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Hi
Dne Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:35:37 -1000 (HST)
Ryo Furue <fu...@hawaii.edu> napsal(a):
> Package: geeqie
> Version: 1:1.0-7
> Severity: grave
This is no way a grave bug.
> Test 1: Open a directory containing 10--100 JPEG images,
> each 500KB--1MB in size. Set geeqie to use a 1:1 zoom
> and view the images one by one by pressing the space key.
> Eventually, geeqie starts to cause thrashing. My Linux
> box has only 512MB of memory.
>
> Test 2: Run the following shell script
>
> #!/bin/sh
> ulimit -v 262144 # 256MB
> exec /usr/bin/geeqie "$@"
>
> and do the same thing as Test 1. There is no thrashing this
> time. But, geeqie eventually stops displaying the images
> and displays a small icon with a red cross (which presumably
> represents a broken image).
>
> These tests are 100% reproducible and strongly suggest
> some error in memory management. This problem never
> occurred in the days of GQview.
>
> I'd understand if the viewer slowed down when the main memory
> is small, but an image viewer shouldn't stop working with a main
> memory of 512MB. I hope not.
If you have limited memory resources, please decrease decoded image
cache in preferences. I'm sure it will help you.
However the default could be a bit lower for systems which do not have
much memory.
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Michal Čihař | http://cihar.com | http://blog.cihar.com
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