Bug 470195 - Cannot open any apps, getting "Resource error (fork failure): Cannot allocate memory" on everything
Summary: Cannot open any apps, getting "Resource error (fork failure): Cannot allocate...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 469445
Alias: None
Product: kde
Classification: I don't know
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2023-05-24 07:29 UTC by William Coolman
Modified: 2023-05-31 14:41 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Can't open anything through main K menu, Task Manager, or Desktop (67.61 KB, image/png)
2023-05-24 07:29 UTC, William Coolman
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Description William Coolman 2023-05-24 07:29:52 UTC
Created attachment 159219 [details]
Can't open anything through main K menu, Task Manager, or Desktop

Operating System: Kubuntu 23.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.104.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Kernel Version: 6.2.0-20-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 14.4 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Graphics
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 20XF004SUS
System Version: ThinkPad T14s Gen 2
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

I can't open *anything* in the K menu or from the task manager. I'm getting a "Resource error (fork failure): Cannot allocate memory" error for everything, see attachment. Also, none of my desktop icons are viewable.

I have 16 gigs of memory total, and have been running Kubuntu for a year without any real problems. I don't know what update brought on this behavior? Running free -h shows I have 9.1Gi left, so I don't know what is going on.

The only way I was able to even open Firefox to file this bug report was krunner. So far, I've been able to open most things through it, or typing into konsole once I opened that through krunner, but this is a huge inconvenience.
Comment 1 Paul Worrall 2023-05-24 16:35:05 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 469445 ***
Comment 2 William Coolman 2023-05-31 01:39:45 UTC
I don't appear to have a memory leak, so I don't think the suggested bug that this was listed as a clone is accurate. I'm reopening this ticket.
Comment 3 Paul Worrall 2023-05-31 07:20:34 UTC
William, my memory usage also looks normal when bug 469445 occurs.  Did you try deleting the [ScreenMapping] section in .config/plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc as described in that bug?
Comment 4 Paul Worrall 2023-05-31 14:41:52 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 469445 ***