Less ram is shown by fedora

My computer have 8gb of ram. But, fedora desktop shows only 5.8gb ram. Why is that? Also, on a fresh boot, the ram used 1.2gb, which in general remains around 700mb? What to do?

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Hi @mayank , welcome to the forum. Please take a minute to go through the introductory posts in the #start-here category if you’ve not had a chance to do so yet.

Could you please paste the output of fpaste --sysinfo --printonly? That includes lots of system information including memory usage.

For onboard / oncpu graphics, some system will reserve certain amount of memory for graphics’ use. So Linux will see less memory than physical.

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is not also the new way of swapping taking memory space? Is this active by a default installation?

In my computer, lsmem shows 15.5GB Total Onlione (16 physical , 0.5 for graphics, so correct for me)

But in Gnome-Settings-About, it only shows 15.1GB.

So why 0.4GB are “missing” ?

When considering free vs used RAM in Linux be sure to consider this as well:

https://www.linuxatemyram.com/

This might be the difference of GiB and GB, meaning GibiByte and GigaByte.

But this should result in round about 1 GB Difference.

Someday they changed the measures. I long believed that 1 GB has 1024 MB. Once true (not sure however to when, 1996?), this today is wrong, for quite some time now. So 1 GB has 1000 MB. But 1 GiB has 1024 MiB.

Sometimes it is a mess what is shown, GiB or GB regularly changes depending on what tool is being used. Adds to the confusion.

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10^3 Vs 2^10 is mainly happening in Disk space discussion.

For memory, I do not aware 10^3 is being used.

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[mayank@fedora ~]$ fpaste --sysinfo --printonly
=== fpaste 0.4.2.0 System Information ===
* OS Release (lsb_release -ds):
     "Fedora release 34 (Thirty Four)"
     
* Kernel (uname -r ; cat /proc/cmdline):
     5.12.9-300.fc34.x86_64
     BOOT_IMAGE=(hd1,gpt2)/vmlinuz-5.12.9-300.fc34.x86_64 root=UUID=a778814f-0d90-4896-95b1-6fba2caea8cb ro rootflags=subvol=root rhgb quiet
     
* Desktop(s) Running (ps -eo comm= | grep -E '(gnome-session|startkde|startactive|xfce.?-session|fluxbox|blackbox|hackedbox|ratpoison|enlightenment|icewm-session|od-session|wmaker|wmx|openbox-lxde|openbox-gnome-session|openbox-kde-session|mwm|e16|fvwm|xmonad|sugar-session|mate-session|lxqt-session|cinnamon|lxdm-session)' ):
     gnome-session-b
     gnome-session-c
     gnome-session-b
     
* Desktop(s) Installed (ls -m /usr/share/xsessions/ | sed 's/\.desktop//g' ):
     gnome-classic, gnome, gnome-xorg
     
* SELinux Status (sestatus):
     SELinux status:                 enabled
     SELinuxfs mount:                /sys/fs/selinux
     SELinux root directory:         /etc/selinux
     Loaded policy name:             targeted
     Current mode:                   enforcing
     Mode from config file:          enforcing
     Policy MLS status:              enabled
     Policy deny_unknown status:     allowed
     Memory protection checking:     actual (secure)
     Max kernel policy version:      33
     
* SELinux Errors (selinuxenabled && journalctl --since yesterday |grep avc: | grep -Eo comm="[^ ]+" | sort |uniq -c |sort -rn):
           9 comm="systemd-udevd"
           9 comm="systemd"
           9 comm="ibus-x11"
           9 comm="gsd-wacom"
           9 comm="gsd-power"
           9 comm="gsd-media-keys"
           9 comm="gsd-keyboard"
           9 comm="gsd-color"
           9 comm="gnome-shell"
     
* CPU Model (grep 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo | awk -F: '{print $2}' | uniq -c |
     sed -re 's/^ +//' ):
     8  AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
     
