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From: Johannes Kimmel <johannes.kimmel@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Maximizing memory with 32bit
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:05:14
Message-Id: 4C065FE2.4040104@gmx.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Maximizing memory with 32bit by Alex Schuster
1 On 06/02/2010 03:27 PM, Alex Schuster wrote:
2 > Hi there!
3 >
4 > I have 4GB of RAM, but the system is swapping A LOT. I think I will have
5 > to go to 64 bit, but I need some time for that, and I need to use the
6 > system in the meantime.
7 >
8 > But: free -m shows only 2787 MB of total memory. I know I cannot use all
9 > the 4G, but shouldn't there be at least 3GB or even a little more
10 > available? What is your output of free -m?
11 >
12 > wonko@weird ~ $ zgrep HIGHMEM /proc/config.gz
13 > # CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
14 > CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
15 > # CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is not set
16 > CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
17 > # CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM is not set
18 >
19 > Wonko
20 >
21
22 Probably your graphicscard uses the rest of the memory.
23
24 Johannes Kimmel

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