Public bug reported:
Whenever I use image editing software I the whole system basically
grinds to a halt after a little use (not more than a few minutes
normally).
It doesn't make much difference which software I use - the problem
happens with Gimp, Inkscape, Dia and Shutter (when editing the image).
However the problem does not occur with LibreOffice Draw.
Using htop I notice that the cache figure starts to increase very
rapidly with every edit/brush stroke that I make, until it uses up the
entire available memory and the entire swap partition. And
understandably, with no free working memory left, the computer is
completely unresponsive.
This is quite a severe problem because it means that I can't use this
computer for any image editing and if I make a mistake the whole
computer will lockup and I could potentially lose unsaved data in other
open applications.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gimp 2.8.10-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon May 26 23:56:55 2014
SourcePackage: gimp
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (36 days ago)
** Affects: gimp (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty
** Summary changed:
- Awful memory leaks in image editing software
+ Awful memory leaks when using image editing software
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1323434
Title:
Awful memory leaks when using image editing software
Status in “gimp” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Whenever I use image editing software I the whole system basically
grinds to a halt after a little use (not more than a few minutes
normally).
It doesn't make much difference which software I use - the problem
happens with Gimp, Inkscape, Dia and Shutter (when editing the image).
However the problem does not occur with LibreOffice Draw.
Using htop I notice that the cache figure starts to increase very
rapidly with every edit/brush stroke that I make, until it uses up the
entire available memory and the entire swap partition. And
understandably, with no free working memory left, the computer is
completely unresponsive.
This is quite a severe problem because it means that I can't use this
computer for any image editing and if I make a mistake the whole
computer will lockup and I could potentially lose unsaved data in
other open applications.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gimp 2.8.10-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon May 26 23:56:55 2014
SourcePackage: gimp
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-19 (36 days ago)
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