[Xfce-bugs] [XFCE 0000221]: Running xfdesktop to switch background eats memory

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http://bugs.xfce.org/view_bug_page.php?f_id=0000221
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Reporter:                   ceeKay
Handler:                    kelnos
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Project:                    XFCE
Bug ID:                     0000221
Category:                   general
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2004-06-07 07:46 GMT
Last Modified:              2004-06-18 17:39 GMT
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Summary:                    Running xfdesktop to switch background eats memory
Description: 
Note: this is in cvs build from 6/5/2004

Steps to reproduce:
-Run xfdesktop to change your background to the next on your list, then
run ps -aux, the usage of /usr/X11R6/bin/X will go up by about 1.5-2 megs
every time you run xfdesktop.
-Alternately, just open the Desktop Settings menu and change your
background, the same behavior seems to result.

I noticed this because I have a key combination set to cycle backdrops
(via xfdesktop). I was cycling through backdrops and saw my memory usage
meter climbing up toward 90% when it is usually around 30%.
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 kelnos - 2004-06-07 11:23 GMT 
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are you by chance using an SVG backdrop image?  there is a leak in either
librsvg or one of the GDK image loaders.

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 ceeKay - 2004-06-07 19:03 GMT 
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no, this is using .jpg's and .png's

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 kelnos - 2004-06-18 17:39 GMT 
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ok, this should be fixed in current CVS (wait an hour or two for it to
propagate to anoncvs).  xfdesktop/src/xfce-desktop.c should be revision
1.4 ('cvs log filename' will tell you).