Re: Thinkpad 770 memory problem
Isaac MacFarlane wrote: > Hello all. I have 288MB installed in my system and the BIOS does see it all, > but Debian is only recoginizing 220MB. What indicators show only 220M of memory? This problem sounds very unusual to me. Also 288M seems like a lot of memory for the 770. After boot the 'dmesg' command will report memory information. That information will be logged in the /var/log/dmesg file. What information is logged there? Here is a sample from one of my systems: BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: - 0009fc00 (usable) BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 - 000a (reserved) BIOS-e820: 000e - 0010 (reserved) BIOS-e820: 0010 - 0700 (usable) BIOS-e820: fffe - 0001 (reserved) 112MB LOWMEM available. ... Memory: 106320k/114688k available (1499k kernel code, 7864k reserved, 599k data, 256k init, 0k highmem) It would be useful to see the output from /proc/meminfo. In particular what does MemTotal show? In the above system with 112M the system shows the following. cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 110940 kB > I tried adding a boot parameter in GRUB using the mem command, but I > ended up with only 64MB after booting. The command was: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I may be misunderstanding the syntax and have things totally wrong. In fact, > I would say that is likely considering the results. I appreciate any help > you can provide. You probably want to try something more like this instead: mem=288M But if tell it more memory than you actually have available it will cause the system problems. This is documented in the linux source with various Documentation/* files such as boot.txt, kernel-parameters.txt, and memory.txt. A very good resource for ThinkPads is the ThinkWiki. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:770 Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Thinkpad 770 memory problem
Well, I was going by the System Monitor that is included with GNOME. The cat /proc/meminfo results in a MemTotal of 224436 kb. When I try the mem=288M it gives me an Error 28: Selected item cannot fit into memory. I find that puzzling since the BIOS reports the full 288M. Running dmidecode shows that the maximum memory for the system is actually 384M, but I don't have another chip to put in and I don't think that would be worthwhile anyway unless I can get this figured out. I actually know about the thinkwiki site. It helped me solve my audio problems, but there is very little info on there about memory issues. I'm beginning to wonder if I need to update the BIOS or maybe dmidecode is wrong about this system. It hasn't been wrong on other systems I used it with, but this could be a quirk of the IBM system. On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isaac MacFarlane wrote: > > Hello all. I have 288MB installed in my system and the BIOS does see it > all, > > but Debian is only recoginizing 220MB. > > What indicators show only 220M of memory? This problem sounds very > unusual to me. Also 288M seems like a lot of memory for the 770. > > After boot the 'dmesg' command will report memory information. That > information will be logged in the /var/log/dmesg file. What > information is logged there? > Here is a sample from one of my systems: > > BIOS-provided physical RAM map: > BIOS-e820: - 0009fc00 (usable) > BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 - 000a (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 000e - 0010 (reserved) > BIOS-e820: 0010 - 0700 (usable) > BIOS-e820: fffe - 0001 (reserved) > 112MB LOWMEM available. > ... > Memory: 106320k/114688k available (1499k kernel code, 7864k reserved, 599k > data, 256k init, 0k highmem) > > It would be useful to see the output from /proc/meminfo. > In particular what does MemTotal show? In the above system with 112M > the system shows the following. > > cat /proc/meminfo > > MemTotal: 110940 kB > > > I tried adding a boot parameter in GRUB using the mem command, but I > > ended up with only 64MB after booting. The command was: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I may be misunderstanding the syntax and have things totally wrong. In > fact, > > I would say that is likely considering the results. I appreciate any help > > you can provide. > > You probably want to try something more like this instead: > > mem=288M > > But if tell it more memory than you actually have available it will > cause the system problems. > This is documented in the linux source with various Documentation/* > files such as boot.txt, kernel-parameters.txt, and memory.txt. > > A very good resource for ThinkPads is the ThinkWiki. > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:770 > > Bob > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFIfu5J0pRcO8E2ULYRAn54AJ9yqSvV2rmCPpXNIXFrIbh2ho5EpwCfTw6+ > y/gvX18eyg1tRYZI1vGDQb4= > =AhpL > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > >
Re: Thinkpad 770 memory problem
Another thought, I'm using the default kernel that comes with Debian. Would I have better success with a custom compiled one that is for the Pentium chip in the system? On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Isaac MacFarlane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I was going by the System Monitor that is included with GNOME. The > cat /proc/meminfo results in a MemTotal of 224436 kb. When I try the > mem=288M it gives me an Error 28: Selected item cannot fit into memory. I > find that puzzling since the BIOS reports the full 288M. Running dmidecode > shows that the maximum memory for the system is actually 384M, but I don't > have another chip to put in and I don't think that would be worthwhile > anyway unless I can get this figured out. I actually know about the > thinkwiki site. It helped me solve my audio problems, but there is very > little info on there about memory issues. I'm beginning to wonder if I need > to update the BIOS or maybe dmidecode is wrong about this system. It hasn't > been wrong on other systems I used it with, but this could be a quirk of the > IBM system. > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:01 AM, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Isaac MacFarlane wrote: >> > Hello all. I have 288MB installed in my system and the BIOS does see it >> all, >> > but Debian is only recoginizing 220MB. >> >> What indicators show only 220M of memory? This problem sounds very >> unusual to me. Also 288M seems like a lot of memory for the 770. >> >> After boot the 'dmesg' command will report memory information. That >> information will be logged in the /var/log/dmesg file. What >> information is logged there? >> Here is a sample from one of my systems: >> >> BIOS-provided physical RAM map: >> BIOS-e820: - 0009fc00 (usable) >> BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 - 000a (reserved) >> BIOS-e820: 000e - 0010 (reserved) >> BIOS-e820: 0010 - 0700 (usable) >> BIOS-e820: fffe - 0001 (reserved) >> 112MB LOWMEM available. >> ... >> Memory: 106320k/114688k available (1499k kernel code, 7864k reserved, >> 599k data, 256k init, 0k highmem) >> >> It would be useful to see the output from /proc/meminfo. >> In particular what does MemTotal show? In the above system with 112M >> the system shows the following. >> >> cat /proc/meminfo >> >> MemTotal: 110940 kB >> >> > I tried adding a boot parameter in GRUB using the mem command, but I >> > ended up with only 64MB after booting. The command was: >> > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > I may be misunderstanding the syntax and have things totally wrong. In >> fact, >> > I would say that is likely considering the results. I appreciate any >> help >> > you can provide. >> >> You probably want to try something more like this instead: >> >> mem=288M >> >> But if tell it more memory than you actually have available it will >> cause the system problems. >> This is documented in the linux source with various Documentation/* >> files such as boot.txt, kernel-parameters.txt, and memory.txt. >> >> A very good resource for ThinkPads is the ThinkWiki. >> >> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:770 >> >> Bob >> >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iD8DBQFIfu5J0pRcO8E2ULYRAn54AJ9yqSvV2rmCPpXNIXFrIbh2ho5EpwCfTw6+ >> y/gvX18eyg1tRYZI1vGDQb4= >> =AhpL >> -END PGP SIGNATURE- >> >> >
Re: Thinkpad 770 memory problem
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:15:24PM -0600, Isaac MacFarlane wrote: > >Hello all. I have 288MB installed in my system and the BIOS does see >it all, but Debian is only recoginizing 220MB. I tried adding a boot likely it's reclaimed by the video system, seems it's ~64MB shared video RAM. -- pp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Lenny(Etch upgrade) on Thinkpad R61: Fn keys and sound issue
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Franklin PIAT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 11:33 +0530, umesh debian wrote: >> I recently upgrade Etch to Lenny using apt-get dist-upgrade after >> changing all etch occurrences in sources.list. I am facing problems >> that were there is Etch also, mainly the Fn+* keys not working > > Which keys aren't working ? > > Currently almost all my keys are working. IIRC, I had to define some > keys in gnome menu>System>Preferences>Keyboard Shortcuts. > > I should review my instructions on the page, but you can still have a > look : > http://www.klabs.be/~fpiat/linux/debian/Lenny_on_Thinkpad_T61.html#Keyboard > > (Thinkpad T61 and R61 are the same machines. just different cases) > >> and sound not working(HDA intel). > > On the same page, check the "Sound" section, especially "No sound after > upgrade ?". (basically, the mixer settings are wrong). > >> Had gone through a lot in internet regrading installing packages such >> as tpctl, tp_smapi, etc and Alsa divers for sound. Still i am not able >> to bring these up on the Laptop. >> Alsa already has a bug report regarding problem with HDA intel PCI >> sound. is there a workaround? >> >> If anybody has done successful changes for R61 in this regard, please reply. > > A happy user of Thinkpad T61, with sound and keyboard shortcuts. > > Franklin > > For me the Brightness keys are important. They are not working. Aso i alsaconf, which gave error that no suitable PCI cards were found. I even checked the Mixer settings for the PCM, MASTER settings. I set Mixer for HD Audio intel and enabled both Heaphone and speaker buttons. Still nothing. Can u give a step by step info on how u made it work? Thanks and regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thinkpad 770 memory problem
Not on this system. It has a discrete video system builtin that has it's own memory. On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 2:48 AM, Paolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:15:24PM -0600, Isaac MacFarlane wrote: > > > >Hello all. I have 288MB installed in my system and the BIOS does see > >it all, but Debian is only recoginizing 220MB. I tried adding a boot > > likely it's reclaimed by the video system, seems it's ~64MB shared video > RAM. > > -- pp > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Hibernate: mouse is lost
On my HP DV6100 running Testing with GNOME as the graphical environment, if I hibernate, either manually from the command line or using the menu, when I wake the system the mouse is not recognized, even if unplugged and replugged. Even if I unplug the mouse before hibernating, it is not recognized when plugged in after waking. Problem with USB detection? I haven't tried any other peripherals. Any suggestions? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thinkpad 770 memory problem
Isaac MacFarlane wrote: > The cat /proc/meminfo results in a MemTotal of 224436 kb. Okay. > When I try the mem=288M it gives me an Error 28: Selected item > cannot fit into memory. I believe that is a grub error. Grub doesn't believe there is that much memory present. > I find that puzzling since the BIOS reports the full 288M. About the only suggestion I have left is to try running memtest. Perhaps there is perhaps a bad memory dimm in the machine? Just guessing but perhaps the memory is present but that it has errors? Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Thinkpad 770 memory problem
I'll try that. It is worth a shot,but the BIOS test doesn't show any errors. One thing does occur to me. The modules I put in were PC133 not PC66. In theory, they should be backward compatible, but maybe they aren't fully. Does anyone have any experience with that sort of thing? On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isaac MacFarlane wrote: > > The cat /proc/meminfo results in a MemTotal of 224436 kb. > > Okay. > > > When I try the mem=288M it gives me an Error 28: Selected item > > cannot fit into memory. > > I believe that is a grub error. Grub doesn't believe there is that > much memory present. > > > I find that puzzling since the BIOS reports the full 288M. > > About the only suggestion I have left is to try running memtest. > Perhaps there is perhaps a bad memory dimm in the machine? Just > guessing but perhaps the memory is present but that it has errors? > > Bob > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFIgA0Z0pRcO8E2ULYRAlUtAJ9usnE6o0GjIfUvwX4cqgaQzFai+wCggCiR > NHf/yln+225plYz/TuHtTFw= > =rIB6 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > >
Re: Hibernate: mouse is lost
Hi Carl, I used to have a similar problem with my Compaq 3425. The configuration is quite similar to DV6700. Try running "lsusb" command after resuming from hibernate. I say "I used to" because I use lenny and a month or so back this issue vanished after dist-upgrade. On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On my HP DV6100 running Testing with GNOME as the graphical environment, if > I hibernate, either manually from the command line or using the menu, when > I > wake the system the mouse is not recognized, even if unplugged and > replugged. Even if I unplug the mouse before hibernating, it is not > recognized when plugged in after waking. > > Problem with USB detection? I haven't tried any other peripherals. > > Any suggestions? > -- > Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! > Stupid mistakes you can correct! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Gireesh
