The problem seems to have been caused by a 6MB image, presumably with rendering a thumbnail. The RAM usage began to increase immediately when opening the drive in Nautilus. After deleting the image, the problem did not recur.
-- nautilus uses too much memory after removing USB drive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/587936 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
