Application: plasmashell (5.12.0) Qt Version: 5.10.0 Frameworks Version: 5.42.0 Operating System: Linux 4.15.2-2-ARCH x86_64 Distribution (Platform): Archlinux Packages -- Information about the crash: Through normal use every few hours of system uptime the system begins stutterring then fully locks up (no graphical movement, audio stops). This will take up to a few minutes to 10-15 minutes to resolve usually by Plasmashell segfaulting. "Application: Plasma (plasmashell), signal: Segmentation fault" The crash can be reproduced every time. System is Thinkpad T460s, Arch Linux x64, Intel i7 6600U, 20GB RAM -- Backtrace: A useful backtrace could not be generated
That doesn't really give us anything to work with. Does top/ksysgard show anything before it breaks?
After doing somme more research and testing it looks like its the known memory leak when a picture slideshow is being used as the desktop background. After switching to a static image the behavior hasn't returned, switching back triggers the issue after a few hours. I think there is another bug out there for this but I'm having trouble finding it.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 368838 ***