Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour.

2007-05-21 Thread Dale
Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 12:18 +, Marek Miller wrote: > >> I think, I have found a way to tell the kernel how much memory I have. >> Simple >> mem=300M >> appended to the boot command and all defunct RAM (above 300M) >> is inaccessible. So far, my laptop works as if n

Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour.

2007-05-21 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 12:18 +, Marek Miller wrote: > I think, I have found a way to tell the kernel how much memory I have. > Simple > mem=300M > appended to the boot command and all defunct RAM (above 300M) > is inaccessible. So far, my laptop works as if nothing has happened. of course!

Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour.

2007-05-21 Thread Marek Miller
I think, I have found a way to tell the kernel how much memory I have. Simple mem=300M appended to the boot command and all defunct RAM (above 300M) is inaccessible. So far, my laptop works as if nothing has happened. Linux's great. Thanks for all for handful tips. Marek Miller Florian Phil

Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour.

2007-05-21 Thread Florian Philipp
Am Montag 21 Mai 2007 09:08 schrieb Mick: > On Monday 21 May 2007 00:16, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 00:30 +0300, Nistor Andrei wrote: > > > On Monday 21 May 2007, Marek Miller wrote: > > > > Yes, it is a RAM defect. Is there a way to define upper limit of RAM, > > > > so I can p

Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour.

2007-05-21 Thread Nistor Andrei
On Monday 21 May 2007, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 00:30 +0300, Nistor Andrei wrote: > > On Monday 21 May 2007, Marek Miller wrote: > > > Yes, it is a RAM defect. Is there a way to define upper limit of RAM, > > > so I can perform some back-up before > > > I take my laptop to a war

Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour.

2007-05-21 Thread Mick
On Monday 21 May 2007 00:16, Iain Buchanan wrote: > On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 00:30 +0300, Nistor Andrei wrote: > > On Monday 21 May 2007, Marek Miller wrote: > > > Yes, it is a RAM defect. Is there a way to define upper limit of RAM, > > > so I can perform some back-up before > > > I take my laptop to

Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour.

2007-05-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 00:30 +0300, Nistor Andrei wrote: > On Monday 21 May 2007, Marek Miller wrote: > > > > Yes, it is a RAM defect. Is there a way to define upper limit of RAM, so > > I can perform some back-up before > > I take my laptop to a warranty service? > > > Try badram-sources. I've ne

Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour.

2007-05-20 Thread Nistor Andrei
On Monday 21 May 2007, Marek Miller wrote: > b.n. napisał(a): > > Marek Miller ha scritto: > >> I really don't know, what's happened: the system hangs > >> every 15 minutes, most of applications don't work > >> properly (emerge, firefox etc.) and put out >> fault>. > >> > >> > >> Several times I c

Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour.

2007-05-20 Thread Marek Miller
b.n. napisał(a): Marek Miller ha scritto: I really don't know, what's happened: the system hangs every 15 minutes, most of applications don't work properly (emerge, firefox etc.) and put out . Several times I catch a message on the console, but cannot read the whole thing, because of system

Re: [gentoo-user] strange system behaviour.

2007-05-17 Thread b.n.
Marek Miller ha scritto: I really don't know, what's happened: the system hangs every 15 minutes, most of applications don't work properly (emerge, firefox etc.) and put out . Several times I catch a message on the console, but cannot read the whole thing, because of system reboot (It was so