Steam wide Ram Leak | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

rancid saffron Jul 29, 2025, 8:46 PM

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so i dont know if my steam install or if the version of wine i have installed is fucked but this memory leak is getting crazy.
I have provided an image that shows my computer resources. if you look at Memory and Swap on the left side of the graph is when i am actively in game, the middle drop off is when i closed out to main menu, and the big drop is when i closed the game fully.
This happens on every steam game i play. not on Heroic, Sober, or Minecraft. Just Steam.
i have disbaled things like ReBar 4g decoding in BIOS. and i have no idea what the actual cause is. but i know its a leak realating to or within Wine or Wine64.
what do i do to fix this?

marsh nest Jul 29, 2025, 9:11 PM

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@rancid saffron are you on the beta version of steam?

rancid saffron Jul 29, 2025, 9:12 PM

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marsh nest <@448677742158938122> are you on the beta version of steam?

Nope

marsh nest Jul 29, 2025, 9:12 PM

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@rancid saffron try it

rancid saffron Jul 29, 2025, 9:13 PM

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Okay, I'm out rn so when im home in like 20-30 I'll update you

rancid saffron Jul 29, 2025, 9:40 PM

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marsh nest <@448677742158938122> try it

currently downloading the update. then ill load into a game and play it for about an hour or less and update you

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Doesnt work sadly

rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:27 PM

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@marsh nest hello?

marsh nest Jul 30, 2025, 11:27 PM

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@rancid saffron are you fully up to date?

rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:28 PM

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uhh lemme run yay -Syu rq

marsh nest Jul 30, 2025, 11:28 PM

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rancid saffron uhh lemme run yay -Syu rq

no need for -Syu, because yay does that for you

rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:28 PM

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oh?

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i though the y was necessary

marsh nest Jul 30, 2025, 11:29 PM

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for pacman it's needed

rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:29 PM

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oh

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wait no i do need it for yay

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i ran yay -Suand it didnt update my repos

marsh nest Jul 30, 2025, 11:29 PM

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don't do that

rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:30 PM

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rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:30 PM

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marsh nest don't do that

wdym

marsh nest Jul 30, 2025, 11:30 PM

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@rancid saffron https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System_maintenance#Partial_upgrades_are_unsupported

rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:32 PM

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so then what do i run for yay?

marsh nest Jul 30, 2025, 11:32 PM

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yay

rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:32 PM

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youre joking...

marsh nest Jul 30, 2025, 11:32 PM

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nope

rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:32 PM

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Facepalm ive been running yay -Syu this whole time

rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:33 PM

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marsh nest <@448677742158938122> are you fully up to date?

but also. not like thisll do anything. the leaks has been going on for months

marsh nest Jul 30, 2025, 11:34 PM

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add a ! to debug packages in your makepkg.conf https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/pacman/-/blob/main/makepkg.conf#L100

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this makes it so you can't install debug packages

rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:37 PM

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wheres the file path at?

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nvm i think

rancid saffron Jul 30, 2025, 11:39 PM

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marsh nest add a ! to debug packages in your makepkg.conf https://gitlab.archlinux.org/arc...

likke this?

marsh nest Jul 30, 2025, 11:41 PM

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yes

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sudo pacman -Qttdq | sudo pacman -Rns -

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this removes orphan packages

rancid saffron Jul 31, 2025, 7:58 AM

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orphan packages?

marsh nest Jul 31, 2025, 5:17 PM

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@rancid saffron as in those debug packages you installed

rancid saffron Jul 31, 2025, 5:21 PM

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oh

rancid saffron Aug 2, 2025, 4:31 AM

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my issue is still not fixed

rancid saffron Aug 6, 2025, 6:05 AM

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@marsh nest so i found out that its only coming from within steam. not heroic

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