OK, I think I now have some more information on the Bug. It has to do with Hard Disk usage. For some peculiar reason, Simple Scan writes autosaves all the time. I temporarily fixed it by making the directory `~/.config/simple-scan/autosaves` read only (using `chmod 555`) after deleting the 300MB autosave file it contained inside... In order for the Bug to be fixed, the auto-saving feature has to be disabled. In my opinion, it is of no use and causes more problems than it solves.
PS: I noticed lately that Ubuntu (and Linux in general) is falling for the same trap Microsoft did when creating Windows Vista. It is simple: "Features that exhaust the Computer's resources are not needed; they make a good Operating System look like garbage..." :D -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to simple-scan in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1245678 Title: Simple Scan hangs repeatedly on Ubuntu 13.10 Status in “simple-scan” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Since I upgraded to ubuntu 13.10, Simple Scan has been rendered unusable. It hangs for about half a minute every now and then for now obvious reason. First of all, it always hangs when I try to crop a scanned page and sometimes when a Page has finished scanning. To conclude, it also hangs upon exit for even more time (about 2-3 minutes). The whole window goes dark and it accepts no input. I noticed that, during those hangs, the Hard Disk is also being used - apart from the Processor. I am using Ubuntu 13.10 with the latest updates as of today (28.10.2013) and Simple Scan 3.10.0 on an HP Deskjet 2050A Printer/Scanner... To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/simple-scan/+bug/1245678/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
