On Thursday 16 February 2006 14:55, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: >On Thu, 2006-02-16 at 09:05 +0800, Richard wrote: >> On 16/02/06, Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 11:38 +0000, Andy Hawkins wrote: >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > In article >> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> > > >> > > roberto<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > > Hello >> > > > actually i use a desktop with 1GB of memory installed but my >> > > > kernel installed from debian sarge repositories takes into >> > > > account 885MB only. How can i rescue the remaining size of >> > > > memory?? >> > > >> > > Could it be something as simple as a video card using shared >> > > memory? >> > > >> > > Andy >> > >> > I have exactly the same problem. Durin boot, the BIOS sees all the >> > physically installed 1Gb of memory. But the sarge's kernel only >> > sees 885Mb... >> > >> > The video shared memory is set in the BIOS setup? >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Marcelo >> > >> > -- >> > Marcelo Chiapparini >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> > -- >> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> After i had installed another 512 MB RAM to my box i had the same: >> only 885 MB was detected. It seems i had to use "High Memory Support >> (4GB)" in the kernel. Seems the official kernel from debian does not >> have this feature. Maybe you need to compile your own kernel. > >Thank you. I will recompile the kernel anyway, in order to optimize > it.
Be aware that later kernels, post 2.6.15, have readjusted the way memory is accessed, and that the full 1gb of memory will be seen without extra calesthentics. >Regards > >Marcelo > >-- >Marcelo Chiapparini >[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