* 64-bit Support (grep -q ' lm ' /proc/cpuinfo && echo Yes || echo No):
     Yes
     
* Hardware Virtualization Support (grep -Eq '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo && echo Yes || echo No):
     Yes
     
* Load average (uptime):
      09:38:00 up  1:01,  1 user,  load average: 0.62, 0.91, 1.24
     
* Memory usage (free -m):
                    total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
     Mem:            5872        1939        1335          79        2597        3590
     Swap:           5871           0        5871
     
* Top 5 CPU hogs (ps axuScnh | awk '$2!=11580' | sort -rnk3 | head -5):
         1000    2115 32.9  0.2  23024 14808 ?        Ss   08:36  20:10 systemd
         1000    2239 17.7  5.6 6087680 337740 ?      Ssl  08:36  10:51 gnome-shell
         1000   11462 16.2  3.0 42687920 181520 ?     Sl   09:35   0:22 brave
         1000   11043 11.1  5.2 34617504 314916 ?     SLl  09:33   0:29 brave
         1000   11073  9.9  2.5 34457384 155752 ?     Sl   09:33   0:26 brave
     
* Top 5 Memory hogs (ps axuScnh | sort -rnk4 | head -5):
         1000    2239 17.7  5.6 6087680 337740 ?      Ssl  08:36  10:51 gnome-shell
         1000   11043 11.1  5.2 34617504 314916 ?     SLl  09:33   0:29 brave
            0    1532  0.1  3.7 791268 225592 ?       Ssl  08:36   0:06 packagekitd
         1000    2600  0.4  3.1 1585600 188032 ?      Sl   08:36   0:15 gnome-software
         1000   11462 16.2  3.0 42687920 181520 ?     Sl   09:35   0:22 brave
     
* Disk space usage (df -hT):
     Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
     devtmpfs       devtmpfs  2.9G     0  2.9G   0% /dev
     tmpfs          tmpfs     2.9G   63M  2.9G   3% /dev/shm
     tmpfs          tmpfs     1.2G  1.8M  1.2G   1% /run
     /dev/nvme0n1p3 btrfs     118G  4.7G  113G   4% /
     tmpfs          tmpfs     2.9G  1.9M  2.9G   1% /tmp
     /dev/nvme0n1p3 btrfs     118G  4.7G  113G   4% /home
     /dev/nvme0n1p2 ext4      976M  262M  648M  29% /boot
     /dev/nvme0n1p1 vfat      599M   17M  583M   3% /boot/efi
     /dev/sda1      btrfs     479G  1.7G  476G   1% /home/mayank/Mayank
     /dev/sda2      btrfs     453G  118M  451G   1% /home/mayank/Vansh
     tmpfs          tmpfs     588M  136K  588M   1% /run/user/1000
     
* Block devices (without results: "blkid" AND "/sbin/blkid"):
     N/A

* PCI devices (lspci -nn):
     00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Root Complex [1022:15d0]
     00:00.2 IOMMU [0806]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 IOMMU [1022:15d1]
     00:01.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1452]
     00:01.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 PCIe GPP Bridge [6:0] [1022:15d3]
     00:01.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 PCIe GPP Bridge [6:0] [1022:15d3]
     00:08.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 00h-1fh) PCIe Dummy Host Bridge [1022:1452]
     00:08.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus A [1022:15db]
     00:08.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Internal PCIe GPP Bridge 0 to Bus B [1022:15dc]
     00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:790b] (rev 61)
     00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:790e] (rev 51)
     00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 0 [1022:15e8]
     00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 1 [1022:15e9]
     00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 2 [1022:15ea]
     00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 3 [1022:15eb]
     00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 4 [1022:15ec]
     00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 5 [1022:15ed]
     00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 6 [1022:15ee]
     00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2 Device 24: Function 7 [1022:15ef]
     01:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: SK hynix BC501 NVMe Solid State Drive 512GB [1c5c:1327]
     02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter [168c:003e] (rev 32)
     03:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Picasso [1002:15d8] (rev c2)
     03:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio Controller [1002:15de]
     03:00.2 Encryption controller [1080]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) Platform Security Processor [1022:15df]
     03:00.3 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven USB 3.1 [1022:15e0]
     03:00.4 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven USB 3.1 [1022:15e1]
     03:00.5 Multimedia controller [0480]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor [1022:15e2]
     03:00.6 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 17h (Models 10h-1fh) HD Audio Controller [1022:15e3]
     04:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7901] (rev 61)
     
