Operating System
Linux
What's the issue you encountered?
Tried to open a file from the command line but ImHex just stopped responding
How can the issue be reproduced?
8-1-2025_18-15.txt
File extension is originally .ORI but it was renamed for uploading to GitHub
Open the above file from the command line using imhex 8-1-2025_18-15.ORI
$ imhex 8-1-2025_18-15.ORI
[09:51:34] [INFO] [main | Main] Welcome to ImHex 1.38.1!
[09:51:34] [INFO] [main | Main] Compiled using commit master@5ae17d8
[09:51:34] [INFO] [main | Main] Running on Linux 6.19.12-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:36:29 +0000 (x86_64)
[09:51:34] [INFO] [main | Main] Linux distribution: Arch Linux. Version: None
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Main] Native scaling set to: 1.0
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Main] Using 'Intel' GPU
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Task 'Setting up environment' finished successfully in 0 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Task 'Creating directories' finished successfully in 2 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Task 'Loading settings' finished successfully in 0 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Library 'fonts.hexpluglib' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Library 'ui.hexpluglib' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO] [builtin | Init Tasks] Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /home/puppy/.local/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO] [builtin | Init Tasks] Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /home/puppy/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO] [builtin | Init Tasks] Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO] [builtin | Init Tasks] Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /usr/local/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO] [builtin | Init Tasks] Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/minimal.hexws to /usr/share/imhex/workspaces/minimal.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO] [builtin | Init Tasks] Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /home/puppy/.local/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO] [builtin | Init Tasks] Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /home/puppy/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO] [builtin | Init Tasks] Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO] [builtin | Init Tasks] Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /usr/local/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO] [builtin | Init Tasks] Extracting auto_extract/workspaces/default.hexws to /usr/share/imhex/workspaces/default.hexws
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Layout unlocked
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Plugin 'builtin.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Plugin 'decompress.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Plugin 'diffing.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Plugin 'disassembler.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Plugin 'hashes.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Plugin 'remote.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Plugin 'script_loader.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Plugin 'visualizers.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Plugin 'yara_rules.hexplug' initialized successfully
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Task 'Loading plugins' finished successfully in 6 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Task 'Load Window Settings' finished successfully in 0 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Init Tasks] Task 'Configuring UI scale' finished successfully in 0 ms
[09:51:35] [INFO] [main | Checking for updat] Task 'Checking for updates' finished successfully in 0 ms
double free or corruption (out)
[09:51:35] [ERROR] [main | Checking for updat] Terminating from non-main thread, scheduling termination on main thread
Killed imhex 8-1-2025_18-15.ORI
ImHex Version
1.38.1-1
ImHex Build Type
Installation type
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/imhex
Additional context?
- Desktop Environment: KDE Plasma
- Window Manager: KWin (Wayland)
Operating System
Linux
What's the issue you encountered?
Tried to open a file from the command line but ImHex just stopped responding
How can the issue be reproduced?
8-1-2025_18-15.txt
File extension is originally .ORI but it was renamed for uploading to GitHub
Open the above file from the command line using
imhex 8-1-2025_18-15.ORIImHex Version
1.38.1-1
ImHex Build Type
Installation type
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/imhex
Additional context?