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<DIV>I'd like to know if there's a distro-independent Linux info tool for
that, too, as I'm also pretty new to Linux, but in the meantime you can
usually find out by discovering which motherboard you have and then finding its
manual (or at least specs) online - see these pages for how:</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/moboid1.html">http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/moboid1.html</A> These
will give various methods of how to identify the motherboard you have and then
to get information about it, including RAM types and whether or not you need
pairs.</DIV>
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<DIV>As for graphical mode, I think it has something to do with what runlevel
you're using - I believe text mode is runlevel 3 and graphics would be runlevel
5. I'm not running Fedora (I'm playing with SimplyMepis because it knew
every single thing in my system including my Epson scanner right out of the CD,
so to speak) but more on Fedora can be found here: <A
href="http://www.fedorafaq.org/basics/">http://www.fedorafaq.org/basics/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>HTH,</DIV>
<DIV>Anna</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=wplug@wplug.org
href="mailto:wplug@wplug.org">wplug@wplug.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 27, 2006 12:39
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [wplug] Tool to detect the type
of RAM &/or motherboard</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi all,
<P>I am relatively new to the Linux revolution. So please excuse me if my
questions sound childish.</P>
<P>I have a relatively old computer (~8 years or so). It is an AMD K6 256
machine and has 128 MB RAM. Recently I installed Fedora Core 5 on it. Fedora
complains that I need 192 MB RAM to run in graphical mode. So it now always
boots up in Text mode.</P>
<P> I want to add more RAM to the machine, but I can't tell what kind the
motherboard accepts,or if there is a limit to how much RAM can be added all
together or in one slot.Of course I do not have its owner manual or any other
docs. </P>
<P> So, my questions to the group is:</P>
<P> 1. Is anyone aware of any soft tool that can help me identify the
type of motherboard or more directly the type of RAM that I have currently
installed. After surfing online for a while I stumbled across a tool called
lshw which claimed to do exactly what I was looking for. But alas after
running the tool all it reported was that I have 128 MB RAM. </P>
<P> 2. If and when I successfully add enough RAM for graphical
support, how do I convince Fedora to boot into graphical mode from its current
text mode.</P>
<P> Any help you can extend is much appreciated.</P>
<P>Thanks in advance</P>
<P>-sa <BR></P><BR>
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