Hello,

This behaviour has already been reported to the inkscape-devel mailing list on Sept. 6th, 2008.

Here is a copy of the thread:

Re: [Inkscape-devel] win32/Inkscape19808-0809060128.7z crashes when importing jpg or gif images

Saturday, September 6, 2008 2:10 PM

From:"Bob Jamison" <rwjj@...99...>

To: "worms invasion" <wormsxulla@...12...>, "inkscape" <inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>

worms invasion wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The latest win32 build from modevia:
> http://inkscape.modevia.com/win32/Inkscape19808-0809060128.7z
> crashes when you try to import either a jpg or a gif file. A png is
> imported fine.
>
> OS: Windows 2000 SP4
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> - Launch Inkscape (create a new empty document)
> - Select Import from the menu
> - The standard Windows dialog opens
> - Click on a jpg or gif file name
>
> Result:
> Message. Runtime error, Inkscape encountered an error and will now
> close (or something)
> Crash.
>
> If you already have an open document opened with stuff in it, the
> import dialog doesn't make Inkscape crash, but it does nothing.
>
>
I tried it, and the same happens here.   Here is the backtrace I was
able to get.

Load() seems to work. But maybe the native preview code is having trouble
with the 2.14 API.

bob

==========================================================

(gdb) bt
#0 0x77506136 in ole32!DcomChannelSetHResult ()
from C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
#1 0x4ed8fb96 in gdiplus!GdipCloneBitmapArea ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#2 0x4edc1c27 in gdiplus!GdipCloneBitmapArea ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#3 0x4edc201d in gdiplus!GdipCloneBitmapArea ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#4 0x4edc0951 in gdiplus!GdipCloneBitmapArea ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#5 0x4edc33df in gdiplus!GdipCloneBitmapArea ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#6 0x4edb6803 in gdiplus!GdipCloneBitmapArea ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#7 0x4ed901c4 in gdiplus!GdipCloneBitmapArea ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#8 0x4eca8472 in gdiplus!GdipGetFontHeight ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#9 0x4eca842d in gdiplus!GdipGetFontHeight ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#10 0x4ec94b64 in gdiplus!GdipGetPathGradientFocusScales ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#11 0x4ec94ab8 in gdiplus!GdipGetPathGradientFocusScales ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#12 0x4eca87c2 in gdiplus!GdipGetFontHeight ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#13 0x4ec68040 in gdiplus!GdipGetImageGraphicsContext ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#14 0x4ecaaa53 in gdiplus!GdipBitmapGetPixel ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#15 0x4ecaaa04 in gdiplus!GdipBitmapGetPixel ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#16 0x4ecaa9bc in gdiplus!GdipBitmapGetPixel ()
from
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.260
0.5512_x-ww_dfb54e0c\GdiPlus.dll
#17 0x6535b54b in stop_load () from C:\inkscape\libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll
#18 0x6535ba90 in gdk_pixbuf__gdip_image_stop_load ()
from C:\inkscape\libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll
#19 0x653452ed in _gdk_pixbuf_generic_image_load ()
from C:\inkscape\libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll
#20 0x653453e3 in gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_utf8 ()
from C:\inkscape\libgdk_pixbuf-2.0-0.dll
#21 0x012ac1da in Gdk::Pixbuf::create_from_file (filename=@0x22f140)
   at pixbuf.cc:511
#22 0x006e1545 in
Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileOpenDialogImplWin32::set_image_previ
ew ()
#23 0x006e4c24 in
Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileOpenDialogImplWin32::load_preview
   ()
#24 0x006e4ee4 in Inkscape::UI::Dialog::FileOpenDialogImplWin32::show ()
#25 0x004149f4 in sp_file_import ()
#26 0x004fa4b2 in sp_action_perform ()
#27 0x63a43945 in g_closure_invoke () from C:\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#28 0x63a57e75 in signal_emit_unlocked_R ()
from C:\inkscape\libgobject-2.0-0.dll
#29 0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb)

--- On Thu, 9/18/08, Hago Ziegler <h@...624...> wrote:

From: Hago Ziegler <h@...624...>
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] JPG-Import
To: "Inkscape User Community" <inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 3:14 AM

Hi Alvin,:

> running Win32 Inkscape from Sept16, svn19853, when I load a jpg file of
> about 100K or so I get the DOS exit message : terminate called after
> throwing an instance of 'Gdk::PixbufError'

I don't get any message, it just doesn't work.
When I try to import nothing happens at all.

So there is only a few I can report - but I'll try.

Hago

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