Thanx again, IOhannes! I'll follow your suggestions about running X without desktop.
Ingo > Ingo Scherzinger wrote: > > Hi IOhannes, > > > >> maybe it would be good to know what you want to achieve (or workaround) > >> in the first place. > > > > I only need to keep the resources as low as possible since I'm also running > > a very heavy audio pd patch in parallel with GEM in a hardware like > > environement. So I guess turning off all graphic processes using cpu will be > > the best solution. > > well, the Xserver provides the infrastructure to access the gfx card. > it doesn't do any graphic processing on it's own. > > you could see the Xserver as the "kernel" of the gfx-subsystem (e.g. it > handles the drivers for the gfx-cards) > even though your audio patch needs all the ressources, you probably > still want the kernel running... > > > > While keeping GEM at fullscreen I guess the regular system can't be messed > > around with because there is no access to the regular desktop. > > again: X does not provide a desktop. (switch to console and become root; > stop your desktop environment (something like "/etc/init.d/gdm stop" if > you are running gnome; use kdm if you are running kde); start the > X-server by simply running "X": that's the Xserver; you _can_ run Gem in > this environment) > > so there is nothing to mess around with. > > > That's completely ok with me. I simply wanted to figure out how to save the > > maximum amount of resources and if it was possible to eliminate X-Server > > completely. > > the Xserver will help you safe resources. > > msar > IOhannes > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkvtIqEACgkQkX2Xpv6ydvSNfgCdGQ5NDUGB9D1veLVqbq8f9H > eU > 6TgAn26GxePaYxtR+ptEinns532jWgeN > =IJEq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list