* USB devices (lsusb):
     Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0cf3:e300 Qualcomm Atheros Communications QCA61x4 Bluetooth 4.0
     Bus 003 Device 004: ID 5986:1135 Acer, Inc Integrated Camera
     Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. Hub
     Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     
* DRM Information (journalctl -k -b | grep -o 'kernel:.*drm.*$' | cut -d ' ' -f 2- ):
     [drm] amdgpu kernel modesetting enabled.
     fb0: switching to amdgpudrmfb from EFI VGA
     [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RAVEN 0x1002:0x15D8 0x17AA:0x3805 0xC2).
     [drm] register mmio base: 0xD0800000
     [drm] register mmio size: 524288
     [drm] add ip block number 0 <soc15_common>
     [drm] add ip block number 1 <gmc_v9_0>
     [drm] add ip block number 2 <vega10_ih>
     [drm] add ip block number 3 <psp>
     [drm] add ip block number 4 <gfx_v9_0>
     [drm] add ip block number 5 <sdma_v4_0>
     [drm] add ip block number 6 <powerplay>
     [drm] add ip block number 7 <dm>
     [drm] add ip block number 8 <vcn_v1_0>
     [drm] VCN decode is enabled in VM mode
     [drm] VCN encode is enabled in VM mode
     [drm] JPEG decode is enabled in VM mode
     [drm] vm size is 262144 GB, 4 levels, block size is 9-bit, fragment size is 9-bit
     [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=2048M, BAR=2048M
     [drm] RAM width 128bits DDR4
     [drm] amdgpu: 2048M of VRAM memory ready
     [drm] amdgpu: 3072M of GTT memory ready.
     [drm] GART: num cpu pages 262144, num gpu pages 262144
     [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x000000F400900000).
     [drm] Found VCN firmware Version ENC: 1.12 DEC: 2 VEP: 0 Revision: 1
     [drm] PSP loading VCN firmware
     [drm] reserve 0x400000 from 0xf47fc00000 for PSP TMR
     [drm] kiq ring mec 2 pipe 1 q 0
     [drm] DM_PPLIB: values for F clock
     [drm] DM_PPLIB:         400000 in kHz, 2874 in mV
     [drm] DM_PPLIB:         933000 in kHz, 3224 in mV
     [drm] DM_PPLIB:         1067000 in kHz, 3924 in mV
     [drm] DM_PPLIB:         1200000 in kHz, 4074 in mV
     [drm] DM_PPLIB: values for DCF clock
     [drm] DM_PPLIB:         300000 in kHz, 2874 in mV
     [drm] DM_PPLIB:         600000 in kHz, 3224 in mV
     [drm] DM_PPLIB:         626000 in kHz, 3924 in mV
     [drm] DM_PPLIB:         654000 in kHz, 4074 in mV
     [drm] Display Core initialized with v3.2.122!
     [drm] VCN decode and encode initialized successfully(under SPG Mode).
     [drm] fb mappable at 0x1BFBCE000
     [drm] vram apper at 0x1BF000000
     [drm] size 8294400
     [drm] fb depth is 24
     [drm]    pitch is 7680
     fbcon: amdgpudrmfb (fb0) is primary device
     amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: [drm] fb0: amdgpudrmfb frame buffer device
     [drm] Initialized amdgpu 3.40.0 20150101 for 0000:03:00.0 on minor 0
     [drm] free PSP TMR buffer
     [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x000000F400900000).
     [drm] PSP is resuming...
     [drm] reserve 0x400000 from 0xf47fc00000 for PSP TMR
     [drm] kiq ring mec 2 pipe 1 q 0
     [drm] VCN decode and encode initialized successfully(under SPG Mode).
     [drm] free PSP TMR buffer
     [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x000000F400900000).
     [drm] PSP is resuming...
     [drm] reserve 0x400000 from 0xf47fc00000 for PSP TMR
     [drm] kiq ring mec 2 pipe 1 q 0
     [drm] VCN decode and encode initialized successfully(under SPG Mode).
     [drm] free PSP TMR buffer
     [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x000000F400900000).
     [drm] PSP is resuming...
     [drm] reserve 0x400000 from 0xf47fc00000 for PSP TMR
     [drm] kiq ring mec 2 pipe 1 q 0
     [drm] VCN decode and encode initialized successfully(under SPG Mode).
     [drm] free PSP TMR buffer
     [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x000000F400900000).
     [drm] PSP is resuming...
     [drm] reserve 0x400000 from 0xf47fc00000 for PSP TMR
     [drm] kiq ring mec 2 pipe 1 q 0
     [drm] VCN decode and encode initialized successfully(under SPG Mode).
     
