http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503083 User novell@rvp.endjunk.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=503083#c1 Summary: 4th GB of memory not recognized on Dimension 8400 running PAE kernel. Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.2 Version: Milestone 1 Platform: i686 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: novell@rvp.endjunk.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1b4) Gecko/20090426 SUSE/3.5b4-4.1 Firefox/3.5b4 Actually for openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 1 but 11.2 was not a menu choice. I have a Dell Dimension 8400 upgraded to the latest bios (A09) and recently installed with with 4GB of matched HP DDR2 ram. On bootup system recognized 3.2gb of the memory. I installed the 2.6.29-6-PAE kernel however again only 3.2gb was recognized. I installed kernel source and kernel development tools and made sure to specify the 4gb option in memory (using make cloneconfig it had defaulted to the 64gb option) but again only 3.2gb was recognized. I'm uncertain whether this is a milestone 1 issue or a hardware issue with the Dimension 8400 but thought it should be mentioned. uname -a : Linux d8400 2.6.29-6-i530 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun May 10 06:29:24 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux free -m : d8400:~ # free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 3293 1171 2121 0 288 643 -/+ buffers/cache: 239 3053 Swap: 2055 0 2055 I am available to run any command you think necessary. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot PAE kernel and do a free -m 2. 3. Actual Results: Only 3.2GB of the 4gb is recognized. Expected Results: 4gb should have been recognized..for example: ~$ free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 4015 396 3619 0 15 132 -/+ buffers/cache: 248 3767 Swap: 3867 0 3867 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.