[Tfug] GNOME System Monitor not reporting all available memory

[Jude Nelson]

Does your kernel have high-memory support?  Also, what's the
kernel/user-space memory split on your kernel?

On 8/6/07, Sean Warburton <hl2addict at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If nothing else, skim through your BIOS settings. There may be some odd
> setting that affects your OS's ability to recognize the other gig. XP was
> notorious for only seeing 2 gigs when people bought 4. The solution for
> that
> was an XP hotfix and a BIOS flash update. So maybe you can update your
> kernel, like Robert Hunter was alluding to. What motherboard do you have?
>
> On 8/6/07, Robert Hunter <hunter at tfug.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 8/6/07, Glen Pfeiffer <glen at thepfeiffers.net> wrote:
> > > Now it is official that Debian is not recognizing 2GB.
> >
> > Glen, here are a few more things you could check:
> >
> > -What kernel version are you running?
> >
> > -Does "dmesg" give you any any relevant info?
> >
> > -Do you have a correct memory configuration  for your mainboard ( i.e.,
> > correct type/amount of memory modules ) ?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rob
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