[Bug 386676] [NEW] memory leak on ATI cards with cover manager

[Antoine Pairet]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: amarok

Summary:
When using Cover Manager, both amaork and xorg memory usage keeps increasing to such values that the computer becomes unusable. 

Upstream related bug:
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16772 

Test case:
 * Open Amarok 
 * Tools -> Cover Manager
 * While thumbnails are created, memory usage of xorg and amarok keeps increasing

The bug is observed on:
 * normal Jaunty Jackalope install
 * an install with the xorg-edgers PPA activated: http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu

Both radeon and radeonhd drivers were tested.

What are the procedures to provide information regarding the memory
usage?

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: amarok 2:2.0.2mysql5.1.30-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: amarok
Uname: Linux 2.6.30-8-generic x86_64

** Affects: amarok
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Unknown

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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memory leak on ATI cards with cover manager
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386676
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