3GiB ram, gnome-system-monitor now says 2.9GiB

[Derek Broughton]

Kyle Smith wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> 2009/4/6 J. Limon <jlimon at eml.cc>:
>>>
>>>     
>>>> Just for comparison, htop reports 3016MB.
>>>>
>>>> - J. Limon
>>>>       
>>> 3016MB *is* 2.9GB.
>>>
>>> 3GiB = 1024 * 3 = 3072MiB
>>> 3016/3072 = 2.9453125 = 2.9GiB
>>>     
>>
>> Then it's 2.9 GiB, NOT 2.9GB.
>>
>> Admittedly memory _should_ be measured in GiB, but you can't just call
>> one the other.
>>   
> 
> GiB v GB aside.  Why are you missing 58M of RAM?  I assume some goes to
> onboard video, but what kind of onboard video consumes 58M? :)

Except he isn't.  The only thing you can conclude from the numbers the OP
gave us is that somebody sloppily interchanged GB and GiB.
-- 
derek