Looks like the RAM size is correctly detected: [ 10.572891] nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:03:09.0] BOOT0 : 0x04a100a1 [ 10.572897] nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:03:09.0] Chipset: NV44A (NV4A) [ 10.572903] nouveau [ DEVICE][0000:03:09.0] Family : NV40 [ 10.579195] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:03:09.0] checking PRAMIN for image... [ 10.579208] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:03:09.0] ... signature not found [ 10.579213] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:03:09.0] checking PROM for image... [ 10.900540] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:03:09.0] ... appears to be valid [ 10.900544] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:03:09.0] using image from PROM [ 10.900760] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:03:09.0] BIT signature found [ 10.900767] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:03:09.0] version 05.44.a2.10.01 [ 10.913241] nouveau [ DEVINIT][0000:03:09.0] adaptor not initialised [ 10.913253] nouveau [ VBIOS][0000:03:09.0] running init tables [ 10.931444] nouveau [ PFB][0000:03:09.0] RAM type: DDR2 [ 10.931448] nouveau [ PFB][0000:03:09.0] RAM size: 256 MiB
You can use HWE stack for newer kernel and newer Xorg: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack#Ubuntu_14.04_LTS_-_Trusty_Tahr [ 10.931451] nouveau [ PFB][0000:03:09.0] ZCOMP: 0 tags -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1737423 Title: With a (cheap) video card in PCI Geforce 6200 (NV44A) with 256Mb video memory misdetected as 512 Mb : result was kernel panic in worst case and memory crash in best case To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1737423/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
