<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc" text="#000000"> Thanks Rapael Whenever this problem occurred I was not using graphics (including svg) programs. I did look at removing librsvg2 (I think it is) but there are too many dependencies and programs (that I need) would be removed (lots). Also tried re-install. Side note, only real SVG program I need and use is Xara (Not sure if Gimp has SVG plugin). I use Gimp the most and Xara for certain things with my business. Still haven't had the opportunity to confirm if rsvg-convert is the source of the problem yet. The other note: Being on dial-up (have signed up for broadband a month ago  -  whenever it comes), I have been adding a lot of programs (through standard package manager) with lots of partial installs because of dial-up drop-outs. Also another potential area I may have caused problems is trying to install the DVD workaround (libdvdcss2) by using scripts from a couple of sites like <blockquote><big><tt><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://flavor8.com/index.php/2007/05/12/how-to-install-libdvdcss-on-ubuntu-feisty/">http://flavor8.com/index.php/2007/05/12/how-to-install-libdvdcss-on-ubuntu-feisty/</a></tt></big> </blockquote> I think maybe I have caused the problems through all of this. Got no idea. <blockquote>Just wondering does anyone know of any (prefer Ubuntu easy install) image batch programs (eg, resize, contrast/bright, border, etc)? At the moment I do a lot of repetitive manual processing or reboot back to Win 98 to get this done. </blockquote> I appreciate all this help and feedback. Rapael Morcha wrote: <blockquote cite="mid20071108220042.GA8127@everest.volcano.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Hey newcr, Looks like a tool from librsvg package - "The librsvg package contains librsvg libraries and tools used to manipulate, convert and view Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) images." Depends whether you are doing anything like that above (i.e., image conversion) </pre> <pre wrap=""> If it (rsvg-convert) always does that (suck up lot of memory and freeze your system) and you do not use that package try removing it- raphael@f9:[~] sudo apt-get remove librsvg2-bin; <type root password> [librsvg2-bin includes rsvg-convert tool] If you do use that package however, consider filing a bug report at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.launchpad.net">https://bugs.launchpad.net</a> on librsvg2-bin. Maybe it's leaking memory it shouldn't. #_# </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>