gerbv -- a Gerber (RS-274X) viewer

Tracker: Bugs

5 Gerbv exits on print - ID: 2828348

Last Update: Comment added ( thepurlieu )

Details:

If I try to print from gerbv 2.0.1, it exits, with an error on the
terminal:

gerbv: /build/buildd/cairo-1.8.6/src/cairo-surface.c:817:
_cairo_surface_set_device_scale: Condition `status == CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS'
failed.
Interrupted

(raw translation of Hungarian error message)

If I print to file (via the print dialog), it works file, but if I choose a
real printer, it exits.

I'm using the Ubuntu 9.04 (64bit) package of gerbv 2.0.1, but the error
occours also if I build 2.3.0 from source. My cairo version is
1.8.6-1ubuntu2.

Thanks for the help.

Submitted:

András Sevcsik ( sevcsik-a ) - 2009-07-28 12:06

Priority:

Status:

Closed

Resolution:

Wont Fix

Assigned:

Nobody/Anonymous

Category:

User Interface

Group:

None

Visibility:

Public

Comments ( 8 )

Date: 2009-11-01 21:41 Sender: thepurlieu Update: Ubuntu 9.10 has applied a fix for this problem, and printing should work now with this test file. Cheers-- Julian
Date: 2009-08-01 04:01 Sender: thepurlieu It looks like a cairo problem actually. The file has a "clear polarity" command in it, which we render with the cairo_set_operator (CAIRO_OPERATOR_CLEAR); command. It renders correctly on the screen, but when you try to print it, the command seems to cause a crash. I will report the bug to the cairo list and see if they can fix. Thanks for finding this bug! Hopefully you can work around the problem by exporting to a different format and printing in another program. Cheers--
Date: 2009-08-01 03:20 Sender: thepurlieu Andras, I can replicate your bug with the file you attached, so maybe it is a gerbv problem. I will look into this and see why gerbv doesn't want to print this file, since it priints fine with all other files I've tried.
Date: 2009-08-01 03:18 Sender: thepurlieu Andras,
Date: 2009-07-31 23:37 Sender: sevcsik-a I can print from gedit too. I attached the gerber file, i hope it'll be useful.
Date: 2009-07-31 22:58 Sender: thepurlieu Actually, Inkscape doesn't use cairo yet (it's planned though). Does printing work in gedit for you? If that does work, would you mind posting a sample gerber file to this bug report and let me doublecheck it works on my system? If it's confidential, you can also email it to me directly at thepurlieu@gmail.com. I'm pretty sure we can close this bug out as "not a gerbv problem", but I just wanted to doublecheck. Cheers--
Date: 2009-07-29 21:41 Sender: sevcsik-a I tested printing with Inkscape (iirc it also uses cairo), and it works fine. I could only test gerbv with gerber files exported from Diptrace, under wine, the error occurred with all files. I also tried printing with two printers (altough both use the hp driver) It's not a problem tough, since that I managed to print directly from Diptrace. I just thought it worth mentioning. It seems logical that it's not related to gerbv, since I tried two versions with no success. Thanks for your help.
Date: 2009-07-29 15:26 Sender: thepurlieu Andras, Thanks for the bug report. Does this bug happen on just one gerber file, or does it always happen on any files? Are you able to print from any other GNOME applications? If you don't get the problem when you print to file, then it's most likely a bug in cairo or GTK or your print driver, since all we do in gerbv is call the gtk_print API and it does all the rest of the work (even if you print to file). Let me know your thoughts. Cheers, Julian

Attached File ( 1 )

Filename	Description	Download
display.grb	the gerber file I can't print	Download

Changes ( 5 )

Field	Old Value	Date	By
status_id	Open	2009-08-01 04:01	thepurlieu
resolution_id	None	2009-08-01 04:01	thepurlieu
allow_comments	1	2009-08-01 04:01	thepurlieu
close_date	-	2009-08-01 04:01	thepurlieu
File Added	337533: display.grb	2009-07-31 23:36	sevcsik-a

gerbv -- a Gerber (RS-274X) viewer

Tracker: Bugs

Comments ( 8 )

Attached File ( 1 )

Changes ( 5 )

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