3GB of RAM?

English Hardware
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I have 4gb of RAM installed on my system.
But openSUSE showing just 3GB of it. I tried it with openSUSE 11.2 M3, in hope that newer kernel will detect.but no luck.
currently i am on openSUSE 11.1 KDE.

linux-30vu:/home/anl/Desktop # free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          2942       1025       1917          0         34        480
-/+ buffers/cache:        510       2432
Swap:         4094          0       4094

Any idea, how to make use of full RAM.
Thanks.

2

Is this _64 if so it should show.

If 32bit you need the PAE kernel, but you know that right.:slight_smile:

3

Sorry, forgot to mention that, its 32bit.
Yeh (PAE kernel), that was what i was thinking of. I will give it a try, will be back after that.

4

If you choose to delete the current kernel, it throws a wobbly - but it’s ok so long as you install the PAE and matching packages.

Remember too, if you have custom compiling to the kernel you will need to re-do them: Eg; Virtual Box from Sun.

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So here we go. Install kernel PAE and reboot the system and then choose the PAE kernel from boot screen. Everything works.

anl@linux-30vu:~> free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          3900        507       3393          0         13        205
-/+ buffers/cache:        288       3612
Swap:         4094          0       4094
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Amazing isn’t it!
You can delete default kernel if you like.
Happy it worked for you anyway;)

7

Superb…
Till now its working fine.
But still working to sort out the audio. Otherwise i have to do new install with M4 64bit. But the problem is, i can’t afford installing again and again. Lets hope, oldcpu can help.

8

TBH. I have always erred on the side of caution both with Audio and Network and have a PCI sound card and Network card, both of which I know work flawlessly in Linux.
My Box has all the on-board stuff too. But I don’t use it.

9

I was having acer laptop before this one, and everything was working out of the box without any errors in 11.1.
Just bought this(hp dv4) a week ago, and installed 1st 11.2 M3 and everything was working fine. But then of some issues i switch back to 11.1, and got this audio problem.

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Sorry. Laptop of course. What am I on about!

Audio has certainly been an issue for many in 11.1. Hopefully Lee will be able to solve it for you. I’m Little league in comparison when it come to sound.