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Higher CPU consumption after replacing RAM with 2 RAMs
I replaced my 2GB RAM (PC3-10800) with 2 2GB RAMs (PC3-8500) and my CPU consumption is higher, pc is often slower and laggy. I experienced this problem on Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 13.04 (32-bit).
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Drawing problem? Shared memory error? shmget failed error 28 followed by BadDrawable
Problem: Improper Drawing in Some Windows
OS: Ubuntu 12.04 (Mythbuntu)
Motherboard: ASUS M5A88-V Evo with integrated Radeon HD4250 graphics card.
$ lspci -nn | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible ...
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How to allocate more memory! [closed]
I really need to allocate more memory to Ubuntu. When I was installing it in the command prompt it asked me how much I wanted to use (1-299 or something) I chose 10 but now I really want to change ...
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How do I change how much disk space Ubuntu has?
I installed ChruBuntu on my Chomebook Acer C7 about 2 weeks ago and I chose to allocate 10 gigs. I didn't know that that would be my amount of disk space I would be allowed to use. I want to install ...
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what will happen If RAM set to 1000 from 1024?
While I am looking at man page of free I came across
--si Use power of 1000 not 1024.
So from that line we can say that from 1GB(1024MB) of RAM it will use only 1000MB of RAM. But why we are ...
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Only 4GB RAM out of 8 shown in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit and in BIOS
I have seen similar questions and answers but mine is:
a. I have 8GB RAM installed
b. My BIOS shows 4GB
c. Ubuntu's System Setting/Details shows 3.7GB (but this small decrease is not a great issue ...
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Low Disk Warnings on Ubuntu 12.04
After I upgraded LibreOffice to include Base, I now get warnings about "low disk space".
I am using Ubuntu on a 16GB USB.
For example, when I tried to use my Audacity it couldn't save due to memory ...
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Inexplicable Slowness
I've been running Ubuntu for about 4 years now, and I'm having a problem with 12.04
Every once in a while the computer will slow almost to a stop, interrupting any playing audio/video, and ...
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/can you install ubuntu to hdd but it runs completely from ram while hdd is not spinning?
my main purpose is to be able to install ubuntu to the hard disc so that my settings and everything are saved but i want it to load itself to my ram for faster operation and better battery life while ...
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Reccomended upgrade for Ram Ubuntu 12.04
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit on my laptop (Toshiba Sattelite L-450), the spec is as follows
Memory: 2.8gb
Intel® Celeron(R) CPU 900 @ 2.20GHz
Graphics Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset ...
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The limits is restored to the defaults after I reboot
I want to remove "memorylocked" and "maxproc" limits. I am using tcsh shell. I read that if I use "#limit memorylocked unlimited" and "#limit maxproc unlimited" then they will be set to unlimited. I ...
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System Monitor disagrees with 'free -m' [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
System monitor (panel) shows the wrong amount of used ram
When I start up my computer, free -m says I have about 1800MB allocated and 150MB free. In System Monitor, it ...
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Not recognising 4GB of RAM
I have a pae kernel but free -m only shows 3.2 Gigs of the 4 GB that is physically installed. The BIOS shows 4 GB available. uname -a gives:
3.2.0-35-generic-pae #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 18:04:39 UTC ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 (64bit) only recognizes 7.8gb of RAM from 8gb RAM
I know that is a little diference between 7.8gb to 8gb, but still a diference, why Ubuntu dont recognizes all of my RAM? I had the same case with my 32 bit Pc, 3gb RAM and Ubuntu only recognized ...
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Memory usage abnormal in Ubuntu 12.04 server
I have a fresh installed Ubuntu 12.04 server, we don't used it yet, it has 2GB memory and I install Apache + MySQL.
The problem is when the server rebooted memory usage is lower than 320MB but when ...
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Average memory usage after complete ubuntu 12.04 start up
When it starts up completely, I cas see that about 400-500MB of my 2GB Ram is being used.
