installed v4.15-rc3 and booted HardInfo 0.5.1 continues to display 512Mo memory (wrong, real is 256) -PCI Devices- VGA compatible controller : NVIDIA Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Memory 512MB(32-bit,prefetchable)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1737423 Title: With a (cheap) video card in PCI Geforce 6200 (NV44A) with 256Mb video memory misdetected as 512 Mb : result was kernel panic in worst case and memory crash in best case Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Under XP card detected as PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0221&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1\4&3A321F38&0&48F0 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0221&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1\4&3A321F38&0&48F0 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0221&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1 PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0221&CC_030000 memory range 94000000 94FFFFFF memory range C0000000 DFFFFFFF memory range 92000000 92FFFFFF IRQ 09 IO range 03B0 03BB IO range 03C0 03DF memory range 000A0000 000BFFFF Processeur graphique : GeForce 6200 Version du pilote : 307.83 Prise en charge DirectX : 9.0c Horloge principale : 300 MHz Débit de données mémoire : 1064 MHz Interface de mémoire : 64 bits Mémoire : 256 Mo Type de mémoire : DDR2 Version BIOS vidéo : 5.44.A2.10.26 IRQ : 9 Bus : PCI correctly detected as 256Mb and working Under linux file /var/log/Xorg.0.log contains 18.759] (--) PCI: (0:3:9:0) 10de:0221:0000:0000 rev 161, Mem @ 0x94000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/536870912, 0x92000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072 card bad detection ... 0xc0000000/536870912 correct adress, wrong size 536870912 soit 512Mo output of: sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a is jean@jean-Soisy:~$ sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a [sudo] password for jean: *-display description: Display controller produit: 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller fabriquant: Intel Corporation identifiant matériel: 2 information bus: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 02 bits: 32 bits horloge: 33MHz fonctionnalités: pm bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 ressources: irq:16 mémoire:a0000000-a7ffffff mémoire:90000000-9007ffff portE/S:1800(taille=8) *-display description: VGA compatible controller produit: NV44A [GeForce 6200] fabriquant: NVIDIA Corporation identifiant matériel: 9 information bus: pci@0000:03:09.0 version: a1 bits: 32 bits horloge: 66MHz fonctionnalités: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=nouveau latency=40 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5 ressources: irq:21 mémoire:94000000-94ffffff mémoire:c0000000-dfffffff mémoire:92000000-92ffffff mémoire:e0000000-e001ffff No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty Linux jean-Soisy 3.13.0-135-generic #184-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 18 11:56:31 UTC 2017 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux Attempted to find where the memory size detection lies in the code, but was too far in the labyrinth for me. Regards Jean COLIN To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1737423/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
