Re: Managing to get the 4 RAM GiB recognized easily
Am Mittwoch, 15. August 2012 schrieb Gary Dale:
> On 15/08/12 02:13 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Mi, 15 aug 12, 05:12:46, Gary Dale wrote:
> >> If your computer has a 64bit CPU, you could also install the 64bit
> >> version of Debian over the existing. Just don't format your /home.
> >
> > Another option not mentioned yet is to install the -amd64 kernel
> > (assuming the CPU supports it). Works just fine for me.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Andrei
>
> It works, but why not just upgrade to full 64 bit if you can? It's not
> a lot more work unless you've installed a lot of extra packages.
Especially as there can be difficult to debug issues like a crashing X.org
due to 32-bit intel MESA driver not working correctly under 64-Bit kernel.
Might have been fixed meanwhile, but that took me really some time to find
and fix back then.
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