XnViewMP Linux - Image Comparison buggy

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emanek
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XnViewMP Linux - Image Comparison buggy

Post by emanek »

Hello,

on Ubuntu 24.04 (x64), i7-1260P, 32 GiB RAM, image comparison stopped working maybe a half year ago. (It had been working fine before that.)

Now in 1.9.5 it partially works again for small images but after closing the program, XnView process keeps running, 100% utilizing one CPU core and must be killed manually. (It's actually two processes.)

Comparing larger images (e.g. 24 megapixel) doesn't work at all. Nothing is displayed and the process must be killed.

Please look into it if you can. It's a very useful feature. Thank you.

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2025-11-08T19:34:39.382869+01:00 emcmp XnView.desktop[8747]: ### CRASH ###
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388504+01:00 emcmp XnView.desktop[8747]: message repeated 3509 times: [ ### CRASH ###]
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388508+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467700: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388510+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467701: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388512+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467702: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388514+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467703: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388515+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467704: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388517+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467705: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388519+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467706: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388521+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467707: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388522+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467708: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388524+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467709: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388526+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467710: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388528+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.32 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467711: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388529+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.33 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467713: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388531+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1269.33 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 467714: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388533+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1530.70 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 494642: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388535+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1530.70 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 494643: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388537+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1597.89 ] error    3 BadWindow    request    2 minor    0 serial 525026: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.388550+01:00 emcmp XnView.desktop[8747]: ### CRASH ###
2025-11-08T19:34:39.395161+01:00 emcmp XnView.desktop[8747]: message repeated 3509 times: [ ### CRASH ###]
2025-11-08T19:34:39.395166+01:00 emcmp /usr/libexec/gdm-x-session[2105]: [  1616.14 ] error    3 BadWindow    request   20 minor    0 serial 548924: "BadWindow (invalid Window parameter)"
2025-11-08T19:34:39.395181+01:00 emcmp XnView.desktop[8747]: ### CRASH ###
2025-11-08T19:34:51.203612+01:00 emcmp XnView.desktop[8747]: message repeated 5598896 times: [ ### CRASH ###]
2025-11-08T19:34:51.203687+01:00 emcmp systemd[1]: systemd-hostnamed.service: Deactivated successfully.
2025-11-08T19:34:51.203811+01:00 emcmp XnView.desktop[8747]: ### CRASH ###
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Re: XnViewMP Linux - Image Comparison buggy

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you means comparing 2+ images side by side?
Pierre.
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