On Monday 02 June 2003 05:14 pm, Enrico Pirani wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Dennis Veatch wrote: > > On Monday 02 June 2003 04:17 pm, Enrico Pirani wrote: > > > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Net Llama! wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Enrico Pirani wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Net Llama! wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Enrico Pirani wrote: > > > > > > > I'm using Slackware 9.0 with 1 GB ram. After checking the > > > > > > > syslog I've noticed a waring message telling the kernel was > > > > > > > using just 896 Mb ram. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why? > > > > > > > > > > > > What exactly does the warning look like? > > > > > > > > > > May 14 19:44:19 darkstar kernel: Warning only 896MB will be used > > > > > > > > > > >What kind of videcard do you > > > > > > > > > > Nvidia Ti4200 (128Mb) > > > > > > > > 128MB + 896MB = 1024MB (1GB). That's your answer right there. If > > > > you don't like that, then you need to get a new videcard with its own > > > > dedicatred memory. > > > > > > HA! HA! HA! > > > > > > Come on!, This video card doesn't share memory. It uses his own memory. > > > > Not true, depends on the chipset/mobo, reference (one amoung many); > > > > http://bizforums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xb2703fd7f72ad611abd50 > >090277a778c,00.html > > Hey, look better: > > .....The 11mb shared memory is dynamically allocated... meaning the system > will automatically allocated this memory from the ram when it is required. > The 11mb comes from the system memory, so it robs the system of RAM. You > most likely have an intel 81x series chipset inside your computer... > bascially this means that you have no actualy video card, but your chipset > contains graphics into the motherboard. The intel integrated.... > > ----My card is a PCI based video card equipped with 128Mb DDR-Ram. > > again look better: > > ......If you want to install a video card, you will have to install a PCI > based > video card, unless if you upgrade to a motherboard that contains an AGP > slot. The PCI based video card will improve performance greatly, but it > will still not be comparable to an AGP based video card. A popular video > card that is in the PCI format is the ATI Radeon 32mb SDR. The problem is, > ATI may have discontinued this card, so it may be hard to find.. > > Enrico
My point was that some video cards (that is built ins) do use system ram. Anyway have you tried appending mem=xxxx to lilo or grub? -- Registered Linux user 193414 http://counter.li.org Don't be afraid to try something. Remember that amateurs built the ark and professionals built the Titanic. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
