[SOLVED] Exaile crashes with "glib.GError: Couldn't recognise the image file format for file"
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Exaile crashes with "glib.GError: Couldn't recognise the image file format for file"
I'm after a music player for my new Arch install, and Exaile sounded good. But when I run it from the console, it crashes with the following:
Code:
$ exaile
INFO : Loading Exaile 0.3.0.1...
INFO : Loading settings...
INFO : Setting up deferred idle manager function...
INFO : Loading plugins...
INFO : Loading collection...
INFO : Loading devices...
INFO : Loading interface...
INFO : HAL Providers: [<cd.CDHandler object at 0xa1551cc>]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/exaile/exaile.py", line 56, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/lib/exaile/exaile.py", line 53, in main
exaile = main.Exaile()
File "/usr/lib/exaile/xl/main.py", line 90, in __init__
self.__init()
File "/usr/lib/exaile/xl/main.py", line 207, in __init
self.gui = xlgui.Main(self)
File "/usr/lib/exaile/xlgui/__init__.py", line 88, in __init__
xdg.get_data_path('images'))
File "/usr/lib/exaile/xlgui/icons.py", line 55, in add_icon_name_from_directory
self.add_icon_name_from_file(icon_name, files[0], icon_size)
File "/usr/lib/exaile/xlgui/icons.py", line 73, in add_icon_name_from_file
pixbuf = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file(filename)
glib.GError: Couldn't recognise the image file format for file '/usr/share/exaile/data/images/svg/exaile.svg'
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