On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:40:16 Aidan Gauland wrote: > On 19/03/12 21:25, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > The very first thing you do is crank up dmidecode, studying the output > > of the "physical memory array" section. This will clear up whether to > > return it as a fraud, or to wonder what might have gobbled up the > > missing storage. Shared video ram is a prime contender, but 256M of it > > for such an Eeeeee non-computer seems rather excessive. There might be > > more than one guilty party of course. > > Looks as if there actually is 1GB in there, looking at line 396 (entry > starting at line 391). Since the graphics card has "HD" in the name, > and 256VRAM is low end by today's standards, I wouldn't be surprised if > it is, indeed, reserved for video. I can't find anything telling in the > "physical memory array" section, though.
Look in the BIOS (press some key at boot time). Some BIOSes have a configuration for how much RAM is to be shared for video. See what's there, and whether you can reduce it. Or buy more RAM. It's cheap, and I think the EEE PC upgrade is easy. Best wishes, Andrew _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