* Xorg modules (grep LoadModule /var/log/Xorg.0.log ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log | cut -d \" -f 2 | xargs):
     
     
* GL Support (glxinfo | grep -E "OpenGL version|OpenGL renderer"):
     OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 8 Graphics (RAVEN, DRM 3.40.0, 5.12.9-300.fc34.x86_64, LLVM 12.0.0)
     OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 21.1.1
     
* Xorg errors (without results: "grep '^\[.*(EE)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log | cut -d ':' -f 2- "):
     N/A

* Kernel buffer tail (dmesg | tail):
     [ 2023.234239] wlp2s0: RX AssocResp from a8:da:0c:3a:a6:9a (capab=0x1011 status=0 aid=1)
     [ 2023.237218] wlp2s0: associated
     [ 2023.237430] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x8164
     [ 2023.237434] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
     [ 2023.237436] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
     [ 2023.237437] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x5b
     [ 2023.237439] ath: Country alpha2 being used: IN
     [ 2023.237441] ath: Regpair used: 0x5b
     [ 2023.237443] ath: regdomain 0x8164 dynamically updated by country element
     [ 2023.459520] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp2s0: link becomes ready
     
* Last few reboots (last -x -n10 reboot runlevel):
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   5.12.9-300.fc34. Wed Jun  9 08:36   still running
     reboot   system boot  5.12.9-300.fc34. Wed Jun  9 08:36   still running
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   5.12.9-300.fc34. Wed Jun  9 07:14 - 14:06  (06:51)
     reboot   system boot  5.12.9-300.fc34. Wed Jun  9 07:13 - 14:06  (06:52)
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   5.12.9-300.fc34. Tue Jun  8 18:58 - 23:27  (04:28)
     reboot   system boot  5.12.9-300.fc34. Tue Jun  8 18:58 - 23:27  (04:29)
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   5.12.9-300.fc34. Tue Jun  8 14:27 - 18:34  (04:07)
     reboot   system boot  5.12.9-300.fc34. Tue Jun  8 14:27 - 18:34  (04:07)
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   5.12.9-300.fc34. Tue Jun  8 13:25 - 13:53  (00:27)
     reboot   system boot  5.12.9-300.fc34. Tue Jun  8 13:25 - 13:53  (00:28)
     
     wtmp begins Mon Jun  7 20:17:04 2021
     
* DNF Repositories (dnf repolist):
     repo id                                        repo name
     brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com_x86_64_ created by dnf config-manager from https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
     fedora                                         Fedora 34 - x86_64
     fedora-cisco-openh264                          Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
     fedora-modular                                 Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64
     rpmfusion-free                                 RPM Fusion for Fedora 34 - Free
     rpmfusion-free-updates                         RPM Fusion for Fedora 34 - Free - Updates
     rpmfusion-nonfree                              RPM Fusion for Fedora 34 - Nonfree
     rpmfusion-nonfree-updates                      RPM Fusion for Fedora 34 - Nonfree - Updates
     sublime-text                                   Sublime Text - x86_64 - Stable
     updates                                        Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates
     updates-modular                                Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates
     
* DNF Extras (dnf -C list extras):
     Last metadata expiration check: 0:48:25 ago on Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:49:36 AM.
     
