Thank you for your bug report, what's the content of your ~/Pictures? (the directory the settings list for backgrounds)?
** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1785550 Title: Huge memory usage when changing background To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1785550/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs