Re: Gtk 2.0 gtk_image_new_from_file trouble

[Sven Neumann <sven gimp org>]

Hi,

peter orloff gmx de writes:

> I got the Hello World thing from gtk.org and compiled it and it worked fine.
> Now I inserted the lines 
> 
>     GtkWidget *image;
>     image = gtk_image_new_from_file 
> ("/opt/kde2/share/doc/HTML/en/khelpcenter/lines.png");
> 
> and it compiled. But when i run the program then following errors occur:
> 
> (process:1112): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 
> gtype.c:1787:g_type_register_static(): initialization assertion failed, use 
> g_type_init() prior to this function
> 
> (process:1112): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 
> gtype.c:1787:g_type_register_static(): initialization assertion failed, use 
> g_type_init() prior to this function
> 
> (process:1112): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtktypeutils.c: line 40
> (gtk_type_unique): 
> assertion `GTK_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (parent_type)' failed
> 
> They repeat 4 times. The Program runs but with these errors.
> What is it?

you are trying to execute GTK+ functions before calling gtk_init(). 
Just move the call to gtk_image_new_from_file() after gtk_init().


Salut, Sven