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    • keyserK Offline
      keyser Rebel Alliance @lewis
      last edited by

      @lewis if you search pcscd and memory on this forum you’ll find a lot of posts with the same problem

      Love the no fuss of using the official appliances :-)

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        lewis @keyser
        last edited by lewis

        @keyser

        Oh, that's nice to hear. I was nervous I might have a lot of work ahead of me.

        Thank you. I'll search and see if there is a way to temp fix this without a reboot.

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          rcoleman-netgate Netgate @keyser
          last edited by rcoleman-netgate

          @keyser No need to reboot. there's a patch! Well, you have to reboot to apply the patch but ... it will resolve the issue.

          https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/12095

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            lewis @rcoleman-netgate
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            @rcoleman-netgate

            From reading some posts, it looks like I don't even have to reboot.
            If not using ipsec, one can disable the pcscd (PC/SC Smart Card Daemon) service. I did that and memory usage dropped to 9%.

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              rcoleman-netgate Netgate @lewis
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              @lewis which will work until you have to reboot and then you're back at square one.
              the patch will keep the service from even starting unneccessarily. I've used it on a number of field devices.

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                lewis @rcoleman-netgate
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                @rcoleman-netgate

                Yes, I understand that but this firewall rarely gets rebooted so I can live with that.

                Does anyone know if the system upgrade will work from 2.52 to this new version that will come out?

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                  rcoleman-netgate Netgate @lewis
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                  @lewis We've been actively testing it and so far it has worked without issue.

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                    bingo600 @rcoleman-netgate
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                    @rcoleman-netgate said in Reboot or more memory?:

                    @keyser No need to reboot. there's a patch! Well, you have to reboot to apply the patch but ... it will resolve the issue.

                    https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/12095

                    How do i find the patch info/number in the linked "redmine" ?
                    Will the patch work for 2.5.2-CE ?

                    This is my first patch attempt ....

                    pscd is "only" using 3.6G of 8GB , and i'm not even using ipsec.

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                    Found it ....

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                    The "strikethrough" confused me ??
                    I suppose it means that that "Bug is resolved or closed" or ??

                    I also applied , and ran a "reroot"

                    TIA
                    /Bingo

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                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @bingo600
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                      @bingo600 said in Reboot or more memory?:

                      How do i find the patch info/number in the linked "redmine" ?

                      It's here: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11933#note-7

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                        rcoleman-netgate Netgate @stephenw10
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                        @bingo600 Whoops.
                        I grabbed the 2nd redmine for it but @stephenw10 gave you the correct one

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                          lewis @rcoleman-netgate
                          last edited by lewis

                          Works fine just turning off the service if you don't reboot on a regular basis. I went from really high to 8/9% memory use since yesterday.

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