Questions tagged [ram]
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage. Today, it takes the form of integrated circuits that allow stored data to be accessed in any order with a worst case performance of constant time.
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RAM not fully usable in 64-bit Ubuntu GNU/Linux
Greetings Ubuntu Community,
I have 4 GB of DDR2 RAM and an x86_64 CPU and Ubuntu OS. When I am in Ubuntu I notice from the details section in settings that I have 3.86 GB of RAM when I am sure that I ...
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What does it mean for /proc/kpagecount to be zero
for some entries in /proc/kpagecount, all the 64 bit entry is zeros and yet the page is allocated (confirmed from /proc/kpageflags). What does it mean for kpagecount to be zero for certain physical ...
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Chromium build fails due to `out of memory` allocation
I am trying to build chromium content_shell. But it fails at the last linking stage because of out of memory.
Error Log:
[1/1] LINK content_shell
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Restricting resources of user applications [duplicate]
Sometimes, either because of a memory leak or the computationally-intensive nature of a program, applications can start to slow down and ultimately freeze the whole system by claiming too much RAM or ...
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How to find out which programs are taking up alot of memory?
I've been getting messages that I have exceeded my quota limits. I am new to Linux and am not sure what to do. With windows, I could easily just go to Control panel, add/remove programs, and uninstall ...
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huge cached memory, mostly freez system :(
I have a problem with system memory cache, i think it is bigger than normals. after 5-10 minute of usage, system become unusable and i must restart my "Asus X451-CA" laptop.
this command ran upon user ...
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Ubuntu Frozen every time when Memory usage over 80%
Ubuntu Frozen every time when Memory usage over 80%,
It seems that the system hangs due to a load of disk IO -
the screen is frozen and the only thing I can see is the indicator LED of disk keeping ...
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Can only access 1.9 gb of RAM on Ubuntu 12.04
So I installed Ubuntu 12.04 (edit: 64-bit) on my PC. My PC had 4 GB of RAM installed, which the BIOS recognizes. It also displays when I type uname -m, so the OS knows it's there. However, according ...
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ubuntu 12.04 Init process provokes memory leak and CPU intensive usage
I have lately been having some memory and CPU issues with init process. After rebooting, the memory used by it keeps increasing at quite high pace, and after half hour it occupies all the memory RAM (...
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RAM upgrade causes firefox, compiz crashes, even kernel panic on HP Pavilion [closed]
I use a HP Pavilion dv6500, and I recently upgraded my ram on my laptop from 1G to 4G, but I keep getting random issues. Here are a few:
When watching youtube videos / vlc videos after a long period ...
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Ubuntu crashes with high memory use without swapping
I'm running some memory intensive calculations on Ubuntu 13.04. I have 8 GB of RAM, and a swap partition with the same amount of memory. The hard disk and swap partition are encrypted.
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Can I have a Ubuntu 12.04 live usb work with both the -persistance and -toram additional boot options?
I really like using the Ubuntu 12.04 live CD/USB's "-toram" additional boot option for my laptop because "-toram" adds a few extra hours to the battery and makes things a little faster. I add the ...
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Edit Ubuntu Details?
Long story short, I need to make it look like my computer has 2GB of Ram, instead of 4GB. Is there a way I can edit a file or something, to make it change in the System Details?
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Relation of swappines and zram
I have been interested in zram so I tried to test it. But as I continue to read the guide on what and how to install it, I have realized that it creates a file /dev/zram0 and mounts it as a swap, I ...
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Ubuntu 12.4 on 3.4.45 kernel: Can't access USB memory stick
I installed kernel version 3.4.45 [LTS] on ubuntu 12.4 on a Acer laptop. With this configuration, the USB memory drives can't be accessed, some details are follows.
Upon inserting the USB drive dmesg ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 tilts when trying to open large excel file with libreoffice or matlab
I have an xlsx-file of size 27.3MB and when I try to open it either in Libreoffice or Matlab the whole system slows down
My processor is AMD Sempron(tm) 140 Processor (should be about 2.7Ghz)
Memory ...
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Anything sync daemon for Ubuntu?
Is there a utility providing similar functionality to Anything sync daemon for 64bit Ubuntu? Preferably in the repository or with a PPA.
In particular, I'd like to stop Firefox from constantly ...
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How to best check my hardware (mem and HD) for errors? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I check my RAM and harddrive for errors?
Lately, I have been experiencing problems using an Apple (macbook pro 3,1 2GB ram) with Natty installed. In three consecutive ...
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Problem with the allocated partition memory
I installed ubuntu 12.04 using wubi on to a 60GB partition. I installed Qt sources, which are a couple of GB in size, but once I start commpiling it started complaining about lack of memory.
I ...
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Nautilus with Two tabs takes up 300MB memory? [closed]
There are currently two tabs opened in Nautilus. It has been running for quite a while, there have been more opened and closed before, and there have been switching between directories using ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 does not recognize Kingston DT108 16GB USB drive
I bought a Kingston DT108 16GB USB pen drive and Ubuntu did not recognize it. What should i do?
Output of dmesg | tail after connecting pen drive:
[ 1455.253010] CPU5: Package power limit ...
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Recommended Memory for Ubuntu 11.10 running on VM
Am currently running Ubuntu 11.10 on Virtual Box on my Mac. I have the set the memory usage to 1.5 GB for this instance. My Mac has total memory of 4GB.
I would like to know, what is the recommended ...
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Finding leaking memory? [closed]
I have a system running a Java program and I believe it or something else is leaking memory. When the program is monitor for its memory use it de-allocates the memory as it is suppose to. But after a ...
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Installed Ubuntu via Wubi, only reading 2.9 GiB of Ram [closed]
So I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 via Wubi over Win XP Pro 32bit, my processor is X64, and I have 4GB of RAM installed, the Ubuntu installs as 64bit but it only shows 2.9 GiB of RAM even tho the OS is ...
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Lenovo T60P with 4GB of RAM, Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 only see 3GB
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T60P with 4GB of memory (BIOS sees all 4GB RAM). I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 and both are only recognizing 3GB RAM. Please advise.
Thanks.
Updates
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Unable to change Hugepagesize value in Ubuntu 16.04.3
I'm trying to modify the Hugepagesize value in Ubuntu 16.04.3 from the default value of 1024 kB to 2G, but it always stays at the default value even after I apply the change and reboot. It picks up ...
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FIrefox and Chromium use all RAM and pc freezes
I have a problem that I'm trying to solve for a long time. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 dual boot with Windows 10:
When I'm using several tabs in Firefox or Chromium, I see significant memory usage. One ...
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Why are new writes to files not surviving a power loss
I have a similar type of issue to: Raspberry Pi: Filesystem writes files, but after reboot the old data is back but not quite the same.
I am using Armbian_23.02.2_Orangepizero_jammy_current_5.15.93 ...
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What swapfile size to make? I have 4GB RAM [duplicate]
Very often I am out of memory. I noticed that I don't have a swapfile. What size should I choose? I have 4GB RAM.
Programs I use are: Firefox, Thunderbird, Grive, Android Studio, that's it, still my ...
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Can we increase the memory limit of PHP directly from the command line? [closed]
Can we increase the memory limit of PHP directly from the command line?
I am having more than one PHP installation on my ubuntu system and I am using a simple php-switch-scripts script to setup and ...
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Problem with swap in ubuntu 18.04
I have Ubuntu 18.04 installed on my PC which having 8GB total memory and I allowed 2GB swap space when installing Ubuntu. When in normal operation it uses about 2GB from main memory and zero of swap.
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High CPU load, low core usage, (ECC) memory error in kernel
I am having a super weird behavior ...
The CPU load of my computer goes through the roof (>4 on a 8core machine) but there is no process that is taking much CPU (see attached image) Though the 8 core ...
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How to check what type my video card is and its memory size?
I need to install some programs that require minimal size of video card memory, how do I get the size and possibly what vendor and type of my video card?
Output of lspci | grep VGA | cut -d " " -f ...
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Unable to play .mp4 files (videos)
I am running Ubuntu 12.04, and have installed all restricted packages and 354 MB of available updates. However, I still am not able to play video's.
Is it because of low Memory (RAM)?
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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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Error 12 - creating hibernation image - not enough free memory
Ubuntu 11.10
Thinkpad T61p with 120 GB free disk space and 2 GB memory.
I got this error message while trying to activate hibernation mode.
Not enough free memory
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Why does Ubuntu Installer not have a minimum memory condition?
When installing Ubuntu, there is a slide for checking met conditions.
I observed that if you have for example only 384 MB of memory, the installer could crash.
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/...
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How can I clear my SWAP?
I can't clean SWAP memory. It cause that my Linux lag. I try clean but I got an output: you just be superuser.
I using jupyter notebook to learning convolution neural network. At the end of each ...
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Ubuntu doesn't recognize full RAM capacity
I have installed a Ubuntu Server 16.04 amd64 on my machine. I'm having trouble with ram capacity - first I installed a 2GB stick which free -m reported as 1430 total size, now I installed a different ...
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Can you use your PC with a dead RAM stick?
Just tested my ram with memtest86. Got about 24K errors but I don't have money to buy new RAM!!! I'm just 13 years old. Do you still use your PC if your RAM is dead? And how do I repair this RAM stick?...
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I want to know if increased RAM will help after conversion of XP-->Xubuntu 13.10
I'm using XP now in an old Dell PC. Here are the stats:
OS Version: Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 3, 32 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz, x86 Family 15 Model 4 ...
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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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Which Ubuntu should I install for >8GB RAM?
I have tried Ubuntu 64 bits and have many issues, among them the computer ran a lot slower than with 32 bits.
I want to buy a >8GB RAM computer and I'm considering which version of Ubuntu to use.
I ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit RAM usage
I'm looking forward to download Ubuntu 12.04. But which bit version will fit best on my computer?.
Intel Pentium 4 3.06 1mb cache LGA,
Asus p5pe-vm motherboard,
1GB Ram (512+512)
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Swap is not copied back into physical memory
I have a question regarding swap and physical memory. Often times I run a program that requires a lot of memory and as a result I can see some of the data is copied from the physical memory into swap. ...
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system slow after hibernation, it seems like files dont transfer back to RAM
i have my main ubuntu OS on a SSD and a swap partinion on HDD. Whenever I boot from hibernation, everything is slower, lags, and for example if i open new chrome windows or even alt+tab to another app ...
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How to Check How Much Ram
How do i view how much ram is installed on my PC
It's supposed to be 8GB but with a command i tried it says 6GB ram and 2GB swap file
total used free shared buff/...
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Ubuntu 18.04 not showing maximum usable ram
Specs -
CPU - Ryzen 5 2400G
Motherboard - MSI B450 gaming plus
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8GB x 2
I am Using two displays - HDMI && DVI
I installed ubuntu 18.04
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