memory size reported wrong 2.6.12.2/slack 10.2
 

for some reason or another my system is reporting that i have about 900mb of ram, when in fact i have 2gb. i'm not sure where to even begin as far as fixing this or figuring out why it's doing this in the first place.

i've googled, i've searched[though the LQ.org search was not being cooperative with me]...can't seem to find any explanation.

any help would be greatly appreciated, and if anyone needs any more information let me know. thanks in advance.

When dealing with loads of RAM the kernel needs a certain option enabled to detect it correctly. Don't remember exactly where. If you cooked this kernel, check your config and it should be somewhere.

thanks a lot, i'll check that out tonight. much appreciated.

awesome...that worked perfectly.

i can't remember what it was under word for word, but something like "High Memory" under the Processor Features. it was set to off and i changed that to 4gb.

thanks again, i appreciate the help.

No problema. :D