Version: (using KDE KDE 3.1) Installed from: Gentoo Packages OS: Linux when clicking on a large (5000x6000 pixels) png file in konqueror (file browser mode), it attempts to view it in it's embedded image viewer. Now that viewer tries to allocate a XPixmap of that size (I think). The X-Server now tries to allocate ridiculous ammounts of memory, causing the kernel to kill it (If i got luck) or bringing the complete system to a halt. Opening that file with kuickshow produces the same effect, so the bug is probably not located in konqueror, but in the kde libs or QT. Possible solution: add a configuration option to limit the maximum size of an XPixmap the kde libs (or QT) will try to allocate.
Created attachment 1127 [details] large png file this png file causes my 256MB box to crash. (5000x6000 pixels, all white) The file I first noticed the bug with was created by xpertmud (a KDE MUD client), which needed about 1GB of Ram to save it (using KImageIO, I think), but it was >2MB, so I couldn't upload it here.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 39693 ***