Gnomesword crashes on start

After an upgrade or two of gnomesword and one of the kernel, under Breezy, and after some messing with gtkhtml packages involving arkrpg, I get similar messages and a segmentation fault error. The messages are as follows:

** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 348 (e_splash_new): assertion `splash_image_pixbuf != NULL' failed.

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 1427 (gtk_widget_show): assertion `widget != NULL' failed.

Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkObject'

Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkobject.c: line 1161 (gtk_object_ref): assertion `object != NULL' failed.
Building GnomeSword interface

Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `ESplash'

** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 376 (e_splash_add_icon): assertion `splash != NULL' failed.

** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 79 (gdk_pixbuf_unref): assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed.

Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `ESplash'

** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 376 (e_splash_add_icon): assertion `splash != NULL' failed.

** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 79 (gdk_pixbuf_unref): assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed.

Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `ESplash'

** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 376 (e_splash_add_icon): assertion `splash != NULL' failed.

** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 79 (gdk_pixbuf_unref): assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed.

Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `ESplash'

** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 376 (e_splash_add_icon): assertion `splash != NULL' failed.

** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 79 (gdk_pixbuf_unref): assertion `pixbuf != NULL' failed.

Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `ESplash'

** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 411 (e_splash_set_icon_highlight): assertion `splash != NULL' failed.

GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2215: initialization assertion failed, use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function

Sad that this error is still there in Dapper :/

2006/7/9, coburn ingram <email address hidden>:
> After an upgrade or two of gnomesword and one of the kernel, under
> Breezy, and after some messing with gtkhtml packages involving arkrpg, I
> get similar messages and a segmentation fault error. The messages are
> as follows:
>
> ** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 348 (e_splash_new): assertion
> `splash_image_pixbuf != NULL' failed.
>
> Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkwidget.c: line 1427 (gtk_widget_show):
> assertion `widget != NULL' failed.
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GtkObject'
>
> Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkobject.c: line 1161 (gtk_object_ref): assertion
> `object != NULL' failed.
> Building GnomeSword interface
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `ESplash'
>
> ** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 376 (e_splash_add_icon): assertion
> `splash != NULL' failed.
>
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 79 (gdk_pixbuf_unref): assertion
> `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `ESplash'
>
> ** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 376 (e_splash_add_icon): assertion
> `splash != NULL' failed.
>
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 79 (gdk_pixbuf_unref): assertion
> `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `ESplash'
>
> ** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 376 (e_splash_add_icon): assertion
> `splash != NULL' failed.
>
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 79 (gdk_pixbuf_unref): assertion
> `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `ESplash'
>
> ** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 376 (e_splash_add_icon): assertion
> `splash != NULL' failed.
>
> ** CRITICAL **: file gdk-pixbuf.c: line 79 (gdk_pixbuf_unref): assertion
> `pixbuf != NULL' failed.
>
> Gtk-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `ESplash'
>
> ** CRITICAL **: file e-splash.c: line 411 (e_splash_set_icon_highlight):
> assertion `splash != NULL' failed.
>
> GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: gtype.c:2215: initialization assertion failed,
> use IA__g_type_init() prior to this function
>
> --
> Gnomesword crashes on start
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/47375
>

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I hope this file can bring some enlightment to your problem.

I am using Ubuntu Christian Edition, and GnomeSword2 was installed by default.

I tried gnomesword (2007-10-14) in Gutsy Gibbon (the latest updates) and the bug was resolved. So please can anyone close this bug :).