re available memory to the xserver how to get the actual size in article igd fhg de pfuetz igd fhg de matthias pfuetzner writes is there a possibility to determine via x protocol calls the size of free memory available to the xserver no even if you could the answer could be out of date even before you get it even if you grab the server it could be taken up by buffering user actions you should just try to do whatever you want a badalloc error is your indication that insufficient server memory is available der mouse mouse mcrcim mcgill edu
