-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/30/07 21:42, Marty wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 06:59:03PM -0400, Marty wrote: >>> While copying 30MB of text from a backuppc (web-based) log on a >>> remote server, I ran into several problems: >>> >>> 1) Selecting the text using the Iceape edit->select-all menu option >>> pegs the 2.8GB CPU at 100% for tens of seconds, although it is much >>> faster in subsequent attempts. >>> >>> 2) Each repetition causes two 60MB clipboard cache files to appear in >>> /tmp. They persist after logging out of Gnome. >>> >> >> >> Are you sure that this is a resouce leak? > > I have reproduced it on two systems, with different distributions and > different browsers, but there is still some uncertainty since all my > systems have similar configurations, so I can't rule out misconfiguration. > > Think of what Iceape is >> trying to do: download 30 MB of text and render it all ready to show >> you. Was Iceape designed to handle 30 MB pieces of text? > > I don't know. > >> >> If you can't pull the data with ftp or somethin, what about using lynx? >> Text browsers don't have to render. Download the text and save it to a >> file. Or if its already being viewed, 'Print' it to a file. Once you >> have your 30 MB text file, then you can edit it if you really want. > > True, but that doesn't address the potential resource leak issue. > Moreover, since it appears in different browsers, and seems to affect > kedit, it seems likely that the problem involves Gnome's clip board > (which reminds me that I forgot to mention that I am using Gnome).
Doug is absolutely correct. Putting a 30MB file into the clipboard is going to is a lot of resources. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHAG0wS9HxQb37XmcRAlf6AJ9bwPmQUOhPm7EaUuTi9bCemu6E7gCgi+tb Qi8UAUXnbnhwQTEpZsXuqZ0= =Ae0W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
