diff -r d8a3531bc6b8 -r 433cbbb6a04b uiacceltk/hitchcock/backgroundanim/refplugin/src/shader.c
--- a/uiacceltk/hitchcock/backgroundanim/refplugin/src/shader.c	Mon Feb 22 17:57:49 2010 +0200
+++ b/uiacceltk/hitchcock/backgroundanim/refplugin/src/shader.c	Fri Mar 12 15:47:04 2010 +0200
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@
     fseek (file, 0, SEEK_END);
     len = ftell (file);
     fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
-
+    if (len<0)
+        {
+        fclose(file);
+        return 0;
+        }
     shaderdata = (char*)malloc(len+1);
     if (!shaderdata)
         {