Hi Christopher, I'm a bit confused. Don't you mean a reporting discrepancy between 'lshw' vs. '/proc' and procps tools like 'free'. BOTH 'free' and 'cat /proc/meminfo' show the WRONG info, whereas 'lshw' shows the correct info.
Just to be clear, I'm rather confident that this is not a reporting issue, but an actually failure of the kernel to detect and use all 12GB at boot. Line 182 of 'dmesg' reads: [ 0.000000] Memory: 8137408k/9699328k available (6591k kernel code, 1334588k absent, 227332k reserved, 6614k data, 924k init) I've attached the first 250 lines of 'dmesg' to this post, for context, should you need it. So, given this, I presume you nevertheless would like me to try the upstream kernel, correct? Thanks, Doug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1321938 Title: [Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 (rev. 3.0)] Ubuntu 12.04 LTS lshw sees 12gb RAM but system only using 8gb Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Gigabyte replaced my dead GA-870A-UD3 motherboard with a GA-970A-UD3. However, "free" and cat /proc/meminfo only show 8GB of RAM: cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 8155016 kB MemFree: 253264 kB ... However, lshw does see all 12gb: lshw | grep -m 1 -A 50 "*-memory" *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 2c slot: System board or motherboard size: 12GiB *-bank:0 description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns) product: F3-10666CL9-4 vendor: Undefined physical id: 0 serial: 00000000 slot: Node0_Dimm0 size: 4GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) *-bank:1 description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns) product: F3-10666CL9-4 vendor: Undefined physical id: 1 serial: 00000000 slot: Node0_Dimm1 size: 4GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) *-bank:2 description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns) product: F3-10666CL9-2 vendor: Undefined physical id: 2 serial: 00000000 slot: Node0_Dimm2 size: 2GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) *-bank:3 description: DIMM DDR3 Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns) product: F3-10666CL9-2 vendor: Undefined physical id: 3 serial: 00000000 slot: Node0_Dimm3 size: 2GiB width: 64 bits clock: 667MHz (1.5ns) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-63-generic 3.2.0-63.94 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-63.94-generic 3.2.57 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-63-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT2020 Analog [VT2020 Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC2: morse 2845 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: morse 2845 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: morse 2845 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfeb00000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'VIA VT2020' Components : 'HDA:11060441,1458a014,00100100' Controls : 48 Simple ctrls : 24 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfea40000 irq 76' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 6 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Card2.Amixer.info: Card hw:2 'Generic_1'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xfe640000 irq 77' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 6 Simple ctrls : 1 Card2.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Wed May 21 16:34:53 2014 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f938a5e5-3e60-4030-9402-a8ff0adf64c6 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M. MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-63-generic root=UUID=45c2a972-2497-11e2-88ea-50e549361dd3 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-63-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-63-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79.14 RfKill: 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: yes Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-06 (745 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 01/28/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: FC dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: 970A-UD3 dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: x.x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrFC:bd01/28/2013:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rn970A-UD3:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.: dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1321938/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
