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Bug 58651 - Gnome System info does not recognize memory
Gnome System info does not recognize memory
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: libgtop
Classification: Core
Component: linux
1.0.9
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: libgtop maintainers
libgtop maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2001-08-06 20:09 UTC by Jonathan Blandford
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
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Description Jonathan Blandford 2001-08-06 20:09:33 UTC 
(From http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50729)

Description of problem:
Computer system has 1GB of ram and the Gnome System Info reports that the
system has 878 MB.

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Launch System Info from the Gnome menu
2. Choose detailed information
3. pick the Memory Information tab
	

Actual Results:  reports that the system has 899472 K instead of 1048576 K

Expected Results:  I expect to see 1048576K
Comment 1 Kjartan Maraas 2003-06-10 16:12:45 UTC 
Has anyone tried this with 2.x?
Comment 2 Benoît Dejean 2004-01-01 19:50:51 UTC 
have you tried with top/free ?
dou you have himem enabled ?
Comment 3 Kjartan Maraas 2004-03-04 21:59:43 UTC 
"Is there anybody out there?"
Comment 4 Kjartan Maraas 2004-03-04 22:12:43 UTC 
Reassigning.
Comment 5 Bastien Nocera 2004-03-05 19:42:12 UTC 
I guess this is one of those machines where the gfx card is taking RAM
from the main memory. Minus accessing PCI devices, and other malarkey,
900 megs. Sorry bud.