Re: gimp fails suddenly

From: Viktor Vasilev <viktor_at_rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 12:36:07 +0100
[the first post didn't make it to current_at_]

On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 10:45:20AM +0100, C. Kukulies wrote:
> I cvsuped and built, installed world and kernel without a hitch
> also did a port make index, portupgrade -aFrR. 
> 
> But when starting gimp this morning, I get:
> 
>  gimp
> 
> LibGimp-ERROR **: could not attach to gimp shared memory segment
> 
> aborting...
> 
> LibGimp-WARNING **: gimp: wire_read: unexpected EOF
> gimp: Plug-In crashed: "script-fu"
> (/usr/X11R6/libexec/gimp/1.2/plug-ins/script-fu)
> 
> The dying Plug-In may have messed up GIMP's internal state.
> You may want to save your images and restart GIMP
> to be on the safe side.
> 
> -----
> 
> Could it be a mmap or vm problem?
> 

I saw the same error yesterday on FreeBSD 4.9 Release and found
a closed PR about it. The workaround was to start gimp with the
--no-shm option.

Have a nice day,

Viktor

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Received on Sun Dec 07 2003 - 02:36:17 UTC

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