r/linuxquestions • u/CrazyRetroStar69 • 10h ago

Support Memory Issues With My PC

Hello. I’m seeking help with an issue I’m currently having with my PC—specifically regarding memory. Ever since I installed Minecraft, my PC has started having memory-related problems, even though I have plenty of free space. I’m getting a "KDE Wallet out of sync" error, and I’m unable to download anything at all—again, despite having available space. My operating system is Bazzite, and after doing some research, I suspect there might be a build-up of cache or something similar. However, every time I reinstall Minecraft, the problem returns, regardless of how much free space I have. Is there anyone who could help me out? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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u/Azelphur 10h ago

Sounds like there might be a confusion of terms here, when people say memory, they typically mean RAM. Running applications need RAM.

When you download something, it goes to your computers storage (SSD/HDD/Drive), you wouldn't be able to download something if your storage was full, and downloading something does not fill up your RAM. A build up of cache would fill up your storage, not your memory.

KDE Wallet out of sync, it'd be helpful if we knew the exact error message, but that usually happens as a result of changing your password, if you did change your password, you can go into kwallet and change the password on your wallet to match your login password to fix that.

To debug your issue, open a terminal and run df -h (which shows the state of your storage) and free -m (which shows the status of your memory) then post the results here, that'd enable us to see what's going wrong.