Re: RAM puzzle
apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-686. And try the 2.6.21 one while you're there: it may reduce your battery consumption significantly. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RAM puzzle
Hi all, recently I bought 2 x 1 GB modules 1024MB SO-DIMM OCZ PC400 CL2.5. I plugged them into my Debian Asus M6726NW laptop. I was surprised to see that on /proc/meminfo I have only: MemTotal: 906692 kB MemFree:451864 kB Buffers: 53072 kB Cached: 226724 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 246092 kB Inactive: 170880 kB SwapTotal: 1469908 kB SwapFree: 1469908 kB Dirty:1040 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 137188 kB Mapped: 77524 kB Slab:15988 kB SReclaimable: 7672 kB SUnreclaim: 8316 kB PageTables: 2224 kB NFS_Unstable:0 kB Bounce: 0 kB CommitLimit: 1923252 kB Committed_AS: 442896 kB VmallocTotal: 122840 kB VmallocUsed: 12568 kB VmallocChunk: 109012 kB Looking at lshw I have: id: memory description:System Memory physical id: 1b slot: System board or motherboard size: 2GB capacity: 3GB So, what do you think is the problem? Are my new RAM modules malfunctioning, or is that some software problem? In both cases, how lshw sees the right amount of memory, but the kernel does not?! Cheers, Ivan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RAM puzzle
your kernel use 386, try to use 686 kernel it work on my laptop On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 12:44 +0200, Ivan Glushkov wrote: Hi all, recently I bought 2 x 1 GB modules 1024MB SO-DIMM OCZ PC400 CL2.5. I plugged them into my Debian Asus M6726NW laptop. I was surprised to see that on /proc/meminfo I have only: MemTotal: 906692 kB MemFree:451864 kB Buffers: 53072 kB Cached: 226724 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 246092 kB Inactive: 170880 kB SwapTotal: 1469908 kB SwapFree: 1469908 kB Dirty:1040 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 137188 kB Mapped: 77524 kB Slab:15988 kB SReclaimable: 7672 kB SUnreclaim: 8316 kB PageTables: 2224 kB NFS_Unstable:0 kB Bounce: 0 kB CommitLimit: 1923252 kB Committed_AS: 442896 kB VmallocTotal: 122840 kB VmallocUsed: 12568 kB VmallocChunk: 109012 kB Looking at lshw I have: id: memory description: System Memory physical id: 1b slot: System board or motherboard size: 2GB capacity: 3GB So, what do you think is the problem? Are my new RAM modules malfunctioning, or is that some software problem? In both cases, how lshw sees the right amount of memory, but the kernel does not?! Cheers, Ivan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RAM puzzle
Thanks Evgeni, that solved the problem. Cheers, Ivan Evgeni Golov wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:44:35 +0200 Ivan Glushkov wrote: In both cases, how lshw sees the right amount of memory, but the kernel does not?! You need a kernel with HIGHMEM support (all recent Debian kernels should have it). Look for CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G in your kernel .config -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RAM puzzle
Hi Ivan, On 7/16/07, Ivan Glushkov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: plugged them into my Debian Asus M6726NW laptop. I was surprised to see that on /proc/meminfo I have only: MemTotal: 906692 kB MemFree:451864 kB Snip Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux I fitted 2Gb just a couple of days ago and this is what free tells me: total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:906792 897804 8988 0 31040 651812 -/+ buffers/cache: 214952 691840 Swap: 14618721041461768 So could anybody tell me what's wrong? Manon.
Re: RAM puzzle
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ^^^ You're not, your using the 486 variant ;) Check /boot/config-kernelversion for HIGHMEM, yours should have CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM set, but you need CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G So could anybody tell me what's wrong? Use the correct kernel ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RAM puzzle
Hi Evgeni, On 7/16/07, Evgeni Golov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ^^^ You're not, your using the 486 variant ;) Check /boot/config-kernelversion for HIGHMEM, yours should have CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM set, but you need CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G So could anybody tell me what's wrong? Use the correct kernel ;) Thanks for explaining. I found these lines in /boot/config-2.6.18-4-486 CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set Does this mean CONFIG_HIGNMEM4G was not set when the kernel was compiled? And how do I install the right kernel? This one came with the Debian Installer CD. Manon.
