GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 138155
Windows console remains open with error message upon starting GIMP 2.0
Last modified: 2004-03-28 19:03:35 UTC
Upon startup of GIMP 2.0, Windows console remains open, with the following error messages: (gimp-2.0.exe:1068): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file govject.c: line 1320 (g_object_ref): assertion 'object->ref_count > 0' failed (gimp-2.0.exe:1068): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file govject.c: line 1338 (g_object_unref): assertion 'object->ref_count > 0' failed (gimp-2.0.exe:1068): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file govject.c: line 1338 (g_object_unref): assertion 'object->ref_count > 0' failed
That the console window opens (and remains open) isn't a bug as such, it is supposed to do that on critical errors. The bug is whatever causes those errors. Without more information, however, that is hard to determine. Does this happen before you do anything at all with the GIMP? You don't get any other messages at all in the console window?
Tor et al: Two points: there is a typo in my error message (albeit minor) - the file should be gobject.c, not govject.c - although I suspect anybody digging into the code would realize that. Second, this happens upon every startup, with no other error messages. If I shut the console window, GIMP closes. I listed the severity as minor because GIMP is still functional. It's an annoyance more than anything Maybe I should not have reported the bug, but I'm not much of a programmer so I don't really know what is causing the console window to remain open.
Do you use a graphic tablet? The same error messages have been reported in bug #138341 and the bug reporter was using a graphic tablet.
Sven, Tor et al, I am in fact using a graphics tablet. Many thanks - it is the identical error and now it works properly. In future reports (of which I hope there will be few), I will provide a more detailed description of my system.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138341 ***