On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 12:32:23PM -0700, Dave Mattson wrote: > I'm running a terminal under VMware, I played with several memory > configuration, 4, 8 & 32 Mb (no nfs swap). Under all configurations the > kernel boots and X comes up, but under the 4 Mb configuration even though you > get a login window your resources are so depleted the terminal is useless > using X. The 8 Mb configuration is better, you can login and use application > that don't utilize a large number of X resources. Don't try to run Star > Office with this configuration because it will pretty much slow to a crawl, > just moving the mouse over buttons is enough to drive you crazy. Using 32 Mb > with no swap is very usable even with Star Office. The one thing to remember > is that even though you are running apps on the server the terminal X server > can and will deplete your memory depending on the number and complexity of > the apps your running.
I have some good experiences of running StarOffice with only 8 Mb RAM. NFS swapping is needed, and with a custom kernel, which can be as small as 500kb, you gcan make some extra RAM available for X. I have tried to minimize my custom kernels, and when I have found what the minimal requirements are, I'll post here.
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