Thorsten Wilms <t...@freenet.de> writes: > On Sun, 17 Jul 2022 18:22:05 +0200 > Justus Winter <jus...@sequoia-pgp.org> wrote: > >> Inkscape 1.1.1 crashes on startup on my machine, rendering the package >> unusable. > >> (org.inkscape.Inkscape:10197): Gtk-WARNING **: 18:11:02.121: Could not load >> image 'resources/template_about.svg': Couldn’t recognize the image file >> format for file >> “/gnu/store/cpj62b4rwn4dkkhysknsyfha4bplcgil-inkscape-1.1.1/share/inkscape/ui/resources/template_about.svg” > >> I don't know why it complains about the image files, they do seem to be >> fine: >> >> % file >> /gnu/store/cpj62b4rwn4dkkhysknsyfha4bplcgil-inkscape-1.1.1/share/inkscape/ui/resources/template_about.svg >> /gnu/store/cpj62b4rwn4dkkhysknsyfha4bplcgil-inkscape-1.1.1/share/inkscape/ui/resources/template_about.svg: >> SVG Scalable Vector Graphics image > > > Hi! It’s a gdk-pixbuf issue. I’ve been living with this for a while > now, on the current and previous Ubuntu Unity as base. I can only get > Inkscape and several other GTK applications to work, when I use a shell > and enter > `export > GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=/home/thorwil/.guix-profile/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache` > before `inkscape` and co. > If I have that in ~/.profile, Ubuntu-native stuff breaks. > ~/.profile does contain export > `GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache` > > I guess one could set up aliases or place wrappers in /usr/local/bin, > but I couldn’t be bothered to do so, so far.
I should add that this is on GuixSD. Best, Justus
