Since version 1.1, I am constantly getting GDI Bus issues or 'Inkscape Needs to Take a Dump' messages, whenever opening an image file - regardless of whether this was an Inkscape (Not Responding) exported png or some other random image (jpg, bmp, png, etc.). This is a Windows 8.1 based system with 4x Procs, extended memory and swimming in cache space).
It is getting to be really annoying. I believe GDI Bus refers to the Graphics Device Interface Bus.
So, it begs a question.
Why is Inkscape (Not Responding) locking the app to the GDI Bus?
Certainly it makes sense to monitor the GDI bus, but why lock it to assumed passing of binary data to inkscape?
What I think is happening is that as soon as the GDI Bus receives data, Inkscape - if loaded in memory - simply assumes the data must be for inkscape - and inscape has absolutely no provision or graceful handling of a null data response. Consequently, when Binary data is not delivered to inkscape, and because another program loaded the image, inkscape receives a Null Value, which causes inkscape to crash.
This issue would be so easy to fix with a simple inspect for a null return - BEFORE CRASHING!
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Since version 1.1, I am constantly getting GDI Bus issues or 'Inkscape Needs to Take a Dump' messages, whenever opening an image file - regardless of whether this was an Inkscape (Not Responding) exported png or some other random image (jpg, bmp, png, etc.). This is a Windows 8.1 based system with 4x Procs, extended memory and swimming in cache space).
It is getting to be really annoying. I believe GDI Bus refers to the Graphics Device Interface Bus.
So, it begs a question.
Why is Inkscape (Not Responding) locking the app to the GDI Bus?
Certainly it makes sense to monitor the GDI bus, but why lock it to assumed passing of binary data to inkscape?
What I think is happening is that as soon as the GDI Bus receives data, Inkscape - if loaded in memory - simply assumes the data must be for inkscape - and inscape has absolutely no provision or graceful handling of a null data response. Consequently, when Binary data is not delivered to inkscape, and because another program loaded the image, inkscape receives a Null Value, which causes inkscape to crash.
This issue would be so easy to fix with a simple inspect for a null return - BEFORE CRASHING!
Thank you.
Thanks for your insights.
A good place to share this info is the developer mail list and the chat:
https://lists.inkscape.org/postorius/lists/inkscape-devel.lists.inkscape.org/
https://chat.inkscape.org/channel/team_devel
Thanks for your kind reply, @TylerDurden,
I'm assuming you are responding in user-friendly / Ikea shopper Edward mode, and not alter-ego Brad mode.
Not that it really matters, either works.
I'll submit the info via both llnks.
I do appreciate you took the the time reply. Stay Safe.
R.