[Digikam-users] Failed to load image .png in 0.9.0-rc1

[Gilles Caulier]

On Tuesday 28 November 2006 09:38, Richard Taylor wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just rebuilt my machine and installed 0.9.0-rc1 and for some reason
> I can not view png files.
>
> When I open a png file in the "Image Editor" or in "Showfoto" I get the
> error:
>
>   Failed to load image <filename>.png
>
> On the console I see:
>
>  QFile::open: No file name specified
>  QFile::open: No file name specified
>  showfoto: WARNING: Failed to load image <filename>.png
>  showfoto: WARNING: [Digikam::DImg* Digikam::DImgInterface::getImg()]
> d->image is NULL
>
> I do get the thumbnail displayed and I get all the EXIF meta data
> displayed.
>
> Is this a qt problem? I am not sure which element of the system is causing
> this problem. Inkscape, scribus and gimp all display png images fine.
>
> System details:
>
>  digikam-0.9.0-rc1
>  kde-3.5.2
>  qt-4.1.4-r2
>  gcc-4.1.1
>  glibc-2.4-r3
>  2.6.17-gentoo-r8 i686
>
> Any pointers would be very much appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
Hi Richard,

Just check libpng sahred library. digikam PNG image loader use it.

Also, you can send me in private a PNG file sample to check if all is ok.

Gilles