Open suse 13.1 showing less memory than it is originally.

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I had been working on Linux (Open SUSE 12.1) and it showed a total memory of 8 GiB RAM. However, I have recently updated my system to open SUSE 13.1 and now it is showing a total memory of 3.87 GiB RAM.
Can anyone help me to understand the reason behind this? Also how can I overcome this problem?

Thanking You,
Syeda Sumayya Tariq

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On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 05:06:01 +0000, Syeda wrote:

> I had been working on Linux (Open SUSE 12.1) and it showed a total
> memory of 8 GiB RAM. However, I have recently updated my system to open
> SUSE 13.1 and now it is showing a total memory of 3.87 GiB RAM.
> Can anyone help me to understand the reason behind this? Also how can I
> overcome this problem?

Sounds like you installed the 32-bit version of 13.1 - you probably want
the 64-bit version instead.

Jim

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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
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And how do I know what version of 13.1 I have installed?
Forgive me if I sound uninformed but I am kind of new to this field.

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oh! Okay I got it.
Turns out I have installed the 64-bit version

Linux node14 3.4.63-2.44-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 2 11:18:32 UTC 2013 (d91a619) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What now?

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Please post the output of the terminal command free and wrap it in code tags;


Like this!
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Linux node14 3.4.63-2.44-desktop

Thats the Kernel of openSUSE 12.3.

Did you restart your System?

Please post:

zypper lr -uP

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On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 05:36:01 +0000, Syeda wrote:

> And how do I know what version of 13.1 I have installed?
> Forgive me if I sound uninformed but I am kind of new to this field.

uname -a

That will tell you the running kernel.

Jim

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On Thu, 23 Apr 2015 05:36:01 +0000, Syeda wrote:

> oh! Okay I got it.
> Turns out I have installed the 64-bit version
>
> Linux node14 3.4.63-2.44-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 2 11:18:32 UTC
> 2013 (d91a619) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I would run a memory test - the 64-bit version won’t have an issue
addressing memory beyond 4GB, so it’s possible you’ve developed a
hardware fault.

Jim

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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C