Bug 55657 - Memory usage explodes when .doc or .xls files is in a directory and Konqueror is trying to create a thumbnail
Summary: Memory usage explodes when .doc or .xls files is in a directory and Konqueror...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: koffice
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Mandrake RPMs Linux
: NOR major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KOffice List
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: 59377 78426 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2003-03-07 20:45 UTC by Michal Bukovjan
Modified: 2004-03-26 22:57 UTC (History)
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Description Michal Bukovjan 2003-03-07 20:45:25 UTC
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1)
Installed from:    Mandrake RPMs
Compiler:          gcc-3.2.2 Mandrake Cooker version
OS:          Linux

I start Konqueror in my home dir.

It presents me with a list of files (icon mode) and begins to generate icons for them.

If a .doc file or .xls file is in the directory, a kde-init process starts to eat up memory very fast (200MB within seconds), unitl it gets killed by VM. The more files, the more memory it seems.

If I kill the rampage process, a question mark icon appears instead of a preview thumbnail.

Once I managed to have exavtly on .xls document in a directory, in which case konqueror did succeed to create a thumbnail, the memory usage went to only 200MB.

This is a pretty serious bug, as it renders Konqueror unusable for normal use (as a file manager).

See also http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1200
Comment 1 George Staikos 2003-03-07 20:52:41 UTC
As far as I'm concerned, otherofficethumbnails should be removed entirely. 
Comment 2 Nicolas Goutte 2003-11-28 12:35:42 UTC
*** Bug 59377 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Nicolas Goutte 2003-11-30 18:53:31 UTC
Subject: Re: koffice/tools/thumbnail

Sorry, the wrong bug was closed. I meant #55657 instead of #59377

Have a nice day!

--- Original Message ---
List:     kde-cvs
Subject:  koffice/tools/thumbnail
From:     Nicolas Goutte <nicolasg () snafu ! de>
Date:     2003-11-30 16:47:09


CVS commit by goutte: 

Disable generation of the "other office" thumbnails.

The reasons are between many problems:
- Konqueror tries to generate every thumbnail at the same time, which for
  filters is critical, as it can use too much computer-power.
- Konqueror tries and re-tries to have a thumbnail, even if the filter has
  failed.
- The KOffice filters have not a "batch mode" yet, so dialogs can show up.
- The thumbnail generation might trigger bugs in the filters, which
  might end to any possible problems. (And Konquy tries then again...)
CCMAIL:59377-close@bugs.kde.org
CCMAIL:61885-close@bugs.kde.org
(Possibily other bugs, including not reported ones.)


  M +2 -1      Makefile.am   1.6


--- koffice/tools/thumbnail/Makefile.am  #1.5:1.6
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@
 kofficethumbnail_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries) -module $(KDE_PLUGIN)
 
-kde_services_DATA = clipartthumbnail.desktop kofficethumbnail.desktop 
otherofficethumbnail.desktop
+# otherofficethumbnail.desktop is currently not installed, as it gives too 
many problems
+kde_services_DATA = clipartthumbnail.desktop kofficethumbnail.desktop
 

Comment 4 Nicolas Goutte 2004-03-26 22:57:28 UTC
*** Bug 78426 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***