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wrtpeeps
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 Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:31 am Post subject: [SOLVED] Not detecting memory correct? |
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My computer has 1.5gb of ram. However, running free -m and htop/top tells me I only have 884mb in total.
| Code: | total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 884 849 35 0 198 298 |
Am I reading this wrong/missing something or has some of my ram died? 
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limn
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:08 am Post subject: |
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Perhaps you are missing this in your kernel config
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-> Processor type and features
-> High Memory Support (4GB) ---> |
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wrtpeeps
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| limn wrote: | Perhaps you are missing this in your kernel config
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-> Processor type and features
-> High Memory Support (4GB) ---> |
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That doesn't seem to be compiled in.
Do I need that for 1.5gb of ram?
I read it as "if you have 4gb" ? |
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cyrillic
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| wrtpeeps wrote: | | I read it as "if you have 4gb" ? |
It should read "if you have less than 4GB".
4GB or more requires the 64GB highmem option (or better yet, a 64bit kernel). |
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wrtpeeps
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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| cyrillic wrote: | | wrtpeeps wrote: | | I read it as "if you have 4gb" ? |
It should read "if you have less than 4GB".
4GB or more requires the 64GB highmem option (or better yet, a 64bit kernel). |
Ah, ok.
Thanks. |
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wrtpeeps
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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Fixed!
Brilliant. |
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