Could not start google chrome normally

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Install gdipp as windows service
2. Start google chrome browser

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
It should start normally. Instead I get an error message "Could not close 
the application correctly". The browser does start  and the fonts are 
rendered despite the message, but I cannot open a new tab nor use any 
installed extensions.

What version of gdipp are you using? On what operating system (with
bitness)?
0.6.1, Windows 7 Pro 64bit

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ctb...@gmail.com on 19 Mar 2010 at 5:22

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Can you tell me the version and bitness of your Chrome? I want to make sure it 
is
32-bit, because gdipp uses an assembly code snippet to inject gdimm, which is
supposed to work only for 32-bit Chrome.

I can start and render new tabs and close normally in my Windows 7 64-bit + 
Chrome
5.0.342.3 32-bit. As far as I know, there is no official 64-bit release for 
Chrome.

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 19 Mar 2010 at 6:09

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4.1.249.1036 beta (41514)
I'm not very sure what bitness it is. Judging from windows task manager it 
should be 
32-bit
I might try 5.x beta later on

Original comment by ctb...@gmail.com on 19 Mar 2010 at 10:13

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Tried it on 5.0.356.0 beta, still having the same thing (could not close error)

Original comment by ctb...@gmail.com on 20 Mar 2010 at 12:00

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It happened to me once, but after I close Chrome and restart, the problem is 
gone. I
still do not know how to stably reproduce the problem.

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2010 at 10:59

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I second the same error. And that error occurs only once.

But I can use chrome, after a second start, no problem.

I am using 0.7

Original comment by DCatcher...@gmail.com on 23 Mar 2010 at 3:35

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Now google chrome (5.0.356.2) crashes surely.  

Original comment by DCatcher...@gmail.com on 23 Mar 2010 at 7:15

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I confirm that on chrome 5.0.356.2, with gdipp 0.7 service installation, it 
still 
produces the same error. After closing and restarting chrome it works fine.
However CPU usage is high with windows service method, wmiprese.exe is eating 
up ~15% 
of CPU constantly.
Registry method works fine as a whole. In previous gdipp versions I get 
"Internet Low-
Mic utility has stopped working" (ielowutil.exe) error from time to time. None 
so far 
with 0.7 yet. Finger crossed :/

Original comment by ctb...@gmail.com on 23 Mar 2010 at 1:38

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Latest 0.7.1 x64 still crashes google chrome. It's really sad that chrome is 
totally
unusable. 

Original comment by DCatcher...@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2010 at 1:53

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Chrome still crashes on 0.7.1, but it's hardly unusable.  Usually just crashes 
for me 
on first load after a reboot, SOMETIMES but not often again during the same 
uptime.

Closing it and opening it again usually equals it working fine.

Original comment by audiobo...@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2010 at 2:50

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For the past few days I have been using 0.7.0 (the one that was pulled off) 
with 
registry setting, and everything works fine for me
Chrome starts normally, and no more ielowutil.exe error that I got before

Original comment by ctb...@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2010 at 4:58

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I am using chrome 5.0.356.2. After a clean install with no extension, chrome 
stops
crashing.

As I guessed before, it may be the problem of addon system.

Original comment by DCatcher...@gmail.com on 26 Mar 2010 at 3:07

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Changed to registry mode with 0.7.1 and it's stopped crashing.

This is quite a buggy build, hopefully a new dev build today.

Original comment by audiobo...@gmail.com on 26 Mar 2010 at 10:54

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I am sorry to ask an off-topic question:

The most useful parameters of gdipp is text embolden and text shadow. Is the 
function inherited from freetype or implemented in gdipp. I am using archlinux 
and the text look too slim. Where can I find the parameters to tune text 
weights 
and shadow?

Original comment by DCatcher...@gmail.com on 27 Mar 2010 at 12:33

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Embolden is done by the FreeType function FT_Outline_Embolden
(http://freetype.sourceforge.net/freetype2/docs/reference/ft2-outline_processing
.html#FT_Outline_Embolden).
Shadow is implemented by gdipp. To embolden, apply the function on the glyph 
outline
before rendering to bitmap. To make shadow, draw the bitmap with offset and 
alpha first.

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 27 Mar 2010 at 10:30

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Thanks for the enlightment!

Have you considered using existing cairo library to do high level graphic 
rendering,
like text shadow. Direct2D backend for cairo is also in development.

Original comment by DCatcher...@gmail.com on 28 Mar 2010 at 7:10

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I considered Cairo before starting the project. However, I think directly 
calling API
should outperform Cairo with respect of rendering performance. Besides, there 
will be
more dependencies switching to Cairo.

