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Gimp Startup Problems

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Gimp Startup Problems LonesomeDucky 22 Nov 17:49
  Gimp Startup Problems Sven Neumann 22 Nov 18:06
   Gimp Startup Problems JiHui Choi 22 Nov 19:14
  Gimp Startup Problems Daniel Hornung 22 Nov 18:56
   Gimp Startup Problems JiHui Choi 22 Nov 19:08
LonesomeDucky
2008-11-22 17:49:43 UTC (about 16 years ago)
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Gimp Startup Problems

I'm running windows vista 32 bit and GIMP 2.6.2. The vast majority of the time that I try running GIMP, it doesn't start. There are no windows or anything, but it is listed in the process list in task manager. Is there anyway to fix this?

Sven Neumann
2008-11-22 18:06:15 UTC (about 16 years ago)

Gimp Startup Problems

Hi,

On Sat, 2008-11-22 at 17:49 +0100, Skyler wrote:

I'm running windows vista 32 bit and GIMP 2.6.2. The vast majority of the time that I try running GIMP, it doesn't start. There are no windows or anything, but it is listed in the process list in task manager. Is there anyway to fix this?

The easiest way to fix this is to get a reasonable operating system. You can get a free copy of Ubuntu here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/

Sven

Daniel Hornung
2008-11-22 18:56:54 UTC (about 16 years ago)

Gimp Startup Problems

On Saturday 22 November 2008, Skyler wrote:

I'm running windows vista 32 bit and GIMP 2.6.2. The vast majority of the time that I try running GIMP, it doesn't start. There are no windows or anything, but it is listed in the process list in task manager. Is there anyway to fix this?

Did you get that version of GIMP from the "offical" place, i.e. gimp-win.sourceforge.net? Do you use any fancy additional display drivers, e.g. for addional virtual desktops?

Just two ideas from my old windows times...

Daniel

JiHui Choi
2008-11-22 19:08:30 UTC (about 16 years ago)

Gimp Startup Problems

On Saturday 22 November 2008, Skyler wrote:

I'm running windows vista 32 bit and GIMP 2.6.2. The vast majority of the time that I try running GIMP, it doesn't start. There are no windows or anything, but it is listed in the process list in task manager. Is there anyway to fix this?

I have same problem on Windows XP Pro SP3 and gimp 2.6.2. But I can use GIMP using some shortcuts. :)

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 2:56 AM, Daniel Hornung wrote:

Did you get that version of GIMP from the "offical" place, i.e. gimp-win.sourceforge.net?

Yes. I got from gimp-win.sf.net

Do you use any fancy additional display drivers, e.g. for addional virtual desktops?

no. nothing.

But in my virtual windows on my virtualbox, there's no problem. (Host is ubuntu 8.04, Guest is Windows XP Pro SP3)

So I guess it's not a problem of gimp. and I recommend to Skyler to try to move your gimp window.
At your taskbar, right-click on gimp, and choose "move". You may use arrow-keys to move the window.

JiHui Choi
2008-11-22 19:14:25 UTC (about 16 years ago)

Gimp Startup Problems

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Sven Neumann wrote:

The easiest way to fix this is to get a reasonable operating system. You can get a free copy of Ubuntu here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/

Ubuntu is not a perfect OS, although is great than windows. I use ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10. There are so many problems. and If you use compiz-fusion, oh god.

Skyler, DON'T change your OS because of GIMP. TRY to change gimp. However if you use ubuntu or some other linux distribution, you can see new world. :)