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[Markus <markus@xxxxxxxxxx>]

After  some more research I found a solution:

Add

kernel.shmmax = 536870912

to

/etc/sysctl.conf

and apply the setting with sysctl -p

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Title:
  EOG tries to open an image, but crashes: eog: ../../../../src/cairo-
  xlib-surface-shm.c:619: _cairo_xlib_shm_pool_create: Assertion `*ptr
  != ((void *)0)' failed.

Status in eog package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  eog: ../../../../src/cairo-xlib-surface-shm.c:619: _cairo_xlib_shm_pool_create: Assertion `*ptr != ((void *)0)' failed.
  Interrupted (core created)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: eog 3.16.3-1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-18.22-generic 4.2.3
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-18-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Nov 26 13:41:51 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-04 (144 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  SourcePackage: eog
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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