GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 151071
JPEG file fails to load
Last modified: 2004-12-28 16:27:38 UTC
Trying to edit a screen shot taken from OS/2, this JPEG file will not open under GIMP. The ptogress bar marches to 100% but never closes. If I 'cancel' the load, I get the following message: (gimp-2.0.exe:3784): Gimp-Plug-In-WARNING **: Terminating C:\Program Files\GIMP- 2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins\jpeg.exe ... Sample file attached.
Created attachment 30949 [details] Sample JPEG that fails to load
This one I can't reproduce on linux. Given where it hangs, I'd say it's likely a bug in libexif causing this. What version of libexif is used on the windows builds?
In the GIMP-2.0\bin directory I see a file called libexif-9.dll creation date Sunday, July 20, 2003, 9:31:50 PM.
The windows build uses an ancient libexif. The installer should be updated to use 0.6.9.
Confirming that this hanging doesn't happen anymore with libexif 0.6.9 on Win32.
Has the installer been updated to use a newer version of libexif in the meantime?
I'm having the same problem in Linux SuSe 9.1 libexif is version 9.1.2 (libexif.so.9.1.2) but i cannot ope all the jpeg images created with a certain digital camera. You can find an example image here: http://www.infis.univ.trieste.it/~paulatz/bug.jpg
Lorenzo, this image loads fine here. It is almost certainly a problem with your setup or SuSE shipping a broken library.
The version of libexif in SuSE 9.1 is known to have problems, see bug #142252.
Jow, does this still happen for you if you update to GIMP 2.0.5?
Closing as FIXED on the basis of the comments here, even though the reporter has not responded to a NEEDINFO asking for verification.
Sorry for not responding. I lost interest when I tried to report the ancient library to the maintainer of the Windows distribution and was unable to contact him. I have switched to other programs and don't plan to return to GIMP.
Well, thanks anyway for taking the trouble to respond.