cairo-xlib-surface.c:401: _swap_ximage_to_native: Assertion

eohrnberger · Apprentice Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 240

I recently emerge updated my system, and pickup a number of packages that needed to be installed. All this went flawlessly.

Then I tried to run a gtkmm program, and received the following error message as soon as the program tried to draw it's main window:
cairo-xlib-surface.c:401: _swap_ximage_to_native: Assertion `NOT_REACHED' failed.

Then I tried the gtkmm-2.4.11 example program 'wheelbarrow', and got the same error message:
wheelbarrow: cairo-xlib-surface.c:401: _swap_ximage_to_native: Assertion `NOT_REACHED' failed.

So I then tried the gtk+-2.6.10 example wheelbarrow program, and got this gdb backtrace:
(gdb) run
Starting program: /root/temp/gtk+-2.6.10/examples/wheelbarrow/wheelbarrow
wheelbarrow: cairo-xlib-surface.c:401: _swap_ximage_to_native: Assertion `NOT_REACHED' failed.

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0xb79e4041 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
(gdb) backtrace
#0 0xb79e4041 in kill () from /lib/libc.so.6
#1 0xb79e3dc5 in raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
#2 0xb79e53b0 in abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
#3 0xb79dd189 in __assert_fail () from /lib/libc.so.6
#4 0xb7baf15b in cairo_test_xlib_disable_render () from /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2
#5 0xb7bcc0cd in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2
#6 0xb7bcd44f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2
#7 0x00000191 in ?? ()
#8 0xb7bcd438 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2
#9 0xb7bcf6b4 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2
#10 0xb7cabd80 in gdk_keyboard_grab_info_libgtk_only () from /usr/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
#11 0x080756a8 in ?? ()
#12 0xb7baf354 in cairo_test_xlib_disable_render () from /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2
#13 0x080756a8 in ?? ()
#14 0x01800024 in ?? ()
#15 0x00000000 in ?? ()

Anybody know what's going on and how do I fix it? I'm stumped. This is pretty serious as it prevents any gtkmm, gtk+ programs from running.

Thanks in advance,
Erik.

eohrnberger · Apprentice Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 240

OK, I think I have a workaround until this issue is cleared up.

I backed out the last gtk+ release by: emerge \<gtk+-2.8.8, and it would appear that the issue is cleared up, so the last gtk+ release has a bug, apparently.

eohrnberger · Apprentice Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 240

No word on this? Is it perhaps that I've overlooked something really basic? A USE flag that I've overlooked?

Can anyone help me out here?

eohrnberger · Apprentice Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 240

BUMP.

eohrnberger · Apprentice Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 240

Resolved! As it turns out, the newer version of cairo can't render on a 24 bit deep display, and asserts out.

The bug has been posted to the cairo bugzilla database, and the developers are considering resolving the issue.

eohrnberger · Apprentice Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 240

Well, OK, not so resolved. The cairo developeds, while acknowledging that 24 bit plane X servers are a problem for cairo, they appear to have other priorities.

OK, so where can I find the ebuild file for cairo-0.1.6 as well as a source tar ball? The usual cairo download site doesn't have it available. Any help? Is there anybody out there?