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Journald

High memory usage

S System Medium

🔴 Error Message

systemd-journald consuming too much memory

📖 What This Means

Journal not configured with size limits.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Set limit: SystemMaxUse=500M in /etc/systemd/journald.conf
  2. Restart: sudo systemctl restart systemd-journald
  3. Clean: journalctl --vacuum-size=200M
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