Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo not detecting full amount of memory

[Mark Shields <laebshade@gmail.com>]

No I do not, as I was under the impression it's not required unless
you have at least 4gb (sorry for the poor formatting, copying from
putty/terminal to a text box doesn't format very well):

Linux Kernel v2.6.11-gentoo-r6 Configuration
 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────


     ┌─────────────────────── 
High Memory Support
 ────────────────────────┐
     │  Use the arrow keys to navigate this window or press the hotkey of │
     │  the item you wish to select followed by the <SPACE BAR>. Press    │
     │  <?> for additional information about this option.                 │
     │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
     │ │                            (X) off                             │ │
     │ │                            ( ) 4GB                             │ │
     │ │                            ( ) 64GB                            │ │
     │ │                                                                │ │
     │ │                                                                │ │
     │ │                                                                │ │
     │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
     ├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
     │                       <Select>      < Help >                       │
     └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

All 3 memory sticks appear fine.  The motherboard is an A7N8X Deluxe,
my main PC has an A7N8X-E Deluxe; both of them are capable of using
3gb of memory, 1gb per stick (3 slots for memory).  The 2 x 256 mb
sticks came from my main PC which I upgraded with 2 x 512mb sticks.
The 512mb stick has been in use by the server for 4 months. I could
understand if it was possible that they're incompatible, but then it
wouldn't show a gig of RAM when the PC shows the bios screen.
Regardless, I'll run memtest86 overnight to be sure.  I'll also see
what an ubuntu or knoppix livecd shows.





On 7/24/05, Kai Ole Schultz <k.o.schultz@gmx.net> wrote:
> On Sunday 24 07 2005 21:46 Mark Shields wrote:
> > I put some more memory in it, and it shows up fine
> > as 1048576 KB (1 gigabyte).  Gentoo, however, is only showing it as
> > 904336 KB (883.14 MB) .
> 
> Did you enable high Memory Support in your kernel?
> 
> HTH
> Kai Ole Schultz
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