Have a look at nvramtool $ aptitude show nvramtool Description: Read/write coreboot-related NVRAM/CMOS information nvramtool is a utility for reading/writing coreboot parameters in NVRAM/CMOS and displaying information from the so-called 'coreboot table'. . The coreboot table resides in low physical memory. It is created at boot time by coreboot, and contains various system information such as the type of mainboard in use. It specifies locations in the NVRAM/CMOS (nonvolatile RAM) where the coreboot parameters are stored. . This program is mostly intended for (x86-based) systems that use coreboot, but can also be used for non-coreboot system (e.g. for dumping all NVRAM bytes). . For information about coreboot, see http://www.coreboot.org/. Homepage: http://www.coreboot.org/Nvramtool Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Origin: Ubuntu
Good Luck Maurice On 31/03/2011, Martin McCormick <mar...@dc.cis.okstate.edu> wrote: > As a computer user who happens to be blind, the CMOS > setup application is always something to avoid. About the only > real solution as far as I know is to have somebody who can see > the screen help out. If necessary, I can talk them through the > process but as far as I know, there is no way to access it from > a running system. If there was a good way to do this, I wouldn't > be asking these questions. > > I added two 512 MB modules of the appropriate memory to > a Dell system which previously had only 256 MB for a total of > 1.25 GB. The startup routine beeped at me on the next power up, > but this is normal when the amount of memory changes. > > The new memory appears to work as I have an older Linux > kernel installed on the system and the free -b command returns > the expected value but there is still trouble. > > If one tried to run the ubuntu Live CD before the memory > upgrade, the system croaked almost immediately as it ran out of > memory. After the upgrade, it still fails exactly the same way. > Should I be looking for some sort of pointer in the CMOS that > might still be set to a memory limit of 256 MB? The rest of the > system seems fine but still no Live CD boot. > > Many thanks. > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > Systems Engineer > OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group > > -- > Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list > Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility > -- Best Wishes -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility