Package: xfe Version: 0.72-1 Severity: normal
After upgrading to the new version the new feature that generates + displays image thumbnails was switched on in the settings. Entering a directory with a moderate number of image files, mostly png, jpg, with some being big (max. 3.7 mb, JPEG), but most pretty small, xfe took approx. 2 minutes to calculate the image thumbnails (500 MHz PIII, 512 MB RAM). During that time the program's GUI did neither enter the directory nor did any upate occur. After minimizing and reopening the window, it would be empty or contain some junk. While this is 'not pretty', the load produced by the program also caused the GUI to more or less hang. I could not even switch to another desktop. I tried to ALT+F2 to a console to renice the program, but even that did not help. -- This occured while running xfe in GNOME2.6 After my opinion the feature should a) not be switched on by default (especially the way it is currently implemented) b) be programmed in a non-blocking way. I suggest that 1st the directory is opened and the contents displayed and only then the images are thumbnailed and consecutively displayed. The calculation of image thumbnails should not block program or system functionality in any way. Maybe utilizing an existing fast library for these image calculations might help. Kind regards Andreas -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-386 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages xfe depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libfox1.2 1.2.4-1 The FOX C++ GUI Toolkit ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-6 GCC support library ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-1 PNG library - runtime ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
