"One or more extensions failed to load The failed extensions have been skipped.  Inkscape will continue to run normally but those extensions will be unavailable."

Wayne...I plan to run dual-boot but had problems loading Mandrake which I am investigating.  The above shows that the Windows load of Inkscape HAS PROBLEMS and that this isn't just an open-source distribution issue.  I would appreciate that this fact be recognized as discussion proceeds.  I am new to open-source except for the Gimp.  What is an "extension?"  What are the implications of lacking an extension?  What is new in .41 which would provoke this error message?  (The situation is independent of service packs.) ....RCs  

On 9 Mar 2005 at 9:37, wayne wrote:

> On Wednesday 09 March 2005 07:03 am, oisin feeley wrote:
> > On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 18:10:46 -1000, wayne <iw@...519...> wrote:
> > > Just installed inkscape 0.41 with autopackage. When I open it, I
> > > get a message saying that one or more extensions failed to load.
> >
> > I get that message too and it doesn't appear to affect running
> > inkscape-0.41, so you may be able to discount it from your
> > debugging. Examining the file ~/.inkscape/extension-errors.log shows
> > the following.
> >
> > Extension "Sketch Input" failed to load because a dependency was not
> > met. Dependency::
> >   type: executable
> >   location: path
> >   string: skconvert
> >
> > Extension "Postscript Input" failed to load because a dependency was
> > not met. Dependency::
> >   type: extension
> >   location: path
> >   string: org.inkscape.input.sk
> >
> > Extension "Postscript Input" failed to load because a dependency was
> > not met. Dependency::
> >   type: executable
> >   location: path
> >   string: pstoedit
> >
> > Extension "AI Output" failed to load because a dependency was not
> > met. Dependency::
> >   type: executable
> >   location: path
> >   string: pstoedit
> > Extension "EPS Input" failed to load because a dependency was not
> > met. Dependency::
> >   type: extension
> >   location: path
> >   string: org.inkscape.input.ps
> >
> > Oisin
>
> 0.4.1 doesn't run at all after the "one or more extensions failed to
> load" error window. I end up with the command line error message
> about:
>
> SCIM: im_module_init
> > > free(): invalid pointer 0x9453670!
> > > free(): invalid pointer 0x9453650!
>
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> Wayne
>
>
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