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From: ea08+@andrew.cmu.edu (Eric A. Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Server memory usage
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Date: 23 Jan 91 01:46:23 GMT
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Actually, the problem with tvtwm is worse.  With saveunder a legal
parameter for the X server, when you bring up a window with saveunder
in the default X server, it saves the entire virtual root window.
(this is fixed in R5).  It was fun to watch though, on a color
decstation, you would start with a 2000k server, bring up a menu, and
poof, the server breaks 10megs.
You can fix this by recompiling the server to not do save unders, or
backing stores or something like that. (It works, I did it, don't
remember exactly how, Use the Source.)
          -Eric
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