Troubleshooting
Problem
When installing the IBM Installation Manager version 1.10 or higher on a RHEL 10 system, you may see gdk-pixbuf errors as detailed below.
Symptom
java:67839): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 10:51:51.422: gdk_pixbuf_get_width: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
(java:67839): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 10:51:51.423: gdk_pixbuf_get_height: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
(java:67839): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 10:51:51.423: gdk_pixbuf_get_height: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
(java:67839): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: 10:51:51.423: gdk_pixbuf_get_width: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed
(java:67839): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 10:51:51.423: gtk_window_resize: assertion 'width > 0' failed
00:00.95 ERROR [main] org.eclipse.osgi.internal.log.ExtendedLogReaderServiceFactory safeLogged
Invalid image
org.eclipse.swt.SWTException: Invalid image
at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:4918)
at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:4833)
at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:4804)
Cause
The Installation Manager install process is failing to open the Splash Screen image (BMP format). Red Hat 10 has transitioned to the Wayland Window System and the RHEL 10 default configuration does not support legacy BMP images; see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Eclipse#No_Splashscreen_Image.
Resolving The Problem
To resolve this issue, install the 'gdk-pixbuf2-modules-extra' as described in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Eclipse#No_Splashscreen_Image.
The gdk-pixbuf2-modules-extra package is in the EPEL repository and not in the default RHEL 10 repository. Take these two steps to add the EPEL repository to the system:
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-10-$(arch)-rpms
sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-10.noarch.rpm
Then, install the gdk-pixbuf2-modules-extra package:
yum install gdk-pixbuf2-modules-extra
or
sudo dnf install gdk-pixbuf2-modules-extra
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Modified date:
07 August 2025
UID
ibm17235834