This question comes up regularly... Linux uses all available memory in order to optimise the use of the machine. If your application needs more memory then Linux will give whatever is needed free and use more of the swap area... Lionel --- Guilhem BONNEFILLE <bonnefil@netcourrier.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've just buy a new PC. This one have a: > - Geforce4 ti 4200 64Mb > - LCD screen > - "only" 256 Mb RAM. > > So, I'e installed a DEBIAN GNU/Linux woody (xfree86 4.1.0-16). > > My problem is that the XFree86 use 256 Mb of memory. The top status is: > 469 root 10 -10 268M 12M 4660 S < 0.5 4.9 0:02 XFree86 > > What goes wrong? > What can I do to have a smaller XFree86 server? > (in a time, only 16Mb were necessary to run Linux with X) > > My XF86config is attached. > > Thanks for any solution reducing the memory size. > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/octet-stream charset=us-ascii __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Newbie@XFree86.Org *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
