From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) Subject: Re: Is >4Mb essential for X? Date: 21 Dec 1992 03:21:09 GMT
philipr@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Philip Rhoades) writes:
>I have installed the SLS version (from Bond Uni) on a 486 with IDE
>drive with some minor prob's starting X but I have also installed
>it on a 386DX with SCSI drive (a few hassles there) - this machine
>only has 4Mb ram. Is it essential to have more than 4Mb to start X
>even if you are not compiling?
>--
>Philip Rhoades
>First Year Biology
>University of Sydney
>phil@biox.bio.su.OZ.AU or philipr@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU
You should be able to get my with 4M. However, I would have a swap file or
partition in place. X will use gobbs of memory if you open lots of windows
or run things that want to display graphics (like xv).
James