Failed to read image file.png because of: out of memory

[mertoalex]

OS: gentoo (kernel 6.1.1) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT (nouveau)

when I try to open hyprpaper after opening Hyprland, It gives this error

┌──(mertoalex㉿gentoocore2duo)-[~]
└─$ hyprpaper
[LOG] Welcome to hyprpaper!
built from commit 0c2386861afbb10c8c5eb6de868fa2a519df2907 (    add --no-fractional arg)
[CRITICAL] Failed to read image /home/mertoalex/wallpapers/desktop-1920x1080aaa.png because of:
out of memory

┌──(mertoalex㉿gentoocore2duo)-[~]
└─$ cat ~/.config/hypr/hyprpaper.conf                                                                                                                                                                                    1 ⨯
preload = /home/mertoalex/wallpapers/desktop-1920x1080aaa.png
wallpaper = DVI-I-1, /home/mertoalex/wallpapers/desktop-1920x1080aaa.png

┌──(mertoalex㉿gentoocore2duo)-[~]
└─$ hyprctl monitors
Monitor DVI-I-1 (ID 0):
        1600x900@60.000000 at 0x0
        description: BNQ BenQ VL2040Z K3E01744019 (DVI-I-1 via DVI-A)
        make: BNQ
        model: BenQ VL2040Z
        serial: K3E01744019
        active workspace: 2 (2)
        reserved: 0 0 0 0
        scale: 1.00
        transform: 0
        focused: yes
        dpmsStatus: 1

┌──(mertoalex㉿gentoocore2duo)-[~]
└─$ hyprctl hyprpaper preload /home/mertoalex/wallpapers/desktop-1920x1080aaa.png
Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/d4e2a0fd1635d90043e38d47931e7132ebcde559_1675183675/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)

┌──(mertoalex㉿gentoocore2duo)-[~]
└─$ hyprctl hyprpaper wallpaper DVI-I-1,/home/mertoalex/wallpapers/desktop-1920x1080aaa.png
Couldn't connect to /tmp/hypr/d4e2a0fd1635d90043e38d47931e7132ebcde559_1675183675/.hyprpaper.sock. (3)

┌──(mertoalex㉿gentoocore2duo)-[~]
└─$ file /home/mertoalex/wallpapers/desktop-1920x1080aaa.png
/home/mertoalex/wallpapers/desktop-1920x1080aaa.png: JPEG image data, JFIF standard 1.01, aspect ratio, density 1x1, segment length 16, progressive, precision 8, 1920x1080, components 3

[vaxerski]

nvidia is not officially supported. Can you run on any other gpu?

I have never seen this happen

[mertoalex]

I don't have any other gpu and I can't opened my linux with just cpu, idk why

[mertoalex]

btw, idk why but if my linux starting to use swap, some programs doing weird error on my computer maybe hyprpaper too did this weird error by swap using error, I should restart for fix this

[mertoalex]

didn't fixed, not a swap error

[mertoalex]

wait, I think this error isn't about swap I get this error too when I get weird errors from other programs

[vaxerski]

maybe you are actually out of memory?

[mertoalex]

idk

[ignamartinoli]

I'm getting the same error with this image on

sicro@sicro ~ $ uname -a
Linux sicro 6.1.9-gentoo #1 SMP Thu Feb  2 00:43:49 -03 2023 x86_64 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750U with Radeon Graphics AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

[benev0]

I am getting the same issue from an image with an image converted from the .jpg extensio.

hyprpaper 
[LOG] Welcome to hyprpaper!
built from commit 44a38bfedc009bcc05eed571e80a397a80075a9f (    fix wp-fs-v1 impl, adhere to the spec)
[CRITICAL] Failed to read image /home/benev0/.config/hypr/wallpaper.png because of:
out of memory

[mertoalex]

I switched to swww (and it works), so I think I can close this issuse

[buraksirma]

I also get this error when the image size is 6,9 mb when i try a image which is 8,7 kb it works without the problem.

[makerio90]

I also get this error when the image size is 6,9 mb when i try a image which is 8,7 kb it works without the problem.

same here with files >1MB

[SkylerLipthay]

For posterity: This error is thrown by cairo_image_surface_create_from_png for various, surprising reasons. In my case, it was because wallpaper file was named wallpaper.png but was really a JPEG, not a PNG. Thank you to this StackOverflow answer.