[lug] Re: Re: help for missing memory?

[Phil Rasch]

> Phil wrote:
> 
> > I just bought a new Dell machine with 2GB of memory. When I log in
> > as root I can see all the memory. When I log in as a regular user I
> > only see 896MB.
> > 

Nat wrote

> > Phil
> 
> Your machine is not reporting the memory correctly to the kernel.
> 
> In knoppix, use the "cheat code" (as they call them) of mem= to set it 
> correctly.
> 
> http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/CheatCodes
> 
> -- 
> Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com
> 

and Zan wrote



> From: Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>
> 
more stuff snipped
> You need to be running a Linux kernel with highmem support compiled in
> to use more than 1 GB.
> 
> I'm not sure how you can check a running kernel for that.  There might
> be a config-something file in /boot.  You'd want to see if it has
> CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=3Dy in it.
> --=20
> Zan Lynx <zlynx at acm.org>
> 

Thanks to you both. I will try your solutions.

The thing that confuses me is why root can see the memory but a
regular account cannot. How does this work in context with your solutions?

Phil

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