Description of problem: - Memory leak of the plasmashell process when using a slideshow - Plasmashell's memory occupation increases continuously - Selecting a static background image as a replacement for the slideshow fixes the problem Version-Release number of selected component : - KDE Plasma 5.20.4 - One desktop, 4 activities including a slideshow - KDE Frameworks 5.76.0 - Qt 5.15.2 - Kernel 5.10.56-desktop-.mga8 - OS 64-bit - 16 Go RAM How reproducible: All the time Steps to Reproduce: 1. create a folder containing two big pictures (2Mo each for instance) 2. create 4 activities with a slideshow (time 15s) pointing to the picture folder 3. visit all activities one time to start the leak 3. survey the memory consumption with the plasmoid
I reboot the computer after step 2
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Assignee: bugsquad => kdeCC: (none) => marja11
I have launched kcmshell5 qtquicksettings set Render loop to "Basic" and Rendering backend to "Software". I noticed a degradation of the Plasma rendering : I can no longer see the text below my desktop icons, only the picture, but it stopped the leak. I can no longer reproduce the leak problem. Everything looks stable. What is the explanation ? Which software is the culprit ? When will it be fixed in Mageia8 ?