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xfdesktop4 package

  1. Bug #1295614
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miccs (meomic) wrote : xfdesktop leaking memory on wallpaper change (ubuntu 14.04 with xfce)

im using variety program to render clock, date etc. onto my wallpaper and then variety change wallpaper every minute - so i have live clock on it
variety changes wallpaper using these commands:
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS1/workspace0/last-image -s "" 2> /dev/null
xfconf-query -c xfce4-desktop -p /backdrop/screen0/monitorLVDS1/workspace0/last-image -s "$WP" 2> /dev/null
where $WP is path to the wallpaper
after 24 hours or so xfdesktop uses 1gb of memory or so - after 2-3 days it can grow to 2,5 gb - after i kill the process it restarts automatically with fresh memory but still keeps growing.
with variety turned off after 24hours xfdesktop is still 22mb (same as it was just started) - so it for sure is leaking when changing wallpaper

im using ubuntu 14.04 x86-64bit with xfce installed (versions from main ubuntu repos - dont use any ppas for that)

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apt-cache policy xfdesktop4
xfdesktop4:
  Installed: 4.11.4-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4.11.4-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4.11.4-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

not sure what logs / if i can help to debug - first time reporting bug on launchpad - sorry if i forgot something