On 16/02/06, Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 11:38 +0000, Andy Hawkins wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > roberto<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello > > > actually i use a desktop with 1GB of memory installed but my kernel > > > installed from debian sarge repositories takes into account 885MB > > > only. How can i rescue the remaining size of memory?? > > > > Could it be something as simple as a video card using shared memory? > > > > Andy > > I have exactly the same problem. Durin boot, the BIOS sees all the > physically installed 1Gb of memory. But the sarge's kernel only sees > 885Mb... > > The video shared memory is set in the BIOS setup? > > Thanks > > Marcelo > > -- > Marcelo Chiapparini > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
After i had installed another 512 MB RAM to my box i had the same: only 885 MB was detected. It seems i had to use "High Memory Support (4GB)" in the kernel. Seems the official kernel from debian does not have this feature. Maybe you need to compile your own kernel.
