Simple Scan hangs on startup - gobbles memory

[Dave Dixon]

Response from lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10

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To reproduce
Start Simple Scan from Applications/Graphics.
Starting Simple Scan appears in tray, then vanishes
Process monitory shows Simple Scan running, alternating states between sleep_on_page and sleep_on_page_killable
Memory used by Simple Scan creeps up to 4GB and overall system response becomes *very* sluggish.
Kill Simple Scan.

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Got this message while running ubuntu-bug:
(process:5407): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed

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Got this from running Simple Scan from the command line with --debug flag:
[+0.00s] DEBUG: simple-scan.vala:582: Starting Simple Scan 3.10.0, PID=5451
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Connecting to session manager
[+0.07s] WARNING: g_object_set_valist: invalid object type 'GtkAdjustment' for value type 'GtkWidget'
[+0.08s] DEBUG: ui.vala:1513: Restoring window to 600x400 pixels
[+0.08s] DEBUG: ui.vala:1518: Restoring window to maximized
[+13.06s] DEBUG: autosave-manager.vala:127: Found at least one autosave page, taking ownership
[+221.62s] DEBUG: autosave-manager.vala:481: Found a page that needs to be recovered
[+221.75s] DEBUG: autosave-manager.vala:497: Restoring a page of size 10212 x 13980
[+223.08s] DEBUG: autosave-manager.vala:528: Updating autosave to point to our new copy of the page

Had to kill it when the system starting freezing.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: simple-scan 3.10.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Jan 28 10:14:15 2014
DriverPackageVersions:
 libsane 1.0.23-0ubuntu3
 libsane-extras N/A
 hplip 3.13.9-1
 hpoj N/A
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-07 (844 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
MachineType: LENOVO 4294CTO
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic root=UUID=0ecfc571-791c-4a0f-9f60-42147e58266a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SimpleScanLog:

SourcePackage: simple-scan
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-02 (87 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/02/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 8DET51WW (1.21 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 4294CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8DET51WW(1.21):bd08/02/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4294CTO:pvrThinkPadX220Tablet:rvnLENOVO:rn4294CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 4294CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad X220 Tablet
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Takyoji (takyoji)]

Was having the issue as well, and was just about to report my debug logs and such, but seems that the issue has disappeared after upgrading from simple-scan 3.10.0-0ubuntu1 to 3.10.2-0ubuntu1

[Dave Dixon (ddixon-swcp)]

I, too, have not seen the problem since updating. My current version is 3.12.1 which, oddly, says Copyright © 2009-2011 Canonical Ltd. Surely there's something in there more recent than 2011.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Dave Dixon, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/1273786/comments/4 regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.