On Saturday 10 December 2005 12:17 pm, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Hal Vaughan wrote: > > I had 1.5 GB (333 Mhz) in a system running Sarge with a 2.6 kernel and > > all of it was used. I've just replaced the .5 GB stick with a 1 GB > > stick, giving me 2 GB of RAM. When I boot, the motherboard reports 2 GB, > > but when I check: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:root]$ cat /proc/meminfo > > MemTotal: 906736 kB > > MemFree: 685608 kB > > Buffers: 5288 kB > > Cached: 36948 kB > > SwapCached: 0 kB > > Active: 177848 kB > > Inactive: 20896 kB > > HighTotal: 0 kB > > HighFree: 0 kB > > LowTotal: 906736 kB > > LowFree: 685608 kB > > SwapTotal: 120476 kB > > SwapFree: 120476 kB > > Dirty: 1564 kB > > Writeback: 0 kB > > Mapped: 166400 kB > > Slab: 12468 kB > > Committed_AS: 289708 kB > > PageTables: 760 kB > > VmallocTotal: 122800 kB > > VmallocUsed: 3012 kB > > VmallocChunk: 119324 kB > > > > The motherboard uses onboard RAM for the onboard video, but that still > > doesn't explain why the motherboard reports 2GB and Linux seems to be > > using less than 1 GB of RAM. I'm actually better off with the .5GB stick > > in place of the 1GB stick. What can I do to get Linux to use all the > > RAM? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Hal > > Use a kernel that is 4GB enabled (CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y), such as any stock > 2.6 Debian kernel.
It's running the stock 2.6 kernel from Sarge already. Hal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]