Ok, happened earliery than I thought: Attaching to process 1865 [New LWP 1882] [New LWP 1904] [New LWP 2010] [New LWP 2064] [New LWP 2085] [New LWP 2337] [New LWP 2552] [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". 0x00007f30b0b5a640 in QTextLine::layout_helper(int) () from /usr/lib64/libQt5Gui.so.5 Thread 8 (Thread 0x7f2ffe181700 (LWP 2552)): #0 0x00007f30afc7749d in poll () at /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f30ac33f314 in () at /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007f30ac33f42c in g_main_context_iteration () at /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007f30b057e30c in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /usr/lib64/libQt5Core.so.5 #4 0x00007f30b052bfdb in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /usr/lib64/libQt5Core.so.5 #5 0x00007f30b0366f1a in QThread::exec() () at /usr/lib64/libQt5Core.so.5 #6 0x00007f2fff5a98f7 in KCupsConnection::run() () at /usr/lib64/libkcupslib.so #7 0x00007f30b036b9e9 in () at /usr/lib64/libQt5Core.so.5 #8 0x00007f30af981734 in start_thread () at /lib64/libpthread.so.0 #9 0x00007f30afc7fd3d in clone () at /lib64/libc.so.6 Thread 7 (Thread 0x7f300d58f700 (LWP 2337)): #0 0x00007f30afc7749d in poll () at /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00007f30ac33f314 in () at /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #2 0x00007f30ac33f42c in g_main_context_iteration () at /usr/lib64/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x00007f30b057e32b in QEventDispatcherGlib::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /usr/lib64/libQt5Core.so.5 #4 0x00007f30b052bfdb in QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) () at /usr/lib64/libQt5Core.so.5 #5 0x00007f30b0366f1a in QThread::exec() () at /usr/lib64/libQt5Core.so.5 #6 0x00007f30b41f6632 in () at /usr/lib64/libQt5Quick.so.5 #7 0x00007f30b036b9e9 in () at /usr/lib64/libQt5Core.so.5 #8 0x00007f30af981734 in start_thread () at /lib64/libpthread.so.0 #9 0x00007f30afc7fd3d in clone () at /lib64/libc.so.6 Thread 6 (Thread 0x7f3098443700 (LWP 2085)): #0 0x00007f30af9860af in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () at /lib64/libpthread.so.0 #1 0x00007f30b5e4593b in () at /usr/lib64/libQt5Script.so.5 #2 0x00007f30b5e45969 in () at /usr/lib64/libQt5Script.so.5 #3 0x00007f30af981734 in start_thread () at /lib64/libpthread.so.0 #4 0x00007f30afc7fd3d in clone () at /lib64/libc.so.6 Missing separate debuginfos, use: zypper install plasma5-workspace-debuginfo-5.8.6-8.1.x86_64 I guess, you'll need mot infos, though. Should I install the debuginfo package and try again? Or is the output above sufficient? An perhaps another interesting information: With Desktop Theme "Breeze" the problems seems to occur not as often as with "Air openSUSE".