>> > X11 4.2.0 hw accelerated (started with the >> > automatic "init 5" at boot) takes 45MB of RAM on a >> > single process >> > (according to top's report), plus 4MB of X Font >> > server. >> > 1)Is that normal? >> >> More or less. X is memory hungry. It will probably >> release some memory >> when/if your system gets low on memory. > >It's worth noting that some of the RAM that top >reports X using is really the video RAM on your card - >using 45MB is thus pretty reasonable on a 32MB card >(13MB really being used). Even if you have an 8MB or >16MB card, that's still not too bad. > But TOTAL RAM is still 128MB, and those 45MB are subtracted from it! is it a bug in top? How can I check the REAL RAM locked by X11?
