Crash when opening image files larger than 5M (>5M)

[PeterW]

This is similar to the bug reported here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=710701

However, the crash that is now getting generated is from an entirely different call and file. Specifically, the error is:

eog: /build/buildd/cairo-1.12.16/src/cairo-xlib-surface-shm.c:619: _cairo_xlib_shm_pool_create: Assertion `*ptr != ((void *)0)' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)

In the message above, I was using eog, but this affects other apps, like gThumb as well.

In terms of the environment, I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 on an 64-bit machine, and am using libcairo2-1.12.16.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: libcairo2 1.12.16-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 18 11:08:27 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-25 (176 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130402.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cairo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-15 (2 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, the error is different from the one on the debian bug. It would be useful if you could open the bug upstream on https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=cairo with an example image

[Frits Letteboer (f-letteboer)]

I had the same problem with large files; that's because kernel.shmmax seems too small by default (256M).

Try adding the following to /etc/sysctl.conf and run 'sysctl -p' or reboot:

[...]
kernel.shmmax=536870912
[...]

This will double the value to 512M.
It fixed my problems. Try other values if this didn't work in your case.

[PeterW (peter-waltman)]

Frits' fix (comment #4) worked for me. Thanks!

[gazhay (gazhay)]

There is no kernel.shmmax line in my /etc/sysctl.conf file, is it safe to add one? under 14.10 ubuntu

[Michael Beck (eliteknipser)]

Frits' fix (comment #4) also worked for me.
And not in Ubuntu. It is Linux Mint Debian Edition 2 with eog (eye of gnome) here.
but ...thank you :)

[Sophie Schumann (sharkynoms)]

Confirmed, this bug is still around and Frits' fix (comment #4) worked for me on Linux Mint 17.3:

$ gdb --args eog IMG_9458_stitch.jpg
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Reading symbols from eog...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/bin/eog IMG_9458_stitch.jpg
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6.0.19-gdb.py", line 63, in <module>
    from libstdcxx.v6.printers import register_libstdcxx_printers
ImportError: No module named 'libstdcxx'
[New Thread 0x7fffec3be700 (LWP 24975)]
[New Thread 0x7fffebbbd700 (LWP 24976)]
[New Thread 0x7fffeb1af700 (LWP 24977)]
[New Thread 0x7fffea9ae700 (LWP 24978)]

(eog:24971): EOG-WARNING **: Couldn't load icon: Error writing
eog: /build/buildd/cairo-1.13.0~20140204/src/cairo-xlib-surface-shm.c:619: _cairo_xlib_shm_pool_create: Assertion `*ptr != ((void *)0)' failed.

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
0x00007ffff3bbccc9 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007ffff3bbccc9 in raise () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007ffff3bc00d8 in abort () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#2 0x00007ffff3bb5b86 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#3 0x00007ffff3bb5c32 in __assert_fail () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
#4 0x00007ffff5165873 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2
#5 0x00007ffff51661e7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2
#6 0x00007ffff516627c in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2
#7 0x00007ffff5135d8d in cairo_surface_create_similar_image () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2
#8 0x00007ffff5baafec in gdk_cairo_set_source_pixbuf () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-3.so.0
#9 0x000000000044ae0d in ?? ()
#10 0x000000000044d4fb in eog_scroll_view_set_image ()
#11 0x0000000000435e61 in ?? ()
#12 0x000000000043698b in ?? ()
#13 0x00007ffff469a5e7 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#14 0x00007ffff46b3088 in g_signal_emit_valist () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#15 0x00007ffff46b3ce2 in g_signal_emit () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0
#16 0x0000000000425e9c in ?? ()
#17 0x00007ffff43cace5 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#18 0x00007ffff43cb048 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linu...