Right now that I have only started Firefox (and System monitor), I can see that about 1GB of ram is full with ...
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10GB installed but only 7.8 is shown
I installed 10GB but my 12.04 LTS 64-bit shows only 10GB.
But the swap shows 10GB so I think internally it did find 10GB? I don't remember exactly how Ubunt calculate how much swap needs by default, ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Not booting from USB
I recently made my USB bootable with Universal USB installer and changed the boot priority settings in bios..but when i restarts my pc my old xp loads.
What can I do to boot the USB stick?
My Pc ...
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Why is my /dev/loop0 showing full?
I have sufficent memory , but somehow I get my /dev/loop0 showing usage of 9 GB
here's my df-h.
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/loop0 12G 10G 1.4G 88% /
udev ...
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All Memory Not showing up with Ubuntu-64 bit
I am only showing 5.8GB out of 9GB:
harrison@harrison-Aurora:~/Desktop$ lshw -C memory
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-memory
description: System memory
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How to give more RAM to wine Applications
Hi I think my system is not allocating enough RAM to WINE applications . I am using WINE to play games but they are loading slowly and RAM usage is normal. So how can I improve reserve memory of WINE?
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High memory usage from mysqld
I'm running Ubuntu server 12.04 on a computer at home, granted it's a netbook so there's not a lot of performance to squeeze out of it, but I'm still wondering about the memory usage I'm seeing from ...
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PAE on Ubuntu 12.04
I am having trouble using PAE on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32bit. I recently upgraded from 4 to 8gb of RAM but PAE doesn't appear to have picked this up.
When I run grep --color=always -i PAE /proc/cpuinfo I ...
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Ubuntu swappiness
I have a laptop with 4 GB RAM and i3 processor. It runs very fast when I use windows, but it keeps slowing down on my Ubuntu when I use it continuously. I noticed that 500mb+ swap is getting used even ...
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Normal RAM usage for Ubuntu 12.04 + Unity?
My system is Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit + Unity and it uses ~480Mb with no other processes-apps open, just the core system. Is this the expected amount? It seems a bit steep to me but perhaps this is normal ...
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Howto use different RAM modules in MacBookPro4,1
I read that MacBookPro4,1 can use a 4GB module and a 2GB module at same time making 6GB.
So I purchased one.
It works fine in OS-X, but not Ubuntu 12.04 amd64 (I noticed kernel is currently 3.5).
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RAM on an Ubuntu Mac Mini?
I have a 2011 Mac Mini with 4GB RAM, I'm planning on wiping it and installing Ubuntu. But since I'm gonna be running a gaming server on it, (MineCraft), I wanted to know how much RAM the computer can ...
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Best Ubuntu version for Virtualbox host
What is the best version to use as a Virtualbox host OS? Is it 12.04, or 9.04? I get the notion that an older system runs faster. Is this true? I especially have to consider the amount of RAM ...
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Why are stray images from an older session displayed just after login/logout?
Often when I login or logout, during the short time it takes to complete login/logout some stray and broken images of a previous session are displayed. I am not sure why it happens.
Just a few ...
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Compiz Memory leak [closed]
After sluggish performance and freezing for two weeks I finally managed to nail down the culprit to Compiz, I found out it's vital to Unity and is basically an OpenGL wrapper for Ubuntu and Xorg.
How ...
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Why is the total RAM for my HP dm1 less than the actual it should be?
First time poster, so I apologize right off the bat if I'm doing something wrong (following Murphy's Law, I probably am).
Anyway, I was wondering why the 2GB RAM I have installed in my HP Pavilion ...
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memory being eaten up [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to detect a memory leak?
I had this problem occasionally already under 10.4, but since I've recently updated to 12.4 something is constantly eating up my memory. ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 uses almost 4 GB of memory right after startup.
Just recently my laptop has started behaving weird. It often hangs after a short while of using it (perhaps half an hour), and memory usage is very high. I have 4 GB of memory, and after startup it ...
