topic title: Ram? AntiX 15 beta2
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
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$ free -g
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:             3          0          2          0          0          0
-/+ buffers/cache:          0          2
Swap:            3          0          3
# /sbin/init
Usage: init {-e VAR[=VAL] | [-t SECONDS] {0|1|2|3|4|5|6|S|s|Q|q|A|a|B|b|C|c|U|u}}
# cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal:        3365580 kB
MemFree:         2794560 kB
MemAvailable:    3098804 kB
Buffers:          118488 kB
Cached:           201308 kB
SwapCached:            0 kB
Active:           280384 kB
Inactive:         238744 kB
Active(anon):     199584 kB
Inactive(anon):     2456 kB
Active(file):      80800 kB
Inactive(file):   236288 kB
Unevictable:           0 kB
Mlocked:               0 kB
HighTotal:       2496524 kB
HighFree:        2170528 kB
LowTotal:         869056 kB
LowFree:          624032 kB
SwapTotal:       4094972 kB
SwapFree:        4094972 kB
Dirty:               296 kB
Writeback:             0 kB
AnonPages:        199320 kB
Mapped:           102260 kB
Shmem:              2720 kB
Slab:              16808 kB
SReclaimable:       6168 kB
SUnreclaim:        10640 kB
KernelStack:        1968 kB
PageTables:         1696 kB
NFS_Unstable:          0 kB
Bounce:                0 kB
WritebackTmp:          0 kB
CommitLimit:     5777760 kB
Committed_AS:     721592 kB
VmallocTotal:     122880 kB
VmallocUsed:       78144 kB
VmallocChunk:       9904 kB
HugePages_Total:       0
HugePages_Free:        0
HugePages_Rsvd:        0
HugePages_Surp:        0
Hugepagesize:       4096 kB
DirectMap4k:       24568 kB
DirectMap4M:      884736 kB
# grep --color=always -i PAE /proc/cpuinfo
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm dtherm
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm dtherm
# dmidecode --type memory
# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.5 present.

Handle 0x1000, DMI type 16, 15 bytes
Physical Memory Array
    Location: System Board Or Motherboard
    Use: System Memory
    Error Correction Type: None
    Maximum Capacity: 8 GB
    Error Information Handle: Not Provided
    Number Of Devices: 4

Handle 0x1100, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
    Array Handle: 0x1000
    Error Information Handle: No Error
    Total Width: 64 bits
    Data Width: 64 bits
    Size: 1024 MB
    Form Factor: DIMM
    Set: None
    Locator: DIMM_1
    Bank Locator: Not Specified
    Type: DDR2
    Type Detail: Synchronous
    Speed: 667 MHz
    Manufacturer: AD00000000000000
    Serial Number: 00004014
    Asset Tag: 010908
    Part Number: HMP112U6EFR8C-S6  

Handle 0x1101, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
    Array Handle: 0x1000
    Error Information Handle: No Error
    Total Width: 64 bits
    Data Width: 64 bits
    Size: 1024 MB
    Form Factor: DIMM
    Set: None
    Locator: DIMM_3
    Bank Locator: Not Specified
    Type: DDR2
    Type Detail: Synchronous
    Speed: 667 MHz
    Manufacturer: AD00000000000000
    Serial Number: 0000401D
    Asset Tag: 010912
    Part Number: HMP112U6EFR8C-S6  

Handle 0x1102, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
    Array Handle: 0x1000
    Error Information Handle: No Error
    Total Width: 64 bits
    Data Width: 64 bits
    Size: 1024 MB
    Form Factor: DIMM
    Set: None
    Locator: DIMM_2
    Bank Locator: Not Specified
    Type: DDR2
    Type Detail: Synchronous
    Speed: 667 MHz
    Manufacturer: 7FBA000000000000
    Serial Number: 00000000
    Asset Tag: 001244
    Part Number:                   

Handle 0x1103, DMI type 17, 27 bytes
Memory Device
    Array Handle: 0x1000
    Error Information Handle: No Error
    Total Width: 64 bits
    Data Width: 64 bits
    Size: 1024 MB
    Form Factor: DIMM
    Set: None
    Locator: DIMM_4
    Bank Locator: Not Specified
    Type: DDR2
    Type Detail: Synchronous
    Speed: 667 MHz
    Manufacturer: 7FBA000000000000
    Serial Number: 00000000
    Asset Tag: 001244
# uname -r
4.0.0-antix.1-486-smp

