Re: The GIMP problems
Quick suggestion, if you've upgraded GIMP recently, you need to do
rm -rf ~/.gimp
since the new version of gimp doesn't cope with the files left by the
older versions.
On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 adavis@netpci.com wrote:
> I can't draw anything in the gimp. Lines don't show up, using the pencil,
> brush, or other drawing tools. The spline tool does lines, but when I
> switch over to pencil or brush, etc., the lines disappear. I get some
> messages, including
>
> ** WARNING **: XGetWindowProperty failed
>
> This message I got the first time I tried to start up gimp on this session.
> Subsequent attempts got these messages (and so on):
>
> parsing "/home/lex/.gimp/gtkrc"
> parsing "/usr/share/gimp/0.99.14/gimprc"
> parsing "/home/lex/.gimp/gimprc"
> parsing "/home/lex/.gimp/pluginrc"
> Starting extensions:
> Not enough colors to satisfy requested color cube.
> Reduced color cube shades from
> [6 of Red, 6 of Green, 4 of Blue, 24 of Gray] ==> [5 of Red, 5 of Green, 4
> of Bl
> ue, 24 of Gray]
> /usr/bin/X11/gimp warning: No brushes available for use with this tool.
> /usr/bin/X11/gimp warning: No brushes available for use with this tool.
> /usr/bin/X11/gimp warning: No brushes available for use with this tool.
> /usr/bin/X11/gimp warning: No brushes available for use with this tool.
> /usr/bin/X11/gimp warning: No brushes available for use with this tool.
> /usr/bin/X11/gimp warning: No brushes available for use with this tool.
> /usr/bin/X11/gimp warning: No brushes available for use with this tool.
> directory is ok
>
> ** ERROR **: sigsegv caught
>
> I wasn't running Netscape. I had started emacs between the two invocations
> of the Gimp.
>
> I reinstalled gimp 0.99.14-1 and the gimp-data-extra, gimp-data-min, and
> gimp-non-free packages of this version. I also installed the up-to-date
> libgtk1.
>
> I am using x11 3.3.1 with a matrox millenium. I have been having some
> freaky problems with the SVGA server, streaks and lines dancing on the
> screen. I am now wondering if there is a problem with my X11 installation.
> Alot of the x11 problems seemed to happen after the first time I started up
> uxing xdm. The character of the screen is way different (not just colors)
> when I start up with xdm.
>
> Thought these might be related?
>
> I am sending to the users list, even thought I am using a pretty nearly
> completely hamm system.
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