memory size reported wrong 2.6.12.2/slack 10.2

urbanwks · 12-17-2005, 12:36 PM

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.

mebrelith · 12-17-2005, 12:43 PM

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.

urbanwks · 12-17-2005, 06:16 PM

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

urbanwks · 12-18-2005, 12:55 AM

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.

mebrelith · 12-18-2005, 09:44 AM

No problema.