<snip>
$ sudo inxi -zv7
[sudo] password for harry: 
System:    Host: tramp Kernel: 4.0.0-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.9.2)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8 dm: slim
           Distro: antiX-15-beta2-V_386-full Killah P 11 April 2015
Machine:   System: Dell product: Precision WorkStation T3400 Chassis: type: 7
           Mobo: Dell model: 0TP412 Bios: Dell v: A09 date: 06/04/2009
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E7400 (-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3) bmips: 11163
           clock speeds: max: 2790 MHz 1: 2790 MHz 2: 2790 MHz
Memory:    Array-1 capacity: 8 GB devices: 4 EC: None
           Device-1: DIMM_1 size: 1 GB speed: 667 MHz type: DDR2 (Synchronous)
           bus width: 64 bits
           manufacturer: AD00000000000000 part: HMP112U6EFR8C-S6 serial: 00004014
           Device-2: DIMM_3 size: 1 GB speed: 667 MHz type: DDR2 (Synchronous)
           bus width: 64 bits
           manufacturer: AD00000000000000 part: HMP112U6EFR8C-S6 serial: 0000401D
           Device-3: DIMM_2 size: 1 GB speed: 667 MHz type: DDR2 (Synchronous)
           bus width: 64 bits
           manufacturer: 7FBA000000000000 part: N/A serial: N/A
           Device-4: DIMM_4 size: 1 GB speed: 667 MHz type: DDR2 (Synchronous)
           bus width: 64 bits
           manufacturer: 7FBA000000000000 part: N/A serial: N/A
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA G71 [GeForce 7900 GS]
           bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0292
           Display Server: X.org 1.16.4 driver: nouveau
           tty size: 80x28 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.0.0-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
           driver: tg3 v: 3.137 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:167a
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Realtek RTL8191SU 802.11n WLAN Adapter
           driver: r8712u usb-ID: 001-002 chip-ID: 0bda:8172
           IF: wlan0 state: N/A mac: N/A
           WAN IP: <filter> IF: eth0 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A
           IF: wlan0 ip: <filter> ip-v6: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (25.3% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST3160812AS size: 160.0GB serial: 5LSEMKYE
           Optical: /dev/sr0 model: PLDS DVD+-RW DH-16AAS
           rev: JD12 dev-links: cdrom,cdrw,dvd,dvdrw
           Features: speed: 48x multisession: yes
           audio: yes dvd: yes rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.6G used: 3.4G (47%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           label: antiX15root uuid: 6b6ca5df-3ad8-4908-ae65-83af149a919d
           ID-2: /home size: 16G used: 552M (4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
           label: /home uuid: 6d634f6e-771a-4dfc-853e-3180c0404457
           ID-3: /media/_data size: 120G used: 31G (27%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7
           label: /data uuid: de0827bb-98c0-44b8-8ccc-efcc4f0abe62
           ID-4: swap-1 size: 4.19GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda8
           label: N/A uuid: f4c83b44-cc64-4faa-b015-9a6ebe0c05b3
RAID:      No RAID data: /proc/mdstat missing-is md_mod kernel module loaded?
Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/ram0 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-2: /dev/ram1 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-3: /dev/ram2 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-4: /dev/ram3 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-5: /dev/ram4 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-6: /dev/ram5 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-7: /dev/ram6 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-8: /dev/ram7 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-9: /dev/ram8 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-10: /dev/ram9 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-11: /dev/ram10 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-12: /dev/ram11 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-13: /dev/ram12 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-14: /dev/ram13 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-15: /dev/ram14 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
           ID-16: /dev/ram15 size: 0.02G label: N/A uuid: N/A
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 59.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 121 Uptime: 44 min Memory: 288.9/3286.7MB
           Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 4.9.2
           Client: Shell (sudo running in bash) inxi: 2.2.19
The reason for this post. I am juggling ram sticks between the 2 Dell T3400. Because one has ECC ram and this one is Non-ECC. I bumped the ram to 4 gigs on this unit but as can be seen from my readouts. The ram detection bottoms out at

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$ free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       3365580     638768    2726812       2472     123088     218804
-/+ buffers/cache:     296876    3068704
Swap:      4094972          0    4094972
Memory remapping is not a available option when checking in the bios.
The bios does see all 4 gig of ram though. As well as inxi shows all slots filled
with 4 , 1 GIG, ram sticks.

So just wondering if AntiX PAE 4.0 is enabled I checked.

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# egrep"HIGHMEM|X86_PAE" /boot/config-`uname -r`
# CONFIG_NOHIGHMEM is not set
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G=y
CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
# CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM is not set
I am kinda confused here so I try and include all the info I could into this thread with relevant commands for finding out what is happening with ram in AntiX. My video card can't be sucking up all of it I would think? As it has it's own memory of 256MB. I know that aint alot. But I work with what I got.
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#2
the 4 kernel is not PAE enabled. Its a 486 kernel. That said, you are getting more than I am. I'm only getting 2.4 GB of my 8 gb .

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dolphin@littlebyte:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: littlebyte Kernel: 4.0.0-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit) Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-15-beta2-V_386-full Killah P 11 April 2015
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC v: 0587110002242B10000022100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 146A v: 58.28 Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: F.26 date: 02/14/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5 M 460 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 2534 MHz 1: 1466 MHz 2: 1333 MHz 3: 1333 MHz 4: 1333 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.03hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2
Audio:     Card Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.0.0-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 64:31:50:6d:81:b4
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak] driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:23:15:7b:a8:14
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (26.2% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD3200BPVT size: 320.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 20G used: 3.9G (21%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.29GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda8
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0C mobo: 39.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 149 Uptime: 2 min Memory: 447.0/2454.3MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.16
comparison with the 3.16 pae kernel

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dolphin@littlebyte:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: littlebyte Kernel: 3.16.0-4-686-pae i686 (32 bit) Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-15-beta2-V_386-full Killah P 11 April 2015
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC v: 0587110002242B10000022100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 146A v: 58.28 Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: F.26 date: 02/14/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5 M 460 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 2534 MHz 1: 1199 MHz 2: 2534 MHz 3: 2534 MHz 4: 1199 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.03hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2
Audio:     Card Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.16.0-4-686-pae
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 64:31:50:6d:81:b4
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak] driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:23:15:7b:a8:14
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (26.2% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD3200BPVT size: 320.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 20G used: 3.9G (21%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.29GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda8
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 56.0C mobo: 40.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 155 Uptime: 0 min Memory: 436.7/7906.1MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.16
and the 3.19.1 default kernel

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dolphin@littlebyte:~
$ inxi -F
System:    Host: littlebyte Kernel: 3.19.1-antix.1-486-smp i686 (32 bit) Desktop: IceWM 1.3.8
           Distro: antiX-15-beta2-V_386-full Killah P 11 April 2015
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dm4 Notebook PC v: 0587110002242B10000022100
           Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 146A v: 58.28 Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: F.26 date: 02/14/2011
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5 M 460 (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 2534 MHz 1: 1333 MHz 2: 1199 MHz 3: 1333 MHz 4: 1466 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller
           Display Server: X.Org 1.16.4 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.03hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Ironlake Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 10.3.2
Audio:     Card Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k3.19.1-antix.1-486-smp
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 64:31:50:6d:81:b4
           Card-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 [Kilmer Peak] driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:23:15:7b:a8:14
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 320.1GB (26.2% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD3200BPVT size: 320.1GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 20G used: 3.9G (21%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.29GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda8
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0C mobo: 41.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 134 Uptime: 0 min Memory: 108.8/2454.4MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.16
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#3
Thanks D.O. I was just wondering is all. I know it is early in AntiX 15 development.
I just needed to know if with my gear with more ram.
Since I show 3.2 gig .

Whether or not to install a PAE kernel or not. Trying to learn something new every day.
Posts: 850
fatmac
Joined: 26 Jul 2012
#4
In my meagre experience, if you have more than 3Gb ram you want a PAE kernel.
(I only have one machine with 4Gb ram.)