bug#77921: GIMP does not start

[James Smith]

Hi,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Tomas Volf <~@wolfsden.cz> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to run GIMP 3.0 and I am getting the following error during
>> querying the plugins:
>>
>> $ gimp
>> set device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad' to mode: disabled
>> set device 'ELAN901C:00 04F3:2CBD' to mode: disabled
>> set device 'TPPS/2 Elan TrackPoint' to mode: disabled
>> set device 'Virtual core XTEST pointer' to mode: disabled
>> set device 'Logitech Wireless Receiver Mouse' to mode: disabled
>> set device 'ZSA Technology Labs Moonlander Mark I Consumer Control' to mode: 
>> disabled
>> [script-fu-test-sphere-v3] The catalog directory does not exist: 
>> /gnu/store/23az04chw8krp183cv272nymalb3ik39-gimp-3.0.0/lib/gimp/3.0/plug-ins/test-sphere-v3/locale
>> [script-fu-test-sphere-v3] Override method set_i18n() for the plug-in to 
>> customize or disable localization.
>> [script-fu-test-sphere-v3] Localization disabled
>> /gnu/store/23az04chw8krp183cv272nymalb3ik39-gimp-3.0.0/lib/gimp/3.0/plug-ins/python-eval/python-eval.py:
>>  fatal error: Segmentation fault
>> /home/wolf/.guix-home/profile/bin/gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: 
>> gimp_wire_read(): unexpected EOF
>> /gnu/store/23az04chw8krp183cv272nymalb3ik39-gimp-3.0.0/lib/gimp/3.0/plug-ins/file-openraster/file-openraster.py:
>>  fatal error: Segmentation fault
>> /home/wolf/.guix-home/profile/bin/gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: 
>> gimp_wire_read(): unexpected EOF
>>
>> (gjs:10924): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 13:32:41.168: cannot register 
>> existing type 'GCancellable'
>>
>> (gjs:10924): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 13:32:41.168: cannot add private 
>> field to invalid (non-instantiatable) type '<invalid>'
>>
>> (gjs:10924): GLib-CRITICAL **: 13:32:41.168: g_once_init_leave_pointer: 
>> assertion 'result != 0' failed
>> ^C/home/wolf/.guix-home/profile/bin/gimp: terminated: Interrupt
>>
>> After those GLib-CRITICAL message it just hangs and I have to ^C it.
>
> As some data point, I don't reproduce using GNOME with Wayland.  What is
> your environment like?  Do you have some 'guix shell' command to
> reproduce the failure?

I'm also able to reproduce this on Sway, Guix channel commit is
a6c96cdb7060ccfc2d0fe27a45b9bcc9590aedd6. GIMP is installed in
~/.guix-profile.