8GB memory not being seen in 64 bit ubuntu

[Loïc Grenié]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 9:39 AM, sbquinn <sbquinn at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have 8GB installed in my machine. It sees it on boot and post shows 8192. I
> have the 64bit kernel installed but ubuntu only recognizes 3.2GB.
>
> Free:
> free
>             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
> Mem:       3347076    1517968    1829108          0      25616     549916
>
> uname -a
> Linux takiyok 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009 x86_64
> GNU/Linux
>
> System > Administer > System Monitor
> Also reports:
> Release 8.10 (intrepid)
> Kernel Linux 2.6.27-11-generic
>
> Memory: 3.2 GiB
>
> Any help to enable the full 8gb would be appreciated

     Could you post what the output of the

dmesg

   command ?

    Thanks,

         Loïc Grenié