Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:36:03 +0100 > Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Friday 26 January 2007 23:54, Stephen Hemminger wrote: >>> Running on a Intel Core 2 Duo, with 4G of memory. >>> If I enable BIOS remapping (to allow used of all the memory) >>> then the system boots but dies when X starts. If I turn off remapping >>> (so system only hase 3.5G of memory), then everything is fine. >>> >>> Looks like something in the video (DRM) drivers can't handle > 4G of memory. >> Does the system run stable (in particularly when you fill all memory) >> without X? We have had cases in the past where the BIOS just got >> memory remapping wrong and some memory areas caused hangs. These >> were on AMD, not Intel, but older Intel desktop chipsets >> didn't do > 4GB addresses at all and there might be new trouble >> with that. >> >> -Andi > > It seemed stable, I'll try using it as a server (without X). >
I have *exactly* 4G of ram and have similar reaction. the machine is still functionnal though, as I was able to go in via ssh and request a reboot ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
