Version: 2.4 (using KDE 4.4.3) OS: Linux Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Run Gwenview in folder with many 18Mpx or so images. Pick up one image and scroll to next using mouse wheel. Actual Results: After seeing 7…8 images top says Gwenview has allocated 21% of available memory on a system with 2G RAM and 1.5G swap, which means 400MB of RAM. Expected Results: Gwenview allocated about 18*3 or 18*4 MB for 18Mpx image and a couple of MB for code, shared libs, etc.
Update on steps to reproduce (don't know how to edit bug): On each image press middle button to see image in 1:1 and then again to go back to fit to screen.
Happens to me too, just viewing images in fullscreen mode totally hangs the machine with crazy disk usage. This is a severe bug because crashes the whole system. amd64 2.6.33.6 kernel
Could you try my patch in bug 296401 if this problem still occurs for you?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 296401 ***