(In reply to Per Jessen from comment #3) > (In reply to Tom���� Chv��tal from comment #2) > > 8 gigs of ram is bit a lot for plasma to eat indeed. > > > > 4G RAM + 4G swap :-) > > > Could you attach valgrind to the process to see when/why is it leaking? > > I'll try, I haven't played with valgrind for a few years. Can I just attach > it to /usr/bin/plasmashell and leave it running on a pseudo console? I forgot, you can't just attach valgrind to a running process. Where do I add it, Tomas? In /etc/xdg/autostart/plasmashell.desktop ?