Public bug reported:

Steps to reproduce:
- pick a huge unmanageable multi-GB SVG file
- try to open it in Image Viewer (in real life you would obviously do it by 
accident)

Expected behavior:
- an error message should be displayed, such as "File too big" or, if it the 
exact point where a file becomes too big to be managed cannot be predicted 
(which  I doubt), then a warning, such as "this file may be too big and bla bla 
bla. Are you sure you wish to continue"?
- in ANY case, when memory consumption does start to render the program 
unresponsive, a possibility should be given to the user to abort loading the 
file. Actually, the UI should ALWAYS remain responsive and allow you to at 
least force close the program

Observed behavior:
- Image Viewer blindly tries to load the file as if it was any normal size 
file, and it will end up eating up too much memory and become unresponsive 
(this will actually render the whole system unworkable in an unrecoverable way, 
but that part is a bug in the OS, as it should always guarantee the system's 
stability in presence of misbehavior of one process)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: eog 3.10.2-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Jun 10 21:42:48 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (242 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: eog
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (17 days ago)

** Affects: eog (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1328666

Title:
  in attempt to load a huge svg file, eats up too much memory and
  renders whole os unresponsive

Status in “eog” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  - pick a huge unmanageable multi-GB SVG file
  - try to open it in Image Viewer (in real life you would obviously do it by 
accident)

  Expected behavior:
  - an error message should be displayed, such as "File too big" or, if it the 
exact point where a file becomes too big to be managed cannot be predicted 
(which  I doubt), then a warning, such as "this file may be too big and bla bla 
bla. Are you sure you wish to continue"?
  - in ANY case, when memory consumption does start to render the program 
unresponsive, a possibility should be given to the user to abort loading the 
file. Actually, the UI should ALWAYS remain responsive and allow you to at 
least force close the program

  Observed behavior:
  - Image Viewer blindly tries to load the file as if it was any normal size 
file, and it will end up eating up too much memory and become unresponsive 
(this will actually render the whole system unworkable in an unrecoverable way, 
but that part is a bug in the OS, as it should always guarantee the system's 
stability in presence of misbehavior of one process)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: eog 3.10.2-0ubuntu5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-29.53-generic 3.13.11.2
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Jun 10 21:42:48 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (242 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: eog
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (17 days ago)

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