[Digikam-devel] [Bug 149915] New: Sending selected pictures makes PC hang for 15 minutes + crash

[ralf at skolelinux.de]

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           Summary: Sending selected pictures makes PC hang for 15 minutes +
                    crash
           Product: digikam
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: digikam-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: rgx gmx de


Version:           0.9.2-beta3 (using KDE 3.5.7, Debian Package 4:3.5.7.dfsg.1-1 (lenny/sid))
Compiler:          Target: i486-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.18-4-k7

Until 2 minutes ago, my Debian system hang under heavy load (not even switching to console was possible).

What had happened? I selected 8 out of 55 pictures for mail transport (1024 pixel). As digikam had crashed in the end (no messages however), I can only guess that
- instead of 8, all 55 pictures were prepared
  for sending (i.e. scaled down)
-  this process was started with highest
   priority thus making xmms stop and in the 
   end even the TTY manager was overloaded.

What should happen: 
- query "send 55 pictures by mail?"
- run process with lower priority (nice)