* Last 20 packages installed (rpm -qa --nodigest --nosignature --last | head -20):
     gimp-2.10.24-1.fc34.x86_64                    Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:19 AM
     python2-cairo-1.18.2-8.fc34.x86_64            Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:09 AM
     python2.7-2.7.18-11.fc34.x86_64               Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:09 AM
     pygtk2-2.24.0-34.fc34.x86_64                  Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:09 AM
     pygobject2-2.28.7-12.fc34.x86_64              Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:09 AM
     aalib-libs-1.4.0-0.41.rc5.fc34.x86_64         Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:09 AM
     redhat-rpm-config-182-1.fc34.noarch           Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     python-srpm-macros-3.9-36.fc34.noarch         Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     mypaint-brushes-1.3.1-3.fc34.noarch           Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     lua-srpm-macros-1-4.fc34.noarch               Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     libwmf-0.2.12-5.fc34.x86_64                   Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     libmypaint-1.6.1-3.fc34.x86_64                Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     libmng-2.0.3-13.fc34.x86_64                   Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     kernel-srpm-macros-1.0-4.fc34.noarch          Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     go-srpm-macros-3.0.10-1.fc34.noarch           Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     gnat-srpm-macros-4-13.fc34.noarch             Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     gimp-libs-2.10.24-1.fc34.x86_64               Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     ghc-srpm-macros-1.5.0-4.fc34.noarch           Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     fpc-srpm-macros-1.3-3.fc34.noarch             Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     fonts-srpm-macros-2.0.5-5.fc34.noarch         Wednesday 09 June 2021 08:52:02 AM
     
* EFI boot manager output (efibootmgr -v):
     BootCurrent: 0000
     Timeout: 0 seconds
     BootOrder: 0000,0001,0013,0014,0015,0016,0017,0018
     Boot0000* Fedora	HD(1,GPT,97d03b46-606d-4ae8-a547-0b70a41fca90,0x800,0x12c000)/File(\EFI\fedora\shimx64.efi)
     Boot0001* Windows Boot Manager	HD(1,GPT,470a9e47-29b0-4548-b496-d72e38ccb151,0x800,0x82000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}....%...............
     Boot0010  Setup	FvFile(721c8b66-426c-4e86-8e99-3457c46ab0b9)
     Boot0011  Boot Menu	FvFile(86488440-41bb-42c7-93ac-450fbf7766bf)
     Boot0012  Diagnostic Splash	FvFile(a7d8d9a6-6ab0-4aeb-ad9d-163e59a7a380)
     Boot0013* NVMe: HFM128GDHTNG-8310A                     	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/NVMe(0x1,00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00)....2.LN........
     Boot0014* ATA HDD: ST1000LM035-1RK172                      	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x2)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Sata(0,0,0)..bYVD.A...O.*..
     Boot0015* USB HDD: SanDisk Cruzer Blade	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x8,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x3)/USB(1,0)3.!..3.G..A.....
     Boot0016* USB LAN:	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,e854bca4cae7704ca322b00da0376322)
     Boot0017* USB FDD:	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,6ff015a28830b543a8b8641009461e49)
     Boot0018* USB CD:	VenMsg(bc7838d2-0f82-4d60-8316-c068ee79d25b,86701296aa5a7848b66cd49dd3ba6a55)
     

Gathering system info ............................

