Fw: [Hampshire] Problems with Debian - memory and mouse

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Author: john lewis
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To: HantsLUG
Subject: Fw: [Hampshire] Problems with Debian - memory and mouse
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:12:29 +0100
Adrian Bridgett <adrian@???> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 17:20:50 +0000 (+0000), Peter Alefounder
> wrote:
> > debian kernel: Warning only 896MB will be used.
> > debian kernel: Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel.
> > debian kernel: 896MB LOWMEM available.
>
> That's down the the kernel in use. "dpkg -l |grep linux-image"
> might help here. If you are using the -486 package I think you
> want the -686 package (intel) or K7 (AMD) (assuming it's
> compatible), but you _might_ need the 2.6-686-bigmem variant
> (4-64GB).


It looks like the Debian stock kernels no longer have -K7 variants
only the -686

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John Lewis
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