Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:21:51 -0400 | From | Rahul Karnik <> | Subject | Re: Disk performance degradation |
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Andrew Morton wrote: > Stefano Rivoir <s.rivoir@gts.it> wrote: > >>I think I've got it. 2.4 fails to load DRI, so when X is up there is >> memory available until the load of gnucash, the last operation. 2.6 >> loads dri and probably this eats too much too early, causing the >> system to touch swap since the first operation after X startup. > > > hrm, Why should loading DRI in X consume a significant amount of memory?
Perhaps this is a machine with "shared video memory", like the Intel integrated video chipsets (i810). Stefano?
-Rahul -- Rahul Karnik rahul@genebrew.com
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