PIL throws exception when reading bitmap/pnm data

[Cameron Walsh]

Cameron Walsh wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to extract the data from a bitmap or .pnm file using the
> following code:
> 
> import Image
> img = Image.open("test.bmp","r")
> data=img.getdata()
> 
> Unfortunately I get the following exception on Linux, but not on Windows:
> 
>>>> data=img.getdata()
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL/Image.py", line 796,
> in getdata
>     self.load()
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL/ImageFile.py", line
> 147, in load
>     self.map = mmap.mmap(file.fileno(), size)
> EnvironmentError: [Errno 19] No such device
> 
<SNIP>
> 
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> 
> Cameron.


Hi all,

It turns out the problem only arose when the file was on an NTFS drive
mounted as NTFS-3g.  Copying it to my home directory fixed the problem.

Who do I send the bug report to, the ntfs-3g or the PIL guys?

Regards,

Cameron.