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esperto
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 Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:03 am Post subject: kde backgroung slide show eating memory |
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After a few hours all my memory is consumed, after some tests I discovered that it was caused by the slide show background that I use with KDE, anyone notice that bug too? is there a solution?
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esperto
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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*bump*
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Carlo
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| Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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I guess the number of people using this feature is rather low. Have a look bugs.kde.org and file a bug maybe. Solution is simple: Don't use this feature.
edit: According to this dead old bug it may be a longstanding issue.
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esperto
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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I did that, after a long period using this feature (really good in my opinion) I stopped using it, it just make me sad because I have a lot, I mean a lot, of wallpapers and cannot change it automatically anymore...
thanks for your help 
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i92guboj
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:10 am Post subject: |
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I don't think that that is a feature that anyone will miss. If you want, you can still use a bash script and feh or any other app to set it. A quick example (there might something wrong, this is not tested, but should work [tm] ):
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#!/bin/bash
# Reads a given directory and set a random
# wallpaper using the images on that dir.
PARAM=$1
if [[ -z "${PARAM}" ]]
then
echo No parameters given. Using default path:
echo "[ * ]" ${HOME}/wallpapers/
DIR="${HOME}/wallpapers"
if [[ -d "${DIR}" ]]
then
echo Wallpapers directory found, using it.
echo
else
echo Default directory not found, exiting.
echo
exit 1
fi
else
if [[ -d "${PARAM}" ]]
then
echo Parameter given and directory found. Using it:
echo "[ * ]" "${PARAM}"
DIR="${PARAM}"
else
echo The given parameter is not a directory. Using default path:
echo "[ * ]" "${HOME}/wallpapers"
DIR="${HOME}/wallpapers"
if [[ -d "${DIR}" ]]
then
echo Wallpapers directory found, using it.
echo
else
echo Default directory not found, exiting.
echo
exit 1
fi
fi
fi
while(true)
do
files=$(ls ${DIR})
file_matrix=($files)
num_files=${#file_matrix[*]}
feh --bg-scale "${DIR}/${file_matrix[$((RANDOM%num_files))]}"
sleep 10m
done
exit 0
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The while loop is the one that actually does something. By default the script looks into ~/wallpapers/, you can either put the pictures there, make a link, change the script for any other path, or specify the path as an argument, like random_wallpaper.sh /usr/share/pixmaps or whatever is your favourite place. Just make sure you have feh installed, or change feh for your favourite one in the while loop. Then save the script, chmod u+x it and put it into the ~/.kde/Autostart folder. You can adjust the time in the line that starts with sleep.
I know the script could be better, I can try to polish it a bit if you are interested and cannot do yourself. It was just a quick hack. For example, if feh fails to set the wallpapers it will just wait to the next loop, that could be sorted easily but I don't have the time right now. |
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sertsa
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:13 am Post subject: |
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Hmm,
Been using that feature for a long time here and have not noticed any problems. It goes for a week or more at a time, which doesn't seem to jibe with you having a problem in a few hours.
How did you determine the culprit. |
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esperto
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| Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:40 am Post subject: |
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I just stop using an app per time that I always use, like amarok, kopete, etc. and then stopped features from kde, when I stop using the slideshow, the memory stand still, after started it again the problem came back, I tested it a few times and the results were the same... maybe is some parameter that I use with emerge, this problem just happen on gentoo and probably started after my last reinstallation a few months ago (I'm not absolutely sure)...
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