[Digikam-users] crash when downloading photos

[Gilles Caulier]

On Wednesday 19 July 2006 23:08, Michał Trzciński wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have 512MB RAM and 256MB swap partition.
> When im trying download images from my Canon IXUS-30 (full 512MB SD Card)
> Digicam is crashing on 75% because my system doesn't have enough memory...
> and can't download all images at one time.
> To download all images i have to download it with 2 parts. Ex. One for 50%
> and second for last 50%. But i want to download at one time...
> Digicam uses ram and swap memory to download images from camera. It should
> use hard disk memory or should use ram or swap memory but clean it on fly
> after previous image to have a free memory for next image.
> When i run 'free' command (when images are downloading) i see that Digicam
> clears (sometimes) memory, but memory used by Digicams grows anyway...
> grows to situation when my box doesn't have more memory...
> It is possible to protect Digicam against that?
>

Have you use a gphoto2 drivers to drive your camera under digiKam, or the 
generic Usb Mass Storage mode ?

Witch libgphoto2 version you use ?

Witch digiKam version you use ?

Gilles Caulier