Bug#1117872: "set device … to mode: disabled" and "Procedure 'file-png-export': duplicate mnemonic =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6?=" and "Procedure 'file-png-export': no mnemonic =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=A6?="
Peter Müller
PeterMueller at ro.ru
Sat Oct 11 23:26:11 BST 2025
Package: gimp
Version: 3.0.4-3+deb13u1
Reproduce:
1) Set your locale to de_DE.utf8 such that you get this:
> locale
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
2) Run gimp on a graphics file from an xterm:
> gimp input.png &
3) Try to save as another PNG file (say, output.png) via the menu Datei > Speichern unter …
4) Switch back to the xterm and observe the following messages:
set device 'Virtual core XTEST pointer' to mode: disabled
set device 'Microsoft Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse v2.0 ' to mode: disabled
[script-fu-test-sphere-v3] The catalog directory does not exist: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gimp/3.0/plug-ins/test-sphere-v3/locale
[script-fu-test-sphere-v3] Override method set_i18n() for the plug-in to customize or disable localization.
[script-fu-test-sphere-v3] Localization disabled
Procedure 'file-png-export': duplicate mnemonic g for label of property optimize-palette and dialog button load-defaults
Procedure 'file-png-export': no mnemonic for property bkgd
Procedure 'file-png-export': duplicate mnemonic z for label of property time and dialog button reset
The first two lines appeared at start, the next three lines appeared don't know when (sometimes they don't appear), and the last three lines appeared when the export-as-PNG dialog showed up.
These messages clutter the console, the second message is bogus (since I can use the attached Microsoft mouse without noticeable issues in GIMP), and these messages are not actionable anyway: the user can't do anything meaningful based on these messages (besides pushing them into a Web search engine). Essentially, they witness that some raw code somewhere still has to be debugged. Please simply finish debugging the corresponding pieces of code.
Gratefully
Peter
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