On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 09:05 +0800, Richard wrote: > 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. >
Thank you. I will recompile the kernel anyway, in order to optimize it. Regards Marcelo -- Marcelo Chiapparini [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
