Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-17 Thread Stefan Monnier
> 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


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Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Manon Metten

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.


Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Mike Hommey
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- 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


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Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Manon Metten

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

2007-07-16 Thread Manon Metten

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

2007-07-16 Thread Evgeni Golov
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- 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


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Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom

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- 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







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Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Ron Johnson
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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- 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

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Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Manon Metten

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- 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

2007-07-16 Thread Manon Metten

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- 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

2007-07-16 Thread Evgeni Golov
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- 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 ;)


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Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Manon Metten

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





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

2007-07-16 Thread Ivan Glushkov

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





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Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Sandi Sufiandi
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
> 
> 


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