On Thursday, September 22, 2011 01:01:57 AM Bas Roufs wrote:
> Hello everybody
>
> In several previous versions of Kubuntu I did manage to successfully install
> Gimp.
> But now, in Kubuntu 11.04 it does not seem to work any more. I did install
> Gimp and several dependencies. But whatever I try exactly, I simply do not
> manage to get the package started. When I start the programme via K-Menu,
> everything stops after about one minute. When I try to open .png or .jpg
> files, exactly the same happens. Does anybody have a clue how to get Gimp
> started in *Ubuntu 11.04?
> Respectfully yours,
> Bas Roufs.

A well known problem, with many google hits on how to fix it

In System Settings, go to Application Appearance >> GTK+ Appearance >>
widget style.
then temporarily switch the widget style to Raleigh, then hit 'apply'

Now run gimp, it should open, with the ugly Raleigh look. Close gimp, go back
to system settings, and switch it back to Oxygen. Gimp should then open just
fine.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/742516

The bug is fixed in the version of Gimp in 11.10.

Clay

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On 09/21/2011 07:01 PM, Bas Roufs wrote:

Hello everybody

In several previous versions of Kubuntu I did manage to successfully
install Gimp.
But now, in Kubuntu 11.04 it does not seem to work any more. I did
install Gimp and several dependencies. But whatever I try exactly, I
simply do not manage to get the package started. When I start the
programme via K-Menu, everything stops after about one minute. When I
try to open .png or .jpg files, exactly the same happens. Does anybody
have a clue how to get Gimp started in *Ubuntu 11.04?

Respectfully yours,
Bas Roufs.



1. Try to run Gimp from a command line terminal. That should provide
some potentially useful debugging information (in the terminal.)


2. Create a new user. Log in as that user and start Gimp. Chaces are,
the problem is something broken in your user configuration files
(assuming your home folder is carried over from previous installations
of Linux.) This will prove one way or the other whether or not Gimp
runs at all on your install.





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