Geoff Reidy wrote:
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)
Geoff
The relevant excerpt from the output of dmidecode is:
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0027
Error Information Handle: Not Provided
Total Width: 64 bits
Data Width: 64 bits
Size: 1024 MB
Form Factor: DIMM
Set: None
Locator: DIMM0
Bank Locator: BANK0
Type: DDR
Type Detail: Synchronous
Speed: Unknown
Manufacturer: Manufacturer0
Serial Number: SerNum0
Asset Tag: AssetTagNum0
Part Number: PartNum0
Although the man page will identify as a bug that the info in dmidecode
can be completely wrong (!), this does show that I have 1024MB of RAM -
i.e. 1GB. So, somewhere betwixt BIOS and fired up Etch I have lost
recognition for 250MB-odd of memory.
