Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:39:11 -0500 From: Tony Wells <tony@camel.kdsi.net> To: abram olson <dacia_icarus@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: incorrect memort amount reported? Message-ID: <3B535EFF.B735DBF2@camel.kdsi.net> References: <20010716212509.4613.qmail@web13503.mail.yahoo.com>
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abram olson wrote: > > awesome. I'll give it a try. Thanks Tony. > > SO, this : 384*1024 > tells the kernel that the physical memory is between > 384 and 1024M? No, the MAXMEM option expects the argument to be in kilobytes, so by multiplying the megabytes of memory times 1024 you get the kilobytes of memory. (It's not a range.) Check the LINT file in the conf directory for more information about the option. > > Abe > --- Tony Wells <tony@camel.kdsi.net> wrote: > > > > You can make sure all your memory gets used by > > providing a hint to the > > kernel. Add the line: > > > > options MAXMEM="(384*1024)" > > > > to your kernel config, and re-compile the kernel. > > > > > > abram olson wrote: > > > > > > I have 384M of physical memory. > > > > > > After I updated to 4.3-stable gkrellm reports only > > 326 > > > although dmesg reports: > > > real memory = 402571264 (393136K bytes) > > > avail memory = 387108864 (378036K bytes) > > > > > > I understand that this may be a problem with > > gkrellm > > > but it reported ther correct amount of memory > > previous > > > to my updating to 4.3-stable. > > > > > > I'm a newbie what can I say? > > > > > > Abe > > > > > > ===== > > > Jesus saves. > > > Allah forgives, > > > Cthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich. > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > See my digital art at: > > > > > > http://www.foramenmagnum.net/images.html > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > > > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > > of the message > > ===== > Jesus saves. > Allah forgives, > Cthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich. > ------------------------------------------ > See my digital art at: > > http://www.foramenmagnum.net/images.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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