From: jfritz@ptolemy2.rdrc.rpi.edu (Joe Fritz) Subject: Re: Can X run with only 4 megs RAM? Date: 14 Dec 1992 12:42:31 GMT
In article <1992Dec14.064735.4355@en.ecn.purdue.edu> jbs@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Spaggie) writes:
>In article <1gh4ikINN1bn@menudo.uh.edu> wjin@cs.uh.edu (W. Woody Jin) writes:
>>I have been using (Xwindow + Xview3) with 0.98.2, 98.3, 98.4, 98.5
>>and now 98.6, without any problem with only 4M bytes without math processor.
>>I use X stuff from SLS distribution.
>>When I start X, I open 3 xterms, oclock, xeyes with olwm.
>>I found that Linux uses about 2M for swap in this case.
>>Xdvi, ghostview/script work just fine.
>>Only problem is that compiling is so slow and you need some patience when
>>moving to other window (5 sec or slightly more).
>>In this case, I found that Linux uses 8M for swap (twice more than my memory).
>
> Strange. I have observed a problem with running X under 98.4, and 98.5,
>similiar to the ones describe by the original poster. When I changed back to
>98.0, things worked again. Seems the X server just hangs. My system sounds
>similair to yours, except I have a math co-proc. (386-40,AMD BIOS,ETEQ chipset,
>4MB mem, 10MB swap, Cyrix 387-40). Has anyone else had trouble with X under
>98.x where x>1? (by the way, it is unrelated to the video card, as I tried
>3 different cards, each with the same results.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Jeff
>
i am the original poster. Just for the record my system setup is a
Zenith 486DX (eg w/ Math Coprocessor), 4M RAM, 512K PVGA (WD30C90, if i
remember right), on the motherboard.
Thanks for any help i can get
---joe (jfritz@rdrc.rpi.edu)