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#2818 gnuplot-6.0.x - qt terminal error "IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk"

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nobody
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2025-07-18
2025-07-18
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Since gnuplot-6.0.x, I got this error message "IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk". The error appears when I use 'qt' terminal but disappears if I use other terminal like 'wxt'.

How to reproduce the bug:

$ cat test.sh
#/bin/bash
gnuplot <<EOF
set terminal qt
plot sin(x)
pause mouse close
EOF

$ ./test.sh 
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "/* X"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "/* X"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "/* X"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "/* X"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"
IFFChunk::innerFromDevice: unkwnown chunk "\x89PNG"

gnuplot version:

$ gnuplot -V
gnuplot 6.0.3 patchlevel 3 (Gentoo revision r0)

platform:

$ kinfo
Operating System: Gentoo Linux 2.17
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.1.145-gentoo (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7 CPU         950  @ 3.07GHz
Memory: 36 GiB of RAM (35.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650

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