where to look after the size of the RAM-memory on OpenSuse 11.4?

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Hi there - good day dear communty,

wonder how much RAM is on my machine - where can i look - (note - am running 11.4)

love to hear from you

greetings
dilbert

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in megabytes:

free -m
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Am 02.12.2011 17:16, schrieb please try again:
>
> in megabytes:
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> Code:
> --------------------
> free -m
> --------------------
>
>
Just in case the OP wants to see the physical RAM instead of the RAM
available to the system


dmidecode

as root will do.

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PC: oS 11.4 (dual boot 12.1) 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE
4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420 | 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.7.3 |
nVidia ION | 3GB Ram

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If you haven’t deleted it, the My computer icon shows you sysinfo:/

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If really curious and do not mind browsing longer files:

paulparker@linux-xfp4:~> cat /var/log/boot.msg |more

or try filtering results :

paulparker@linux-xfp4:~> grep -i ‘memory:’ /var/log/boot.msg
<6> 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
<6> 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000e4000
<6> 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000
<6> 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000cfe90000 - 00000000cfea8000
<6> 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000cfea8000 - 00000000cfed0000
<6> 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000cfed0000 - 00000000cff00000
<6> 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000cff00000 - 00000000ffe00000
<6> 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000ffe00000 - 0000000100000000
<6> 0.000000] PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000c4000000 - 00000000c8000000
<6> 0.000000] Memory: 7853496k/8912896k available (5309k kernel code, 788356k absent, 271044k reserved, 6117k data, 936k init)
<6> 0.511644] Freeing initrd memory: 11664k freed
<6> 1.185265] Freeing unused kernel memory: 936k freed
<6> 1.185552] Freeing unused kernel memory: 816k freed
<6> 1.185783] Freeing unused kernel memory: 328k freed
<6> 1.528735] [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 3966596 kiB.
<6> 1.528736] [TTM] Zone dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB.
paulparker@linux-xfp4:~>

BTW admit my being NON-technical means not at all sure what most of it means…

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or

hwinfo --memory
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hello - good day - many thx for the infos - g reat to see such a supportive community.

linux-vi17:/home/martin # hwinfo --memory
01: None 00.0: 10102 Main Memory
[Created at memory.66]
Unique ID: rdCR.CxwsZFjVASF
Hardware Class: memory
Model: “Main Memory”
Memory Range: 0x00000000-0x5ff8fbff (rw)
Memory Size: 1 GB + 512 MB
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
linux-vi17:/home/martin #

1-5 G running in linux.


           70 ns
                60 ns
        Supported Memory Types:
                Standard
                FPM
                EDO
                Parity
                ECC
                SIMM
        Memory Module Voltage: 3.3 V
        Associated Memory Slots: 3
                0x0008
                0x0009
                0x000A
        Enabled Error Correcting Capabilities:
                Single-bit Error Correcting

Handle 0x0008, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
        Socket Designation: ROW-0
        Bank Connections: 6 11
        Current Speed: Unknown
        Type: DIMM SDRAM
        Installed Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
        Enabled Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
        Error Status: OK

Handle 0x0009, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
        Socket Designation: ROW-1
        Bank Connections: 6 11
        Current Speed: Unknown
        Type: DIMM SDRAM
        Installed Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
        Enabled Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
        Error Status: OK

Handle 0x000A, DMI type 6, 12 bytes
Memory Module Information
        Socket Designation: ROW-2
        Bank Connections: 6 11
        Current Speed: Unknown
        Type: DIMM SDRAM
        Installed Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
        Enabled Size: 512 MB (Double-bank Connection)
        Error Status: OK

Handle 0x000B, DMI type 9, 13 bytes
System Slot Information
        Designation: PCI1
        Type: 32-bit PCI
        Current Usage: Available
        Length: Long
        ID: 1
        Characteristics:
                3.3 V is provided
                Opening is shared
                PME signal is supported

wellll from my point of view - there are 1.5 MByte installed…

db1

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Maybe to you, but from the point of view of the CPU, it’s 1.5GB. :slight_smile:

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On 2011-12-03 00:46, dilbertone wrote:
> wellll from my point of view - there are 1.5 MByte installed…

Wow, One Mega Byte. That was a lot… in the 70’s X’-)

Common, look again :slight_smile:

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

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On 2011-12-02 22:16, paulparker wrote:
> BTW admit my being NON-technical means not at all sure what most of it
> means…

I am technical, and I don’t know :slight_smile:

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)