Marko Randjelovic wrote: > andy wrote: >> Thanks Geoff. I had also read that during the course of my earlier >> research on this issue. But ... >> >> :~$ uname -r >> 2.6.18-3-686 >> >> Viola! 686 and still no 1GB mem recognised, only 3/4s (776400KB) of >> it, as seen below: >> >> :~$ free >> total used free shared buffers cached >> Mem: 776400 732580 43820 0 36980 317528 >> -/+ buffers/cache: 378072 398328 >> Swap: 2931852 92 2931760 >> >> It would appear that I'm looking at either just accepting this fact or >> will have to recompile my kernel, which I am a tad phobic about to be >> frank. > > Are you sure you have 1GB? What does BIOS report when you restart your > computer? > >
You can also install the dmidecode package and do something like this as root: # dmidecode |grep 'Installed Size' |grep MB Which gives me: Installed Size: 256 MB (Single-bank Connection) Installed Size: 256 MB (Single-bank Connection) Installed Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]