help with missing ram
 

in my system i have 2gigs of ram but mandriva only recognizes and uses 880mb. i have searched for the solution and found the following directions
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Releases...o_880MB_of_RAM

i have tried following the directions but everytime i do the computer won't start the graphical desktop (i just get a console login) and when i give the startx command i get an error message of "no display devices found" which is funny cause i am reading it on a display device.

the directions say to run this command

$ rpm -qa | grep kernel-desktop586-latest

and just install the same kernel drivers but without the "586"
i hope that this made sense to some one that can help me out.
thanks

Hi, first try the command...

rpm -qa | grep kernel-desktop-latest

This uses rpm to query the installation to find what version (of kernel-desktop-latest) is installed.

[root@GlennsPref ~]# rpm -qa | grep kernel-desktop-latest
kernel-desktop-latest-2.6.22.12-1mdv2008.0


Another way is to type (in a console) uname -a

[root@GlennsPref ~]# uname -a
Linux GlennsPref.lan 2.6.22.12-desktop-1mdv #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Feb 3 11:01:48 EST 2008 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+ GNU/Linux


Will tell you what version, arch, is running.

Now, if you go into the "Configure My Computer", you will find a page where you can type in the amount of ram on you're system. It's under an "Advanced" drop down tab. I think it is in "Boot Options" (configure the way your kernel boots the system)

Also found here is the options for setting the verbose/silent (text during boot) and to have a graphical background behind the text. ( this is not the actual page you want right now, but the page I was referring to above is near there.) Sorry Mine is broken right now (too many mods) and I am typing this from memory.

If you decide to upgrade your system away from the ONE distro, which is compact, and made to run on as many systems as possible, then the kernel will detect your ram correctly, mine does with 2Gb of ram.

I hope this answers your question.

Regards, Glenn

You're probably using Mdv-One (with a proprietary display driver).
Since you installed a new kernel (kernel-desktop instead of kernel-desktop586), you need to install a new video driver for the new kernel.
After you're logged in the text terminal, run
XFdrake as root
(you'll need to have urpmi set up with non-free repository)