/dev/shm problem?

[InKo]

hi,

I couldn't find a similar topic... :)

I seem to have a problem with my memory device and actually I don't really know if that is a real problem! :)

I type at the terminal
$ df

and get:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
.........................................
none 257484 0 257484 0% /dev/shm

my PROBLEM is I have 512 MB RAM and knoppix shows it correctly...

any ideas?

thank you in advance!

[markkuk]

/dev/shm isn't your RAM, it's the shared memory area used for POSIX shared memory functions. Its maximum size is half your RAM by default.

[InKo]

thank you markkuk!

nice to know there is more to know that one thinks! :)

thank you again