Thanks koro for all your info, I haven't seen those log messages before, an interesting one. I'll keep an eye out.
So it appears that this is only happening for TrueCrypt files with no extension, yes? I believe what Daniel has said may on the right lines. I will make my own 'large' true crypt file and see how things go. On 30 July 2012 16:17, koro <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to both for the interest. > > Quicklook doesn't seem to be the issue (I can quicklook the file in finder > just find; it has no associated plugin so it just shows the file name and > date). > > But maybe you're on the right track: It does seem like QS is trying to > load the file; I looked more carefully and when QS hangs doing this, its > memory usage (as shown in activity monitor) skyrockets. I just killed it > when it was using around 4.6 GB and still going up. So I suppose it's > trying to load the file to memory, and that's what causes the hang. > > I just did more testing, and it seems I was wrong: this also happens with > 10 gb files, as long as they have no extension. > I also tested a 1.6 GB file. It only hangs QS for a while (a while during > which its memory usage races up to 1.6 GB...) and then continues normally > (memory usage goes down after I continue). > > What's going on here! > > PS. (to Patrick) I just restarted QS and suddenly, a gazillon messages > showed up in the console (so many in such a short period that it exceeded > the 500 messages per second limit). I am sending the logs attached, but I'm > not sure this is related to my other problem. > > > On Thursday, July 26, 2012 7:17:10 PM UTC-3, Daniel wrote: >> >> Do you have QLStephen or another QuickLook plugin that might try to >> create a preview for no-extension files? If you can QuickLook the file in >> Finder, this isn't the issue. >> >> If this is the issue, my guess is that the TrueCrypt volume header looks >> like valid ASCII for the first however many bytes `file` looks at to guess >> the encoding, while your example 10GB file doesn't—so in the one case it's >> trying to interpret it all as ASCII text, while in the other case it just >> gives up. >> >> This is just the first thing that came to mind, it could easily be >> something completely unrelated. >> >> On Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:48:58 AM UTC-4, koro wrote: >>> >>> I have a very large file (20 GB) with no extension, which is a Truecrypt >>> container. When it shows up in the first pane of the latest quicksilver >>> version, I automatically get a beach ball and QS hangs; I have to manually >>> kill it and restart. >>> >>> I can't find an explanation for this. I have tested and: >>> 1) the problem stops if i change the file name to something with an >>> extension (like file.ext) >>> 2) i tested a 10 GB file (which is the second largest file I could find) >>> after removing its extension, and I don't get the same problem. >>> >>> So there's something special about this file having no extension AND >>> there's something special about this particular file or its size of 20GB >>> (that does not happen with 10GB) >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups Quicksilver group. To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, > send email to [email protected]. For > more options, visit this group at > https://groups.google.com/d/forum/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Quicksilver group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/blacktree-quicksilver?hl=en
