I think the memory is only used in the context of OpenGL (or when it's used for computing like with OpenCL). I am sure you won't run out of memory when compiling on a pure text console because of the grahics driver.
Am So., 19. Aug. 2018 um 05:27 Uhr schrieb Walter Dnes < waltd...@waltdnes.org>: > One interesting item early on in dmesg... > > [ 0.173494] [drm] Memory usable by graphics device = 2048M > [ 0.173591] [drm] Replacing VGA console driver > > Would the "graphics driver" be capable of using up 2 gigs of ram in > a pure text console? On a 3-gig machine, that would be very bad. > > -- > Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> > I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications > >
