information, and his reported size is not unreasonable...
--
Jim Wise
jim.wise@turner.com