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and subject line Re: Bug#722089: rectangle select slows gimp
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regarding rectangle select slows gimp
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Package: gimp
Version: 2.8.2-2
The gimp slows noticably when I use the rectangle select tool. On my 1.9
GHz Pentium 4 machine, it is quite responsive doing tasks like changing
the color balance of a 10 megapixel photo, but after selecting a region
using the rectangle tool, it slows markedly. All gimp functions I have
tried get slow, for example, opening a menu takes upwards of 5 seconds.
Cursor movement remains responsive, although it can take a few seconds for
the cursor symbol to update. Examining the running processes, 'gimp' looks
okay but 'x' continuously uses about 85% of the CPU. Memory use looks
okay. If I switch to another application, for example LibreOffice, that
application is responsive.
The gimp remains slow and x remains a CPU hog until I close the image or I
dismiss the selection using the 'select none' command.
One peculiar aspect, xcf files seem to preserve whatever causes the
problem. If I save a file while the gimp is slow, then the gimp will slow
again when I reopen the file. To demonstrate this, I created the attached
example by opening the gimp, and created an empty image with the letter
template. To make the image a little more interesting, I used the gradient
tool to apply a conical gradient. The gimp showed almost no hesitation to
any of these commands. Then I selected a small region with the rectangle
tool and the gimp slowed. I patiently did a crop to selection to make the
image smaller for your convenience. Then saved and closed the gimp.
Then I opened the gimp with this small file. The gimp immediately becomes
slow. Patiently open a 10 megapixel JPEG, whose window happens to cover
the small image, and the gimp becomes responsive. Bring the window with
the small image forward, and the gimp slows. Issue the 'select none'
command and the gimp becomes responsive.
Problem started when I upgraded from Debian 6.6 to 7.1. With 6.6, the gimp
was responsive even with multiple ten-megapixel images open with multiple
regions selected.
I am running Debian 7.1 with pretty much standard desktop installation
except xfce instead of gnome.
kernel 3.2.0-4-686-pae
libc6 2.13-38
X server-common 2:1.12.4-6
xfce4 4.8.0.3
gimp 2.8.2-2
Asus P4T 533-C
Intel Pentium 4 478 1.9 GHz
PNY Verto GeForce FX 5900SE AGP
conical_crop_small.xcf
Description: application/xcf
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It appears this is solved now, and I don't see anything in the settings
directories that seems out of the ordinary, so I'm closing the bug since
there doesn't seem to be anything left to investigate.
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