Re: RAM puzzle
Hi Evgeni, On 7/16/07, Evgeni Golov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ^^^ You're not, your using the 486 variant ;) Check /boot/config-kernelversion for HIGHMEM, yours should have CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM set, but you need CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G So could anybody tell me what's wrong? Use the correct kernel ;) Thanks for explaining. I found these lines in /boot/config-2.6.18-4-486 CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set Does this mean CONFIG_HIGNMEM4G was not set when the kernel was compiled? And how do I install the right kernel? This one came with the Debian Installer CD. Manon.
Re: RAM puzzle
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/07 12:51, Manon Metten wrote: Hi Evgeni, On 7/16/07, Evgeni Golov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ^^^ You're not, your using the 486 variant ;) Check /boot/config-kernelversion for HIGHMEM, yours should have CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM set, but you need CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G So could anybody tell me what's wrong? Use the correct kernel ;) Thanks for explaining. I found these lines in /boot/config-2.6.18-4-486 CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set Does this mean CONFIG_HIGNMEM4G was not set when the kernel was compiled? Correct. There were no 486 machines with more than a GB of RAM, and those CPUs probably don't have the features needed by HIGHMEM. And how do I install the right kernel? This one came with the Debian Installer CD. # apt-get install linux-image-2.6.21-2-686 - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGm7aFS9HxQb37XmcRAgfUAJ0cFBe/Qz1FzvnuYip8bqr8fKgt5wCaAp84 evxyI9pKRE6GMI55ml8TuVU= =1Quc -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RAM puzzle
Manon Metten wrote: Hi Evgeni, On 7/16/07, *Evgeni Golov* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ^^^ You're not, your using the 486 variant ;) Check /boot/config-kernelversion for HIGHMEM, yours should have CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM set, but you need CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G So could anybody tell me what's wrong? Use the correct kernel ;) Thanks for explaining. I found these lines in /boot/config-2.6.18-4-486 CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set Does this mean CONFIG_HIGNMEM4G was not set when the kernel was compiled? And how do I install the right kernel? This one came with the Debian Installer CD. Manon. I guess boot 'expert' and select a 686 kernel from the list. Hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RAM puzzle
Hi Manon, please don't CC me, I read debian-laptop ;) On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:46:55 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: You're not, your using the 486 variant ;) Check /boot/config-kernelversion for HIGHMEM, yours should have CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM set, but you need CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G So could anybody tell me what's wrong? Use the correct kernel ;) Thanks for explaining. I found these lines in /boot/config-2.6.18-4-486 CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set Does this mean CONFIG_HIGNMEM4G was not set when the kernel was compiled? Exactly. And how do I install the right kernel? This one came with the Debian Installer CD. Hm, the -686 should have been there too, d-i seems to choose the bad one :( I think you should just install linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 and reboot to the new kernel. Regards Evgeni -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RAM puzzle
Hi Evgeny, On 7/16/07, Evgeni Golov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: please don't CC me, I read debian-laptop ;) Sorry, I hit the wrong button in GMail. Manon.
Re: RAM puzzle
Hi Ron, On 7/16/07, Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this mean CONFIG_HIGNMEM4G was not set when the kernel was compiled? Correct. There were no 486 machines with more than a GB of RAM, and those CPUs probably don't have the features needed by HIGHMEM. And how do I install the right kernel? This one came with the Debian Installer CD. # apt-get install linux-image-2.6.21-2-686 Thanks very much. If I don't reply again within half an hour, something's gotten seriously wrong, and I ended up with my machine totally useless (for now). Manon.
Re: RAM puzzle
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 07:46:55PM +0200, Manon Metten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Evgeni, On 7/16/07, Evgeni Golov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ^^^ You're not, your using the 486 variant ;) Check /boot/config-kernelversion for HIGHMEM, yours should have CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM set, but you need CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G So could anybody tell me what's wrong? Use the correct kernel ;) Thanks for explaining. I found these lines in /boot/config-2.6.18-4-486 CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM=y # CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G is not set Does this mean CONFIG_HIGNMEM4G was not set when the kernel was compiled? And how do I install the right kernel? This one came with the Debian Installer CD. apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-686. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: RAM puzzle
Yes!!! I'm back again, with the new kernel installed and 2Gb of mem available. Thanks you all for replying so fast. Couldn't do it without your help. M free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 2011456 2196841791772 0 10536 100784 -/+ buffers/cache: 1083641903092 Swap: 1461872 01461872 M uname -a Linux debian 2.6.21-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Jul 13 15:05:54 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux M Every time again Debian keeps amazing me how smooth things run. This is such an incredible OS. Thanks again, all of you experts who contribute to this mailing list. I do a lot of reading, and I still learn so much every day again. Greetings, Manon.
