[racket] Racket 5.1: "bitmap scheme-box.jpg failed to load" error

From: Eric Bélanger (snowmaniscool at gmail.com)
Date: Tue Feb 15 21:44:08 EST 2011

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote:
> At Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:38:36 -0500, Eric Bélanger wrote:
>> $ drracket
>> Error invoking tool
>> #<path:/usr/lib/racket/collects/stepper>;("stepper+xml-tool.ss")
>>
>> xml-box: bitmap scheme-box.jpg failed to load
>>
>>  === context ===
>> /usr/lib/racket/collects/drracket/private/tools-drs.rkt:96:0: invoke-drs-tool
>> /usr/lib/racket/collects/racket/private/map.rkt:50:17: loop
>> /usr/lib/racket/collects/drracket/private/tools.rkt:70:0: load/invoke-all-tools
>> /usr/lib/racket/collects/drracket/tool-lib.rkt: [running body]
>> /usr/lib/racket/collects/drracket/private/drracket-normal.rkt: [running body]
>> /usr/lib/racket/collects/drracket/drracket.rkt: [running body]
>>
>> In another thread on the dev mailing list[1], it seems that this kind
>> of error is caused by jpeg.rkt not supporting the current libjpeg
>> version.  My libjpeg version is libjpeg 8.3.0 (i.e. JPEG_LIB_VERSION
>> is 80). Could it be the same issue?
>
> JPEG_LIB_VERSION 80 should be supported, but you're right that the
> error looks like a version mismatch.
>
> If you run plain `racket' and try
>
>  > (require racket/draw)
>  > (read-bitmap (collection-file-path "scheme-box.jpg" "icons"))
>
> do you get a more useful error message?
>
>

I get:

$ racket
Welcome to Racket v5.1.
> (require racket/draw)
> (read-bitmap (collection-file-path "scheme-box.jpg" "icons"))
jpeg: JPEG parameter struct mismatch: library thinks size is 656,
caller expects 680
>



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