OK, I stopped all services in the service manager. Right now, each service has its "stop" button greyed out with only the "Start" button active.
djh900@dh:~$ djh900@dh:~$ pgrep kded4 23291 djh900@dh:~$ ps vp 23291 PID TTY STAT TIME MAJFL TRS DRS RSS %MEM COMMAND 23291 pts/3 Sl 0:00 12 2 857345 64736 1.6 kded4 djh900@dh:~$ for ((i=0; i< 100; i++)); do ssh localhost true; done djh900@dh:~$ ps vp 23291 PID TTY STAT TIME MAJFL TRS DRS RSS %MEM COMMAND 23291 pts/3 Sl 0:06 12 2 1055617 280744 7.1 kded4 djh900@dh:~$ for ((i=0; i< 100; i++)); do ssh localhost true; done djh900@dh:~$ ps vp 23291 PID TTY STAT TIME MAJFL TRS DRS RSS %MEM COMMAND 23291 pts/3 Sl 0:12 12 2 1253921 498504 12.7 kded4 djh900@dh:~$ djh900@dh:~$ djh900@dh:~$ ls -lah /usr/share/kde4/services/kded total 328K drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Nov 26 09:59 . drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 56K Nov 26 10:00 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29 Oct 14 2011 activitymanager.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.8K Oct 9 2011 bluedevil.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.6K Jan 11 2012 desktopnotifier.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.7K Mar 30 2012 device_automounter.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.9K Mar 2 2012 dnssdwatcher.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.6K Jul 31 01:08 favicons.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.1K Jul 31 01:12 freespacenotifier.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4.8K Jun 7 2012 kcookiejar.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5.7K Jul 31 01:12 kephal.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.4K Jul 31 01:12 keyboard.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9.3K Jul 31 01:12 khotkeys.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.2K Aug 1 02:25 kmixd.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.3K Jan 11 2012 kpasswdserver.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.3K Jun 7 2012 kssld.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6.8K Mar 1 2012 ktimezoned.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13K Jul 31 01:12 kwrited.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.4K Apr 2 2012 muon-notifier.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11K Jan 19 2012 nepomuksearchmodule.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K Apr 8 2012 networkmanagement.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13K Apr 30 2012 networkstatus.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9.8K Jan 19 2012 networkwatcher.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 289 Sep 23 2011 notificationhelper.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2.5K Oct 9 2011 obexftpdaemon.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.0K Jan 19 2012 phononserver.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.2K Jul 31 01:12 powerdevil.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.8K Jun 7 2012 proxyscout.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.5K Jul 31 01:12 randrmonitor.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9.2K Jul 31 01:06 remotedirnotify.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.8K Jan 19 2012 solidautoeject.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.5K Jan 19 2012 soliduiserver.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.6K Jul 31 01:12 statusnotifierwatcher.desktop djh900@dh:~$ I switched on kdebugdialog for kded4. There's a bit of chatter as kded4 starts up, but nothing while the sshs are happening. See attachment. ** Attachment added: "stdout+stderr of kded4 with debugging enaabled" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/+bug/1092390/+attachment/3464994/+files/kde-debug.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to kde4libs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1092390 Title: kded4 memory use grows with every accepted ssh connection. Memory leak? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/+bug/1092390/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs