Public bug reported:
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
** Affects: gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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Incorrect total system memory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/129242
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