Lubuntu does not use all of my RAM

[dikdirk]

I am running Lubuntu 12.10 64bit on my hp nx7400 laptop.
I recently upgraded my RAM to 4GB (2x2GB memory modules), however sysinfo only displays 3.3GB of available RAM.

In the bios I can clearly see 4GB of ram installed and I can also run a diagnosis check on the memory in the bios. So it seems to be operating system related.

So, I am wondering what happened to the rest of it.

In this post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...0#post12429300
it is suggested that it might have something to do with shared video memory, however it is not posted how to verify that.

Does someone know how to:

• check the amount shared video memory?
• change the amount of shared video memory?
• find out what else might be the cause?

[matt_symes]

HI

This question keeps coming up.

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...y-have-4-0-gib

Kind regards

[dikdirk]

HI

This question keeps coming up.

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questi...y-have-4-0-gib

Kind regards

Thank your for the response. Your link, however, seems to be related to 32 bit operating system and architecture. My operating system and architecture is 64 bit:

for example

• unem -a gives: Linux martin-HPnx7400 3.5.0-21-generic #32-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 11 18:51:59 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
• sudo lshw |grep cpu, gives: *-cpu
  bus info: cpu@0
  capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm tpr_shadow cpufreq

Accoring to wikipedia x86-64 means 64 bit and thus the cause should be something else!

[Cheesemill]

Is there a setting in your BIOS for allocating shared video memory? On my motherboard I can adjust how much RAM the onboard video adapter uses.

[dikdirk]

Is there a setting in your BIOS for allocating shared video memory? On my motherboard I can adjust how much RAM the onboard video adapter uses.

No, unfortunately not.

[fdrake]

did you try reinstallin the kernel after the RAM upgrade? RAM sometimes doesn't get configured automatically

sudo apt-get install linux-image && sudo apt-get update

[dikdirk]

did you try reinstallin the kernel after the RAM upgrade? RAM sometimes doesn't get configured automatically

sudo apt-get install linux-image && sudo apt-get update

Thank you for the suggestion, I tried it, but it didn work.
I upgraded from 1GB ram to 4GB, so part of it is also actually visible.

[3rdalbum]

Something in your BIOS is set to only address in 32-bit mode.

[fdrake]

Something in your BIOS is set to only address in 32-bit mode.

but he said he is running ubunut 64bit.

@OP
can you provide us with the

uname -a
sudo apt-get install dmidecode
sudo dmidecode --type memory
free -mh

[matt_symes]

Hi

Yes, that article was for 32 bit.

Can we take a look at what Ubuntu is actually seeing ?

Open a terminal and type (these are all case sensitive)

dmesg | grep Mem

grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo

free -m

sudo dmidecode -t 6

Please post the results back here.

Kind regards