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PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:15 pm    Post subject: 2 gb of ram - linux uses 1 gb [solved] Reply with quote

hi,
i bought a new PC with 2 gb of ram, but my linux just uses one of these two gb.
i didn't find out why, yet.

can u help ?
thx


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mutehim,

Check your himem setting in the kernel. Thats only an issue for 32 bit installs.
The default is to use at most 1Gb of RAM.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:22 pm    Post subject: sry Reply with quote

in kernel config:

CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:37 pm    Post subject: Installed Memory Reply with quote

I have 2 GB of memory on my machine, but in...

Code:
/proc/meminfo it is only reporting 905436 kB


...and in...

Code:
phpsysinfo it is only reporting 884.21 MB


both of which are the same amount. How do I get it to report and use the full 2 GB?


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

merged above post here.
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