Michael said it. It is hard to build a default kernel that would support more memory because such kernel would also fail to boot on some other hardware - causing more problems than what it would fix. There is also performance hit and the single processes still have 3G limitation for their size.
The best option is to move to 64-bit operating system. The next best the server kernel + compiling the missing drivers manually... ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Fix Released -- 4G RAM on Thinkpad T61p https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/177548 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs