Just an addendum: 1) My OS is Snow Leopard (up to date) 2) This did NOT happen with QS 68, it started when I updated to version 69.
On Monday, July 30, 2012 2:30:49 PM UTC-3, koro wrote: > > I don't think this has to do with truecrypt actually. In the first > message I said I thought this only happened with this file, but I was > wrong. > The latest file I tested it on (a 10 GB file) was not a truecrypt file > (it was a virtualbox virtual machine file). I also detected the same > problem with a 1.6 gb file which was a movie file (of course, after > removing its extension), however the latter only causes a momentary hang > (it actually loads the file to RAM for some reason, as i mentioned in > the previous message). > > On 7/30/12 2:03 PM, Patrick Robertson wrote: > > 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] > > <mailto:[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] > > <mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe > from > > this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:blacktree-quicksilver%[email protected]>. 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