Bug 58556

Summary:	konqueror eats up all memory with any page
Product:	[Applications] konqueror	Reporter:	Tim-Philipp M <t.i.m>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konqueror Bugs <konqueror-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	crash
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Tim-Philipp M 2003-05-16 02:51:39 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1.1)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages
OS:          Linux

I have encountered a problem also described by various other people e.g.on the debian-kde mailing list in May 2003 (http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2003/debian-kde-200305/msg00070.html):

Suddenly konqueror would eat up all memory (1024MB in 1-3 secs) until I kill it manually or the kernel kills it. This happens with any page, usually with the first page. Sometimes, however, the first page renders, but then clicking on a link will produce the same result.

I cannot give you steps on how to reproduce the problem. I know, however, how I solved the problem for me, so I hope this might give you an indication as to where the problem was:

I seem to have fixed the problem on my system (for now at least) by deleting 
three files in ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/:

~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/bookmarks.xml.tbcache
~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/faviconrc
~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/konq_history

The bookmarks.xml.tbcache file was 0-size in my case (while the bookmarks.xml 
file is ca. 65k) - something which didn't seem right.

I don't know which of those was responsible for the hick-up, but it all works 
now.

Many thanks for such an excellent browser :-)

Cheers
-Tim

Comment 1 Stephan Kulow 2003-05-16 09:09:43 UTC

Please try: 
ulimit -v 80000 
ulimit -c unlimited 
export KDE_DEBUG=yes 
konqueror <yourpage> 
and then wait til it crashes  
gdb konqueror core

Comment 2 Tim-Philipp M 2003-05-16 10:36:23 UTC

(a) 
This bug is confirmed. Problem was the same for others (see url in initial report), and 
my solution fixed the problem also for at least one other person 
(http://lists.debian.org/debian-kde/2003/debian-kde-200305/msg00220.html) 
 
(b) 
Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for purposes of debugging, I cannot reproduce 
this bug any longer after deleting those three files. sorry. I've tried creating an empty 
bookmarks.xml.tbcache, but that alone did not trigger the bug, so it must have had to 
do with the 'faviconrc' and/or konq_history file. Sorry. 
 
I will try what you suggest next time I come across something like that. Sorry I didn't 
think about ulimit before. 
 
Many thanks, esp. for the fast reponse. 
 
Cheers 
-Tim

Comment 3 Stephan Kulow 2003-05-16 11:16:43 UTC

sorry, but then I have to close it as package bug. I only heard users of debian testing 
having that problem.