1GB limit

[Scott Dier]

Try "ls /boot/" to see which kernels are installed.  You can find the 
name of the currently running kernel using "uname -r".

You most likely want linux-image-686 if you are currently running as 32 
bit.  (if the output of uname -m is not "x86_64" and something like 
"i686")  You can install this with 'apt-get install linux-image-686'.

Which video card do you have for the monitor?  (which driver is listed 
in your xorg.conf or XF86Config)

Thanks,

Carlo Marinelli wrote:
>> Which kernel are you running? 32 or 64?  Is it one of the linux-* or 
>> kernel-* packages?  I'm guessing one of the standard kernels has what 
>> you need, just need to install it.
> 
> In my complete computer science ignorance, I thought that if one has 32 
> bits, then 2^32 is exactly 4G, but maybe a couple of those bits are used 
> by something else, so 2^30=1G is the limit of a 32 bit kernel...
> If this is complete bullsh*t, then yes, I am pretty sure this is a 32 
> bit kernel. Anyway, I simply did the following:
> 1) go to the page http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
> 2) download netinst cd image (i386), version "If you'd like something 
> newer"
> 
> The machine is a dell precision 380 with 4GB RAM and 2001 FP monitor.
> 
> A simple execution of "top" (or dmesg) shows the kernel sees 1GB RAM
> (actually sligtly less). I mentioned the monitor because it runs in 
> 640x480 only (I saw the problem was reported by others as well), and I 
> haven't found yet a good list of modes to make it run in 1600x1200. So 
> far I was only able to get 1280x1024.
> 
> Sorry for mentioning another problem unrelated to the previous one - 
> I'll try to understand how to install a "kernel-*".
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Carlo
> 
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