Re: RAM puzzle

> apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-4-686. And try the 2.6.21 one while you're there: it may reduce your battery consumption significantly. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RAM puzzle

Yes!!! I'm back again, with the new kernel installed and 2Gb of mem available. Thanks you all for replying so fast. Couldn't do it without your help. M> free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 2011456 2196841791772 0 10536

Re: RAM puzzle

On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 07:46:55PM +0200, Manon Metten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Evgeni, > > On 7/16/07, Evgeni Golov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: >> >> > Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 >> kernel: >>

Re: RAM puzzle

Hi Ron, On 7/16/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does this mean CONFIG_HIGNMEM4G was not set when the kernel was compiled? Correct. There were no 486 machines with more than a GB of RAM, and those CPUs probably don't have the features needed by HIGHMEM. > And how do I install the r

Re: RAM puzzle

Hi Evgeny, On 7/16/07, Evgeni Golov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: please don't CC me, I read debian-laptop ;) Sorry, I hit the wrong button in GMail. Manon.

Re: RAM puzzle

Hi Manon, please don't CC me, I read debian-laptop ;) On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:46:55 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: > > You're not, your using the 486 variant ;) > > Check /boot/config- for HIGHMEM, yours should have > > CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM set, but you need CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G > > > > > So could anybody tel

Re: RAM puzzle

Manon Metten wrote: Hi Evgeni, On 7/16/07, *Evgeni Golov* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: > Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: > Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #

Re: RAM puzzle

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/16/07 12:51, Manon Metten wrote: > Hi Evgeni, > > On 7/16/07, Evgeni Golov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: >> >> > Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 >> kerne

Re: RAM puzzle

Hi Evgeni, On 7/16/07, Evgeni Golov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: > Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: > Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ^

Re: RAM puzzle

Hi Evgeni, On 7/16/07, Evgeni Golov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: > Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: > Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ^

Re: RAM puzzle

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: > Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 kernel: > Linux debian 2.6.18-4-486 #1 Wed May 9 22:23:40 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ^^^ You're not, your using the 486 variant ;) Check /boot/config- f

Re: RAM puzzle

Hi Ivan, On 7/16/07, Ivan Glushkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: plugged them into my Debian Asus M6726NW laptop. I was surprised to see that on /proc/meminfo I have only: MemTotal: 906692 kB MemFree:451864 kB Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 k

Re: RAM puzzle

Thanks Evgeni, that solved the problem. Cheers, Ivan Evgeni Golov wrote: On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:44:35 +0200 Ivan Glushkov wrote: In both cases, how lshw sees the right amount of memory, but the kernel does not?! You need a kernel with HIGHMEM support (all recent Debian kern

Re: RAM puzzle

your kernel use 386, try to use 686 kernel it work on my laptop On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 12:44 +0200, Ivan Glushkov wrote: > Hi all, > > recently I bought 2 x 1 GB modules 1024MB SO-DIMM OCZ PC400 CL2.5. I > plugged them into my Debian Asus M6726NW laptop. I was surprised to see > that on /proc/me