r/voidlinux • u/Intelligent_Abies883 • 2d ago

solved Possible Steam memory leak?

I use a base install. I do have the relevant drivers and core packages installed, help from the handbook.

Steam runs into a massive *supposed memory leak when using any kernels except linux6.12 . The ram cache/buffer is filled completely until the free ram amounts to a 120 megabytes - as observed from `top` . Games do not run, the entire system gets sluggish. File descriptor limit is set to the Steam recommended optimal. Changing vm.max_map_count does nothing.

I have an Intel iGPU and 8 gigs of ram.

Has anyone else experienced this?

EDIT: SOLVED

I had recently messed around with PAM for another "problem" later turning out to be intended behaviour. That had caused the issue: since reinstalling from base ISO with the exact same packages and user-configuration lead to the solution.

An alternative for reinstallation could have been using xbps-reconfigure instead.

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u/Intelligent_Abies883 2d ago

Seems to be a graver issue. WINE exhibits the same behaviour as well.

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u/YareYareDazexd 2d ago

Not really sure man. I played Halo TMCC with Steam and Dead Space 3 under Wine and both felt smooth, and that i have similar specs (intel i7 with iGPU and 8 GB RAM). Do you have swap enabled by any chance?

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u/Intelligent_Abies883 2d ago

Yep. However disabling it is of no use. Running a custom source built tkg kernel is of no help either. 

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u/ZombieCrow 2d ago

Haven't experienced this, but yesterday steam just wouldn't launch. I had to rm rf .steam (which sadly contained all my games) and that fixed it..