I'm adding this, as it seems simliar. More important in my case, the X server basically freezes, the hdd starts to work (but not nonstop), till f-spot dies.
Andreas ** Attachment added: "nohup.out" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13904009/nohup.out -- f-spot.exe crashed with SIGSEGV https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/218020 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to f-spot in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs