Conky memory reporting

[Member dukester]

I have 12G of memory installed.
Conky says: RAM: used:406M Total:2.62G

Do I need to configure something?

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dukester

[Moderator christophe]

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That looks like you are using a non-PAE 32-bit kernel.
Conky should report the full memory with the i686 (PAE) & AMD64 kernels.

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[Member seaken64]

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Can you share your

inxi -Fxzr

output?

[Member dukester]

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dukester@antix1:~
$ inxi -Fxzr
System:
Host: antix1 Kernel: 4.9.235-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 compiler: gcc
v: 8.3.0 Desktop: Fluxbox 1.3.7
Distro: antiX-19.3_386-full Manolis Glezos 15 October 2020
base: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: N53SN v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: N53SN v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
BIOS: American Megatrends v: N53SN.209 date: 01/10/2012
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 38.3 Wh condition: 38.3/57.2 Wh (67%)
model: ASUSTek N61–52 status: Full
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-2630QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Sandy Bridge rev: 7 L2 cache: 6144 KiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 31929
Speed: 1999 MHz min/max: 800/2900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1999 2: 2292
3: 1229 4: 1740 5: 2619 6: 1178 7: 2656 8: 2198
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Device-2: NVIDIA GF108M [GeForce GT 550M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: N/A
bus ID: 01:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1366×768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2
v: 3.3 Mesa 18.3.6 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.9.235-antix.1-486-smp
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: AzureWave AW-NB037H 802.11bgn driver: ath9k v: kernel port: d000
bus ID: 03:00.0
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK U6V/U31J laptop driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 9000
bus ID: 05:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros AR3011 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb
bus ID: 1-1.1:5
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 4.24 GiB (0.5%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM048-2E7172 size: 931.51 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 913.89 GiB used: 4.24 GiB (0.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 63.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3200
Repos:
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list
1: deb http://la.mxrepo.com/antix/buster buster main nonfree nosystemd
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/buster-backports.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
2: deb http://security.debian.org/ buster/updates main contrib non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onion.list
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list
Info:
Processes: 203 Uptime: 48m Memory: 2.62 GiB used: 355.6 MiB (13.2%)
Init: SysVinit runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.3
inxi: 3.0.36

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ah, yes:

Kernel: 4.9.235-antix.1-486-smp

It’s the non-PAE kernel.

So, you could use a switch to the i686 kernel, which is a PAE kernel. Or you could start over with the 64-bit antiX version.
Or you could keep it running as-is.

FWIW, if you choose to start over, you could backup your user’s (home) files & transplant them to the new setup.

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[Member seaken64]

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@dukester, is this a new install of antiX? or have you had it for awhile and have many modifications?

If this is a new install I would just start over. Use one of the 64-bit .isos. I suspect it is the non-pae kernel and the graphics are grabbing some of the RAM and you are left with less than 3GB. The 64-bit versions should allow you to use all of your RAM.

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@christophe, @ seaken64: Thanks! It is a new install! My BAD! Had a senior’s moment. I originally DLed antiX for my Athlon 2000+ legacy box. I dd’ed it to a USB flash card and forgot it was a 32-bit version. I used it again yesterday when I installed that 1Tb Seagate in my ASUS. Sorry for the noise!! And thanks for the advice.

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