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 29 Mar 2010 at 1:32

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I have never had a problem with Chrome and gdimm when running with 
"--no-sandbox".  
Ideally of course the sandbox should work too, and I will occasionally try new 
combinations of Chrome devel builds and gdimm but so far this is the most 
stable way to 
get it to work. 

Original comment by greatq...@gmail.com on 5 Apr 2010 at 9:08

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Finally with 0.7.3, chrome stops crashing. The only problem is lagging when 
using google reader and gmail. 
All setting default.

Original comment by DCatcher...@gmail.com on 7 Apr 2010 at 8:13

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If you switch items very fast in Google Reader, it is indeed you can notice the 
lag.
We are constantly optimizing the performance, however there is no free meal. 
Good
glyphs come at a cost. Also, gdipp is user-space module. In order to access
kernel-space objects such as HDC, overhead is inevitable.

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 7 Apr 2010 at 12:12

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Chrome has started crashing for me again on 0.7.4 :(

Can't use the registry method just now as it stops text appearing in LastFM.  I 
just 
exclude it with services mode.

Original comment by audiobo...@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2010 at 2:29

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me too with 0.7.4

wired action with chrome, just exclude it.

Original comment by DCatcher...@gmail.com on 12 Apr 2010 at 5:05

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Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 15 Apr 2010 at 10:51

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• Removed labels: Priority-Medium

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With cache introduced in 0.7.5, lag in gmail and google reader is totally gone! 
Wonderful work:)

Original comment by DCatcher...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2010 at 1:40

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Nice to hear. You can further increase "cache_max_bytes" setting for larger 
glyph
cache size.

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2010 at 2:23

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Nice advice~, I change the size to 20,000,000. Now everything is even smoother 
and faster. However, I still 
get the annoying error dialog when starting chrome after every restart of 
windows... the old problem 
though. 

Original comment by DCatcher...@gmail.com on 17 Apr 2010 at 4:36

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Issue 46 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 22 Apr 2010 at 9:21

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Issue 63 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 26 May 2010 at 5:19

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this issue exist only at x64 system. on x86 work fine for me.

Original comment by Infecto...@gmail.com on 5 Jun 2010 at 3:39

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same problem using gdipp 0.8 and chrome 6.0.422.0

Original comment by netca...@gmail.com on 6 Jun 2010 at 3:27

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register method eliminates the problem. x64 with 0.8.1

Original comment by DCatcher...@gmail.com on 19 Jun 2010 at 10:01

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I'm using as service (0.8.1) and after a first error now it seems to work ..

Original comment by netca...@gmail.com on 22 Jun 2010 at 1:28

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Register method is the most stable!

Original comment by netca...@gmail.com on 28 Jun 2010 at 8:47

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Registry method does avoid the Chrome issue. What's the downside of using the 
Registry method? What exactly are missing versus the Service method?

Original comment by shafqat....@gmail.com on 29 Jun 2010 at 9:17

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First, the registry method (writing the AppInit_DLLs value) is not recommended 
by Microsoft. Although it is still available in Windows 7, it may be removed in 
future versions. Second, the registry method is system-wide without 
discrimination. This means critical system processes such as csrss.exe, 
smss.exe are also injected the gdimm DLL, which potentially threatens system 
stability. Third, you cannot cancel gdipp's render during system uptime. There 
is no way to unload gdimm DLL from injected processes until their termination. 
On the contrary, stopping service automatically unloads gdimm DLL from all 
inject processes, since the injection mechanism is controlled by the service 
itself.

If you find all these reasons trivial, registry method is good for you.

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 30 Jun 2010 at 4:46

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what about this issue using 0.8.2 ?

Original comment by netca...@gmail.com on 4 Jul 2010 at 11:57

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Rendering is perfect in my case. I don't know if the csrss error message still 
exists. At least I haven't encountered any.

Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 4 Jul 2010 at 1:17

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work fine now.

Original comment by Infecto...@gmail.com on 4 Jul 2010 at 7:05

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Original comment by crendk...@gmail.com on 18 Sep 2010 at 5:31

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same issue. can't load tabs in chrome after running gdipp services.
using:
vista x64.
chrome 12 stable version.
gdipp 0.91 beta.

chrome still load tabs but I can feel a big lag.
using: win7 x64
gdipp 0.91 beta.

Original comment by nghiangu...@gmail.com on 10 Jun 2011 at 5:41