[GNC] Gnucash.exe bootstrap error, image-missing.png: Unrecognized image file format (gdk-pixbuf-error-quark, 3)

[John Ralls]

A couple of other notes: In order to run gnucash.exe from c:\gcdev64\gnucash\stable\inst\bin you have to have c:\gcdev64\msys2\mingw32\bin in %PATH%. In order to start from Windows Explorer by double clicking you’d have to add it to your global %PATH% in Settings>System>Advanced>Environment (or something like that, I’m not on a Win32 box ATM so I can’t check). That’s probably not a good idea.

The MSYS2 terminal doesn’t process gdb’s stdout correctly, so I find it works better to run gdb in a Powershell window. You still need to add mingw32\bin to the path, but doing so in the powershell window affects only that instance not your whole system so it’s much safer.

I generally avoid the problem by bundling and installing GnuCash: Once installed it can run happily in Powershell without needing any PATH modifications. Bundling might also point up some more places where you’re getting a mingw64 library instead of a mingw32 one.

You also might want to rebuild GnuCash with -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug set so that you get source lines included in your backtraces.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Aug 16, 2024, at 08:58, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
> Failing to load an icon is unlikely to cause GnuCash to quit or crash and IIRC there’s one that was removed from awaita but still referenced by Gtk, hence that error message. Try starting under gdb and setting a breakpoint on exit() to get a backtrace of where it’s really quitting or crashing.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> 
>> On Aug 15, 2024, at 22:06, Hai Liang Wang <hailiang.hl.wang at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> What I tried just now, but not work.
>> As mentioned in https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=261143
>> 
>> *update-mime-database /mingw32/share/mime*
>> 
>> *chmod -R 755 /mingw32/share/mime*
>> *gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache*
>> 
>> And start gnucash.exe again, I get the same error as above.
>> 
>> Cheers.
>> Hai Liang W.
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 12:53 PM Hai Liang Wang <hailiang.hl.wang at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> hi, folks
>>> 
>>> After getting a build on my dev machine, I get *gnucash.exe* under
>>> *C:\gcdev64\gnucash\stable\inst\bin*.
>>> *But I cannot start by double click, nothing happens with double click.*
>>> So, I start it with mingw32 terminal, as below.
>>> 
>>> *Administrator at ZIHUATANEJO MINGW32 /c/gcdev64/gnucash/stable/inst/bin*
>>> *# ./gnucash.exe*
>>> *This is a development version. It may or may not work.*
>>> *Report bugs and other problems to gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
>>> <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org>*
>>> *You can also lookup and file bug reports at https://bugs.gnucash.org
>>> <https://bugs.gnucash.org>*
>>> *To find the last stable version, please refer to https://www.gnucash.org/
>>> <https://www.gnucash.org/>*
>>> *3:2024/08/16
>>> 12-45-24:gwen(25272):C:/gcdev64/gnucash/stable/src/gwenhywfar-5.11.2beta/src/base/i18n.c:
>>> 122: No translation found for WIN32 locale [English_United States.1252]*
>>> 
>>> *(gnucash.exe:25272): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:45:24.655: Could not load a
>>> pixbuf from icon theme.*
>>> *This may indicate that pixbuf loaders or the mime database could not be
>>> found.*
>>> ****
>>> *Gtk:ERROR:../gtk+-3.24.43/gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:495:ensure_surface_for_gicon:
>>> assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load
>>> C:\gcdev64\msys2\mingw32\share\icons\AdwaitaLegacy\32x32/status\image-missing.png:
>>> Unrecognized image file format (gdk-pixbuf-error-quark, 3)*
>>> *Bail out!
>>> Gtk:ERROR:../gtk+-3.24.43/gtk/gtkiconhelper.c:495:ensure_surface_for_gicon:
>>> assertion failed (error == NULL): Failed to load
>>> C:\gcdev64\msys2\mingw32\share\icons\AdwaitaLegacy\32x32/status\image-missing.png:
>>> Unrecognized image file format (gdk-pixbuf-error-quark, 3)*
>>> 
>>> As you can see, something with gtk breaks the start.
>>> I checked
>>> *C:\gcdev64\msys2\mingw32\share\icons\AdwaitaLegacy\32x32/status\image-missing.png*,
>>> which exist. I can open this png file on Windows Explorer.
>>> 
>>> Need some help, thanks.
>>> 
>>> Cheers.
>>> Hai Liang W.
>>> 
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