On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:18:27 +0000 andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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.
> Thanks for your thoughts. On a note that might be related, I have > just watched an *.avi video from the hard-drive using Totem and was > drawing 100% CPU, with 42% of memory in cache. Perhaps this is > normal ? > > My only strange experiences with Etch thus far are: > * not having the full 1 GB stick recognised, > * the heavy use of CPU, > * the overflow into swap, and > * the occasional hard freeze when burning DVDs after converting them > from non-DVD formats > > > Perhaps these issues are related? Could I have a bad stick of RAM? Is > it software? Will the Knoppix and memtest86 CDs you mention help sort > out which is which? > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > A You still didn't answer any questions about the video card. Maybe you have an on-board chipset with shared mem? Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