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Shutter is using big memory
I included Shutter on my Startup Applications list upon installing the app. For the second time in two days, my laptop would suddenly freeze heavily for a few seconds that I can't even move the mouse ...
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How to Upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 when you've got a problem?
I have recently installed 8GB Ram into my ubuntu machine but when I look on the specs it only comes up with 2.8GB of Ram so I want to upgrade to 12.04 but when I try to upgrade it says it can't ...
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For a 32-bit kernel, what are the pros/cons of PAE vs. non-PAE?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit. My kernels are PAE kernels. I know these are the kernels we can use for 32-bit OS which have 4 GB RAM, to utilize all 4GB of RAM.
My system is a 32-bit system. So I ...
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Ubuntu Memory Test
Several months ago I was having issues with a Windows PC. I booted from and Ubuntu CD, performed a memory test, and found that I had some bad RAM.
I'm having some issues with another PC, so I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 Slow and low memory
I have an old laptop, a Dell Inspiron 8100, that I use to "play" with Ubuntu on. It is my "learning" machine where I experiment with new OS and such, so it is not critical, but I really want it to ...
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Ubuntu Freezing (Chrome Runs Out of Memory?)
My Ubuntu 12.04 freezes when I open quite a few windows. I use it at work with a dual desktop, so I usually use about 10 different tabs in two different Chrome applications. I assume Chrome runs out ...
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System Reports only 4 GB or RAM
To make a long story short, Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit is only detecting 4 GB of RAM even though 8 GB are installed. Here's what I've done so far to rectify the problem:
Replaced both RAM sticks, issue ...
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Upgraded HP Pavillion G7 1317cl with Bios vers F45 to 8GB only 3.3GB recognised in Ubuntu 12.04 X64
Bios and hardware probes indicate 8GB installed. Swapped chip slots with no difference in behavior. DMESG E820 map as follows:
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: ...
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Is it possible to query maximum ram my mobo takes?
Is it possible to query through Terminal how much ram my motherboard can take?
I'm looking to see if i can even upgrade.
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Is there a program that tells ram usage? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I monitor the memory usage?
I have Ubuntu 12.4 LTS and I need a program that will be able to monitor my ram usage. Any suggestions?
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12.04 64bit detects 7.7 GB Of RAM Out Of 8 GB
I've Dell Inspiron N5110 with 8 GB of RAM, I installed Ubuntu 12.04 64-Bit.
The problem is that all things are working fine but Ubuntu detects only 7.7 GB of RAM, I've checked & noticed that I've ...
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How much swap do I really need? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I have 16GB RAM. Do I need 32GB swap?
I have a 4 GB RAM and 300 GB HDD with 8 GB of it as a Swap partition. I'm running 12.04 with hibernate enabled. How much swap do I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32bit does not detect 4Gb ram
I have recently installed 4Gb of ram for an existing 12.04 32bit Ubuntu. It's not being recognised, only 3.2Gb is showing, See:
administrator@Root2:~$ free
total used free ...
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12.04 - memory not fully recognized
This might look like an easy one "get yourself different memory chips", but I'm not convinced:
I set up 12.04 64bit on a new board with 8 GB of memory plugged in. I can see all 8 GB in the BIOS (it ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 does not recognize Kingston DT108 16GB memory
I bought a Kingston DT108 16GB and Ubuntu did not recognize it.What should i do??
Output of dmesg | tail after connecting pen drive
[ 1455.253010] CPU5: Package power limit notification ...
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How can I restore the activity monitor? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What can replace system monitoring in the top Gnome Panel in Unity?
I was wondering if its still possible to get the Activity Monitor for things like load and ram usage ...
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How is possible that Ubuntu 12.04 32bit can see all of 6gb ram
I have Ubuntu 12.04 32bit and system is displaying all of my ram 5.7 GiB, how is this possible?
