I did some checking into this in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/+bug/926019
It turns out that the copyright notice in the svg format icon is preventing the icon from being recognized as svg by gdk-pixbuf -- that's why it works when you load it by specifying a type, but can't just use gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file. Removing the copyright notice from /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/gdecrypt.svg with a text editor also makes gdecrypt work. Nonetheless, as I said on that bug, the root of this issue is the way gdk detects whether a file is an svg image -- I believe it is looking for an <svg tag in the first few bytes of the file, and the long comment at the top breaks the format detection even though it's perfectly valid content in an svg file. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to librsvg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872967 Title: gdecrypt won't start: picture format unknown Status in “gdecrypt” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “gdk-pixbuf” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “librsvg” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When I wanna start gdecyrpt on terminal I only see the following message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "./main.py", line 609, in <module> gdc = gdecrypt() File "./main.py", line 127, in __init__ pixbuf128 = gtk.icon_theme_get_default().load_icon("gdecrypt",128,0) glib.GError: Format der Bilddatei unbekannt It translate to someting like "picture format unknown". I think there is some missing dependency?! ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gdecrypt 0.7.2.2-0ubuntu6 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Oct 12 18:40:51 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: gdecrypt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdecrypt/+bug/872967/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
