I figured out the trigger. Kopete will grab all CPU/mem (and race Kontact to OOM kill if it's running) if any KDE application opens a file selection dialog (e.g. save as or open).
It is 100% repeatable. -- kopete grabs all memory/CPU when triggered by unrelated file I/O https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128537 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs