[BUG] Impossibly high memory usage #1988
Description
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Description
Fastfetch reports a memory usage of 16.00 EiB / 20.45 GiB (84028777305%)
Contents of /proc/meminfo: meminfo.txt
Version used
fastfetch 2.53.0 (aarch64)
Bug prevalence
Once
Regression
Not sure
Installation
GitHub Releases
Package manager
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Configuration
System information
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"result": {
"buildID": "",
"codename": "",
"id": "ol",
"idLike": "fedora",
"name": "Oracle Linux Server",
"prettyName": "Oracle Linux Server 9.6",
"variant": "Server",
"variantID": "server",
"version": "9.6",
"versionID": "9.6"
},
"stat": 0.03232002258300781
},
{
"type": "Kernel",
"result": {
"architecture": "aarch64",
"name": "Linux",
"release": "6.12.0-1.23.3.2.el9uek.aarch64",
"version": "#1 SMP Tue May 13 16:58:35 PDT 2025",
"displayVersion": "",
"pageSize": 4096
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"stat": 0.00131988525390625
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{
"type": "Memory",
"result": {
"total": 21952888832,
"used": 18446744068532760576
},
"stat": 0.016480207443237305
},
{
"type": "PhysicalMemory",
"error": "Failed to get SMBIOS data",
"stat": 0.017480134963989258
},
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"type": "Swap",
"result": [
{
"name": "/.swapfile",
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"total": 5368705024
}
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"stat": 0.012600183486938477
},
{
"type": "Version",
"result": {
"projectName": "fastfetch",
"sysName": "Linux",
"architecture": "aarch64",
"version": "2.53.0",
"versionGit": "",
"cmakeBuiltType": "RelWithDebInfo",
"compileTime": "Sep 23 2025, 02:21:50",
"compiler": "gcc 11.4.0",
"debugMode": false,
"libc": "glibc 2.35"
},
"stat": 0.001199960708618164
},
// ... see full_report.json
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