600 MB of virtual memory and 144 MB of resident memory for pcscd are not unusual values.
I agree you may have a problem with the polkitd process. You can disable the use of polkit by pcscd by editing the file /etc/default/pcscd and adding: PCSCD_ARGS=--disable-polkit See https://blog.apdu.fr/posts/2021/08/pcsc-lite-configuration-using/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2130867 Title: PCSCD package drains memory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pcsc-lite/+bug/2130867/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
