64 bits (was: Re: [gentoo-user] Maximizing memory with 32bit)

2010-06-16 Thread Alex Schuster
I wrote: > J. Roeleveld writes: > > > > Probably your graphicscard uses the rest of the memory. > > > > > > Oh, thanks! Did not think about this. It's an ATI Radeon HD4300 > > > onboard card, so I guess this must be the cause. Seems like I will > > > have to do the migration to 64bit then. > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Maximizing memory with 32bit

2010-06-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:48:28 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > > If your graphics card uses up the rest of the memory, moving up to > > 64bit won't help either. > > Shouldn't I have 4GB minus the amount of graphics memory then, instead > of 3G minus that? Some BIOSes only show a maximum of 3GB with

Re: [gentoo-user] Maximizing memory with 32bit

2010-06-02 Thread Alex Schuster
J. Roeleveld writes: > > > Probably your graphicscard uses the rest of the memory. > > > > Oh, thanks! Did not think about this. It's an ATI Radeon HD4300 > > onboard card, so I guess this must be the cause. Seems like I will > > have to do the migration to 64bit then. > Wonko, > > If your grap

Re: [gentoo-user] Maximizing memory with 32bit

2010-06-02 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Wednesday 02 June 2010 16:00:02 Alex Schuster wrote: > Johannes Kimmel writes: > > On 06/02/2010 03:27 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: > > > But: free -m shows only 2787 MB of total memory. I know I cannot use > > > all the 4G, but shouldn't there be at least 3GB or even a little > > > more available?

Re: [gentoo-user] Maximizing memory with 32bit

2010-06-02 Thread Johannes Kimmel
On 06/02/2010 03:27 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: Hi there! I have 4GB of RAM, but the system is swapping A LOT. I think I will have to go to 64 bit, but I need some time for that, and I need to use the system in the meantime. But: free -m shows only 2787 MB of total memory. I know I cannot use all

Re: [gentoo-user] Maximizing memory with 32bit

2010-06-02 Thread Alex Schuster
Johannes Kimmel writes: > On 06/02/2010 03:27 PM, Alex Schuster wrote: > > But: free -m shows only 2787 MB of total memory. I know I cannot use > > all the 4G, but shouldn't there be at least 3GB or even a little > > more available? What is your output of free -m? [...] > Probably your graphicsc