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Hrm, can you also paste the output of these commands too please?

lsmem
sudo dmidecode -tmemory

You may need to install these pacakges:

sudo dnf install dmidecode util-linux

A distinct possibility here is that your RAM sticks are faulty. See here for example:

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[mayank@fedora ~]$ lsmem

RANGE                                 SIZE  STATE REMOVABLE BLOCK
0x0000000000000000-0x00000000bfffffff   3G online       yes  0-23
0x0000000100000000-0x00000001bfffffff   3G online       yes 32-55

Memory block size:       128M
Total online memory:       6G
Total offline memory:      0B

[mayank@fedora ~]$ sudo dmidecode -tmemory

# dmidecode 3.2
Getting SMBIOS data from sysfs.
SMBIOS 3.1.1 present.

Handle 0x0001, DMI type 16, 23 bytes
Physical Memory Array
	Location: System Board Or Motherboard
	Use: System Memory
	Error Correction Type: None
	Maximum Capacity: 12 GB
	Error Information Handle: 0x0000
	Number Of Devices: 2

Handle 0x0008, DMI type 17, 40 bytes
Memory Device
	Array Handle: 0x0001
	Error Information Handle: 0x0007
	Total Width: 64 bits
	Data Width: 64 bits
	Size: 4 GB
	Form Factor: SODIMM
	Set: None
	Locator: DIMM 0
	Bank Locator: P0 CHANNEL A
	Type: DDR4
	Type Detail: Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered)
	Speed: 2400 MT/s
	Manufacturer: Ramaxel Technology
	Serial Number: 11441C6B
	Asset Tag: Not Specified
	Part Number: RMSA3310MJ86H9F-3200
	Rank: 1
	Configured Memory Speed: 2400 MT/s
	Minimum Voltage: 1.2 V
	Maximum Voltage: 1.2 V
	Configured Voltage: 1.2 V

Handle 0x000B, DMI type 17, 40 bytes
Memory Device
	Array Handle: 0x0001
	Error Information Handle: 0x000A
	Total Width: 64 bits
	Data Width: 64 bits
	Size: 4 GB
	Form Factor: SODIMM
	Set: None
	Locator: DIMM 0
	Bank Locator: P0 CHANNEL B
	Type: DDR4
	Type Detail: Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered)
	Speed: 2400 MT/s
	Manufacturer: Samsung
	Serial Number: 00000000
	Asset Tag: Not Specified
	Part Number: M471A5244CB0-CTD    
	Rank: 1
	Configured Memory Speed: 2400 MT/s
	Minimum Voltage: 1.2 V
	Maximum Voltage: 1.2 V
	Configured Voltage: 1.2 V

Are you sure that 2GB isn’t shared memory being reserved for GPU?

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while using lshw, the output for memory is:

*-memory
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 1
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 8GiB
        *-bank:0
             description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2400 MHz (0.4 ns)
             product: RMSA3310MJ86H9F-3200
             vendor: Ramaxel Technology
             physical id: 0
             serial: 11441C6B
             slot: DIMM 0
             size: 4GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 2400MHz (0.4ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered) 2400 MHz (0.4 ns)
             product: M471A5244CB0-CTD
             vendor: Samsung
             physical id: 1
             serial: 00000000
             slot: DIMM 0
             size: 4GiB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 2400MHz (0.4ns)

Please post your result of below command: mine shows 512MB.

glxinfo | grep "Video memory"
Video memory: 512MB

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This is the output of htop.

[mayank@fedora ~]$ glxinfo | grep "Video memory"
    Video memory: 2048MB
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So yes, you machine reserved lots of ram for video use.

Normally, you can boot into System Firmware (BIOS) to change the amount to be reserved.

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Ok.
How much video memory is appropriate?

It really depends on your usage pattern.

What I find so far, for normal desktop usage, single monitor at 1920x1080 resolution, 512MB is needed.

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@mayank : just a quick note, please use the formatting tools to correctly format command outputs etc. it just makes your posts much easier to read. I’ve edited your posts here for the moment.

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