Yesterday I installed Kubuntu 13.04 and got the same problems as other users in this thread. First I thought it was caused by the relatively new Kubuntu version so I switched back to 12.04 LTS. This did not help, I got the same problem: CPU at 100% in 1-2 minutes 4GB ram filled up, after which swap memory (also 4G) was filled entirely.
I then (using a laptop) found a way to not start akonadi and now my system is back to normal. It is strange since I did use 12.04 before and then this did not happen. Maybe since the latest KDE updates this was introduced. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to akonadi in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/909022 Title: Various akonadi processes use 100% CPU and 200% RAM at every KDE session startup Status in Akonadi - The PIM Storage Service: New Status in “akonadi” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On every KDE session startup, a bunch of akonadi-related processes are started. These start hogging the system CPU and RAM shortly after startup, and quickly tie up 100% CPU and 200% RAM (i.e. they use up almost 8G physical RAM and start chewing on swap as well!) In order not to have my 2-core 8G RAM machine completely bogged down by these processes, I have to kill the processes manually, else my session becomes unusable and I have to reset the machine. Ubuntu: up-to-date 11.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/akonadi/+bug/909022/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
