I have been able to reproduce this bug a lot of times today, by just dragging a file from nautilus and dropping it into gwget. I tried different kinds of files (html, tgz, exe, png), with the same results. I hope that helps.
...:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.04 Release: 9.04 ...:~$ apt-cache policy gwget gwget: Installed: 1.0.1-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 1.0.1-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 1.0.1-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- gwget fills up all available memory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111489 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs