Re: Debian only sees 885.5 MiB memory

[charlie derr <cderr@simons-rock.edu>]

I'm pretty sure the option is HIGHMEM -- grepping a 2.6.18 config file that I used to build a working kernel (that allows the 
ability to access more than 885M of RAM) finds

# CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
# CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y


	hth,
		~c


Bonnel Christophe wrote:
> I remember an old option in kernel that asked you which size of ram you 
> think to be used. This option seems to have disappeared now.
>
> If you want a 2.6.11 kernel, try to compile the kernel and search for 
> such an option...
>
> Christophe
>
> Nigel Henry a écrit :
> > On Friday 15 June 2007 16:46, arijit sarkar wrote:
> >  
> > > On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 08:02 -0500, Gary Rosenfeldt wrote:
> > >    
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I recently installed Debian Etch on my desktop system.  My mobo is an
> > > > abit nf-7s with nforce2 chipset.  I have 1 gig of ram installed but
> > > > debian only sees 885.5 MiB of my ram.  Fortunately, I'm not
> > > > experiencing any stability issues.  Anyone know the cause of this
> > > > oddity.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > > >       
> > > It's obvious, your motherboard has 128mb shared memory. So debian sess
> > > only 885.5 mb.
> > > I also have 1gig RAM and 128 mb as shared graphics memory. My 'system
> > > monitor' shows ~885mb.
> > > check out your BIOS settings. :-)
> > >
> > > --
> > > Arijit Sarkar
> > > Kolkata, India
> > >     
> >
> > That's interesting. I was booted up in Lenny using the 2.6.11 kernel, 
> > and usually see Gkrellm showing 885Mb of my 1Gb RAM. I've since 
> > rebooted with the 2.6.17 kernel , and with that kernel, Gkrellm is 
> > showing the full 1005Mb of RAM. The onboard graphics card is a 
> > Cyberbladei1 (trident driver).
> >
> > Quite why booting with the 2.6.11 shows 885Mb, and booting with the 
> > 2.6.17 shows 1005Mb is a bit bizarre. Probably some kernel thingy.
> >
> > Nigel.
> >
> >
> >