Re: XFree86 Memory usage

[Robin <funky_cheeze@usa.net>]

Arne Goetje wrote:

> On Monday 16 September 2002 14:49, Chris Halls wrote:
>  
>
> > You haven't said which graphics chip you have, and which display driver
> > you are using.  It's impossible to tell if OpenOffice is likely to be
> > causing problems without knowing which chipset you have, because it only
> > triggers bugs in certain drivers.
> >    
>
> according to XF86Config-4:
> Driver	"s3virge"
> Option	"UseFBDev"	"true"
>
> But it's not OpenOffice who causes this, even if I don't use OO, it still 
> happens.
>
> Cheers
> Arne
>
>
>  
Section "Device"
       Identifier      "ATI Rage128VR"
       Driver          "ati"
       BusID           "PCI:00:16:00"
       VideoRam        8192
       Option          "UseFBDev"              "true"
EndSection

I do have the AGPgart kernel module as well.
I'd also like to note that I run linux on a g3/400, so it is a 
multi-platform issue...