I've trying to access an old xbox. The computer almost dies from the load of all the ftp_kio slaves. I had to install an other ftp client to move files.

I have the same problem with both konqueror and dolphin...

Anybody else out there with the same experience?

I was using archlinux kdemod, 4.3.3.

I've had a similar issue a long time ago with pop kio.

The issue is too fast respawning of the process - aka fork bomb (yes, that is a bug ).

In general, you should set a maximum number of processes that a user can start. For example, put a limit of 500 processes - it is sufficiently large for work and fork bombs will be suffocated.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-lim ... ocess.html

Ok, I don't want this behaviour any more. Any tips on how I can debug this...

If you want to debug it in /developer mode/, see the tutorial for debugging KIO slaves: http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tut ... g_kio_fish

If not, file a bug on bko and ask the kio ftp devels to instruct you what to do. Unfortunately, that is all I can help you.

Cheerio!

p.s. setting the proc limit is a recommended thing in general, not only related to this issue.