gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x58536100.hantslug.org.uk.29778': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Sat Jul 14 19:13:28 2007 BST
gpg: using DSA key 1E38DD6257A4363C
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
Hi Victor,
On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 18:18 +0100, Victor Churchill wrote:
> But ...
> memtest says it is testing 768 MB.
> 'top' says 769500 K.
> System Monitor 751.5 MB.
> /proc/meminfo 769500 .
> dmesg : 762904K/786368K total.
>
Video card stealing some of that? What video card does it have? Is it a
"shared memory" type device?
To find out how much memory you have with lots of detail, I'd use lshw:-
alan@mother:~$ sudo lshw -C memory
[sudo] password for alan:
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: TOSHIBA
physical id: 0
version: Version 3.50 (04/26/2007)
size: 128KB
capacity: 960KB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp upgrade shadowing vesa cdboot
bootselect edd int13floppytoshiba int13floppy720 int5printscreen
int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification
netboot
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 12
slot: CPU Internal
size: 128KB
capacity: 128KB
clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
capabilities: internal write-back unified
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 13
slot: CPU Internal
size: 4MB
capacity: 4MB
clock: 1GHz (1.0ns)
capabilities: internal write-back unified
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 81
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 2GB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM Synchronous
product: 16HTF12864HY-53EB3
vendor: 2CFF
physical id: 0
serial: 98052016
slot: DIMM 0
size: 1GB
width: 64 bits
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM Synchronous
product: 16HTF12864HY-53EB3
vendor: 2CFF
physical id: 1
serial: 98052024
slot: DIMM 1
size: 1GB
width: 64 bits
alan@mother:~$
Very useful for finding out exactly what you have without taking the lid
off.
Cheers,
Al.
