Description of problem: byzanz causes Nautilus to use 86% memory Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.yum install byzanz 2.add desktop recorder to the Gnome Panel 3. record your desktop 4. Actual results: System becomes unresponsive. Cpu usage ramps to near 100% Nautilus process consumes 86% of memory. trying to open a terminal windows becomes a task in it's self. Once the terminal was open running top shouws nautilus consuming most of the system memory Expected results: The oppisite of the actual results Additional info: System has 768 MB of memory after running the application i had only 6800 kb's of memory for any other application. Only way to cure the problem is to hit CNTL ALT Backspace to kill gnome open the failsafe terminal and yum remove byzana
This is probably due to the inefficency of the GIF library that Nautilus uses. Since most GIFs tend to be relatively small (even animated GIFs) GIF libraries load the entire GIF into memory. If the GIF is animated it will decode the entire GIF and create a buffer for every frame. Byzanz can create extremely large animated GIFs, especially if you are recording the entire desktop. Nautilus is probably trying to open the GIF to create a thumbnail. Try saving the GIF in a directory that Nautilus doesn't monitor for changes (/tmp or /var/tmp maybe).