xfdesktop-settings uses 100% CPU and leaks memory when it runs in xfce4-settings-manager

[Toshio Ito]

I use Xubuntu 16.04 beta in VirtualBox 4.3 (the host OS is Xubuntu 14.04).

When I open xfdesktop-settings in xfce4-settings-manager, its buttons and menu items are not responding.
Plus, xfdesktop-settings uses 100% CPU and keeps leaking memory.
When I pushed "Back" button, it works fine, but xfdesktop-settings still runs.
I had to kill it from the terminal.

When I run xfdesktop-settings from the terminal, it works fine.
When I run xfdesktop-settings from the right-click menu of the desktop, it also works fine.

environment

- Xubuntu 16.04 beta
- xfdesktop4 4.12.3-2ubuntu1
- Japanese environment (LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Will (lightningw9)]

I also encountered this bug in Xubuntu 16.04.

It only seems to occur when you are using the default wallpaper folder /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops

[Elektordi (elektordi)]

Fixed it by deleting the symlink "xubuntu-wallpaper.png" in /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops
(Was targeting "xubuntu-trusty.png" in the same folder)

Btw, I'm on Ubuntu Trusty 14.04.2 LTS (Original Ubuntu transformed to Xubuntu using Apt)

[Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding)]

Does this bug affect 18.04 too?

[Toshio Ito (debug-ito)]

No.

Looks like it's fixed.

- Xubuntu 18.04 (on VirtualBox 5.1.38 on Xubuntu 16.04)
- xfdesktop4-4.12.3-4ubuntu2

[Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding)]

Thanks for checking. Marking as fixed then.