Re: 3Gb ram being reported as 1.9Gb

2009-03-30 Thread Nishith Nand
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Nishith Nand wrote: > It shows up correctly in windows vista. > > Could it have anything to do with virtual box? I assigned 1GB RAM for that > and that's about the same as the amount missing. It might, also, just be a > coincidence as I had recently added 2GBs and

Re: 3Gb ram being reported as 1.9Gb

2009-03-30 Thread Nishith Nand
It shows up correctly in windows vista. Could it have anything to do with virtual box? I assigned 1GB RAM for that and that's about the same as the amount missing. It might, also, just be a coincidence as I had recently added 2GBs and had not checked before installing virtualbox. I have uninstalle

Re: 3Gb ram being reported as 1.9Gb

2009-03-30 Thread Scott James Remnant
On Sun, 2009-03-29 at 20:37 +0530, Nishith Nand wrote: > I know that 32 bit ubuntu has a limit at around 3.3 Gb but I have less > than that. So, I was hoping that I won't have to install the server or > the 64bit version. The memory is detected correctly in the BIOS. > I am using jaunty 32bit, fu

Re: 3Gb ram being reported as 1.9Gb

2009-03-30 Thread Chris Cheney
On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 17:26 +0530, Nishith Nand wrote: > 256MB, its a nVidia 8600GT. If you have 3GB RAM and only a 256MB video card then it should be showing more than 1.9GB RAM free. You should probably update your motherboard BIOS if you haven't already. If you still have problems with it showi

Re: 3Gb ram being reported as 1.9Gb

2009-03-30 Thread Nishith Nand
Hi, On Sunday 29 March 2009 16:07:10 Nishith Nand wrote: > > I know that 32 bit ubuntu has a limit at around 3.3 Gb but I have less > than that. > > That is a misconception. > A 32bits system will address a Max of 4GiBs of memory positions. > But it wont all be RAM. > All memory alike storage have

Re: 3Gb ram being reported as 1.9Gb

2009-03-30 Thread (``-_-´´) -- BUGabundo
Olá Nishith e a todos. On Sunday 29 March 2009 16:07:10 Nishith Nand wrote: > I know that 32 bit ubuntu has a limit at around 3.3 Gb but I have less than > that. That is a misconception. A 32bits system will address a Max of 4GiBs of memory positions. But it wont all be RAM. All memory alike sto

Re: 3Gb ram being reported as 1.9Gb

2009-03-30 Thread Nishith Nand
256MB, its a nVidia 8600GT. Regards, Nishith On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Chris Cheney wrote: > How much memory does your video card have? > > Chris > > > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop > -- ubun