-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tyler Smith wrote: > On 2007-02-13, Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Here's my question. Why do the two different versions report different >> a different amount of memory? The 32 bit version says I have a total of >> 886MB, where the 64-bit version says there is 1024MB. >> > > I came across this recently when I upgraded my Ram from 0.5 to 1.5 > gigs. In order to use 1GB or more RAM you have to have a kernel with > highmem support enabled. Perhaps your 32 bit installation doesn't have > this, while the 64-bit does. It's easily fixed, you need to figure out > which kernel image supports highmem on your architecture and install > that. For me, it meant switching from the 2.6.18-3-386 to the > 2.6.18-3-686 kernel. > Thanks, I upgraded to the 686 kernel and now it shows everything. I of course had to change my nvidia drivers as well. I lost X for a little while, but I've been there before and had it fixed in a few minutes.
One thing I did notice, Xorg was using 40% of the CPU with the "nv" driver. When I switched to "nvidia" (nvidia-glx) it dropped to 2%. I don't like using proprietary stuff, but I can't live with only 60% of my cpu. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF0gjViXBCVWpc5J4RAoELAJ9rvKe6l2p02nl5wJjoEwZiCyuRLACbBq2k bZPFFOoHRrDF+IJCC2Bp0zk= =okIx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
