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From: Dean Thomas <dcthomas@ida.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: X-Win & Memory req's
Date: 6 Apr 1994 15:03:23 GMT
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X-XXDate: Wed, 6 Apr 94 04:00:07 GMT
Hello everyone,
I'm a newcomer to FreeBSD & XFree86. I recently installed them on my
486/33 with 8 Meg of RAM and a 270 Meg FreeBSD partition on my harddrive.
I installed the system using the Walnut Creek CDROM, and used the
default options for everything.
With only a few days of operating experience, the FreeBSD system seems
fairly stable. However, when I run X-windows the system frequently locks
up. The symptoms include:
-- the keyboard locks up
-- all keystrokes are uppercase
(No, I don't have Caplock pressed :^) )
-- twm does not allow me to switch between windows using the
mouse.
I'm guessing that I don't have enough RAM. Do the pro's have any
comments? If I need more RAM, how much do you suggest? I'm thinking of
upgrading to 20 Meg, but that's an expensive option. I don't want to
take it unless I'm fairly confident that it will solve my problems.
By the way, I read the FAQ, and it doesn't really say much other than a
minimium system requires 2 Meg of RAM.
Thanks in advance...Dean