Version: unspecified (using KDE 4.5.1) OS: Linux When copying a cd or a folder from a cd, that contains many subfolders and files in it (in that example it was a cd with source code/binaries from a rather large application), dolphin will very quickly use up all ram. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: burn a cd (or find one) with a a folder containing many subfolders and files (source code seems to be perfect). Copy that folder from the cd to your local harddisk Actual Results: dolphin will quickly use all ram and freeze the computer (after 2-3 minutes with 4 GB of ram). Expected Results: copy the files normaly.
i might have found the cause for the problem. There are certain folders that contain symbolic links, to themselve. How that happend i don't know (i didn't create the cd). When i copy the cd-rom from the command line with cp -r, it works because symbolic links are ignored. Perhaps dolphin should also ignore them? or at least double check if they are not recursive?
David, any thoughts on this?
I sadly do not have a CD-ROM available, so I cannot triage this bug myself. Can anyone confirm that this is still an issue with Dolphin v17.12.3? If not, I'll close this bug soon™.
No response -> closing. Please reopen if you can still reproduce this behavior with the newest version of Dolphin.