Where do you see this information? On the resources or on the system tab? What does gnome-control-center Details pane Overview section say? Does that report the same amount of memory?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-system-monitor in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129242 Title: Incorrect total system memory Status in The GNOME System Monitor: Confirmed Status in “gnome-system-monitor” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor System Monitor reports that my workstation has 503.3MB total memory (which is also what /proc/meminfo says). I have 512MB onboard, and a discreet graphics card so all 512MB is available to the OS. Therefore System Monitor should say I have a total of 512MB. The 503.3MB value may be technically accurate, but end users won't know/care that the extra 8.7MB is in use by the kernel. They are much more likely to know that their computer came with 512MB of RAM, and expect that to be reflected in the System Monitor. A minor thing to be sure, but I think it will improve the experience for end users. To solve this, consider parsing the output of 'lshw', which knows I have 512MB RAM (installed as 2x256MB RDRAM, even). I'm not sure what the right solution is for those systems using integrated graphics. Consider rounding up the value reported by /proc/meminfo to the nearest 16MB. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Mon Jul 30 09:53:36 2007 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.19.5-0ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcCmdline: gnome-system-monitor ProcCwd: /home/steve ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor Uname: Linux steve-ubuntu 2.6.22-8-generic #1 SMP Thu Jul 12 15:59:45 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/129242/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
