Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcdc!stroyan From: stroyan@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Mike Stroyan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: HP Contracts Message-ID: <5570175@hpfcdc.HP.COM> Date: 9 May 89 21:34:22 GMT References: <547@mmlai.UUCP> Organization: HP Ft. Collins, Co. Lines: 8 >Also, has anyone noticed the 1.2 meg ipc (shared memory) space X allocates >when run? Why is it so big? The shared memory segment that you see is actually the memory mapped frame buffer. The mapping mechanism is currently via the shared memory subsystem. It doesn't consume any system memory or swap space. Mike Stroyan, stroyan@hpfcla.hp.com