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xfdesktop4 package

  1. Bug #1295614
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 1295614

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In , miccs (meomic) wrote :

creating this bug report as i was told here to do:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfdesktop4/+bug/1295614

-- copied text from launchpad's post #1 --

im using variety program to render clock, date etc. onto my wallpaper and then variety change wallpaper every minute - so i have live clock on it
variety changes wallpaper using these commands:
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS1/workspace0/last-image -s "" 2> /dev/null
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS1/workspace0/last-image -s "$WP" 2> /dev/null
where $WP is path to the wallpaper
after 24 hours or so xfdesktop uses 1gb of memory or so - after 2-3 days it can grow to 2,5 gb - after i kill the process it restarts automatically with fresh memory but still keeps growing.
with variety turned off after 24hours xfdesktop is still 22mb (same as it was just started) - so it for sure is leaking when changing wallpaper

im using ubuntu 14.04 x86-64bit with xfce installed (versions from main ubuntu repos - dont use any ppas for that)

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apt-cache policy xfdesktop4
xfdesktop4:
  Installed: 4.11.4-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.11.4-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.11.4-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

not sure what logs / if i can help to debug - first time reporting bug on launchpad - sorry if i forgot something
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ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-12-09 (1197 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
Package: xfdesktop4 4.11.4-1ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-17.37-generic 3.13.6
Tags: trusty
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-17-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-03-07 (13 days ago)
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