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
>
>

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