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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Ivan Glushkov
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

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

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

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 Snip Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a

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

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 ^^^

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 ^^^

Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Ron Johnson
-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

Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
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

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-kernelversion for HIGHMEM, yours should have CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM set, but you need CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G So could anybody

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 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

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

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