Re: DECW$SERVER crashes (8.3)

In article <c1249$45676bf3$cef8887a$11423@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Patrick MOREAU, DTI Athis ex CENA, Tel: 01.69.57.68.40 wrote:
Yes, low process quotas are generally a cause of DECW$SERVER crashes.

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You also have decw$virtual_pages in DECW$DEVICE_CONFIG_G...com

It is set to 400,000 . Is that OK ? Should this be equal to
WSEXTENT + PAGFLQUO ?

I also have 400,000 and no problems. (However I run VMS 7.2-1 with an Elsa
Gloria).


What exactly does this parameter do and why would it be device specific ?

Various hardware may have various needs I suppose ? Or it's historical.



Mozilla probably makes extensive use of pixmaps -> high virtual memory usage.

But from the X server point of view, shouldn't it only be concerned about
the graphics that are currently visible in a window ? For instance, if you
have a huge picture to display. I understand Mozilla needing to have that
picture in memory. But won't it just send to the X server the portion of
the picture that fits in a window ?

The server keeps also in memory non on-screen data, especially pixmaps.

Patrick
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