1GB RAM - I get only 877MB

[Cr0t]

I have a really strange problem. I should have 1024MB RAM but I only get 877MB RAM in Linux. Even sensors tells me that I have one 512MB stick and two 256MB sticks. I played around with lilo's mem option but nothing changed I still have (only) 877MB RAM.

sensors | grep SDRAM

Memory type: SDRAM DIMM SPD
SDRAM Size (MB): 256
Memory type: SDRAM DIMM SPD
SDRAM Size (MB): 256
Memory type: SDRAM DIMM SPD
SDRAM Size (MB): 512

I used the memtest86 Program to see if memtest86 finds the 1024MB... memtest86 finds 1024MB RAM even the BIOS tells me that I have 1024MB of RAM but not gentoo... any ideas?
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cya

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[delta407]

Enable high memory support in your kernel and life should be good.
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[Cr0t]

[deathdruid]

Some of your RAM is being set aside for kernel mapping of virtual addresses to physical addresses and other overhead associated with CONFIG_HIGHMEM. For example, in a 4 GB machine, only 3 GB is set aside for userspace, while the kernel allocates 1GB for its use. See here for a nice explanation.

Hope this helps,
Rahul

[Cr0t]

I recompiled the Kernel twice and now it's working
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