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HELP! ERROR! Marie 05 Jun 20:56
  HELP! ERROR! Noel Stoutenburg 06 Jun 02:48
Marie
2010-06-05 20:56:04 UTC (over 14 years ago)

HELP! ERROR!

Ok, so i have used Gimp for about a year on my macbook. I've recently downloaded it on my PC but this error message pops up! :

GLib-ERROR **:gmem.c.136:failed to allocate 3472080 bytes aborting...

-and then this follow-up error message...

Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program:c:\Program Files\Gimp-2\bin\gimp-2.6.exe This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information.

The details: Ok, i first downloaded Gimp 2.6.4 with Service Pack 1, and this error came up. I decided to uninstall it and reinstall it. same problem. I uninstalled it again and this time, i upgraded to Service Pack 2 & installed the latest version, 2.6.8 i believe... the same error messages pop up. I have a Dell and Windows XP SP2.
It doesnt do this 100% of the time, but most of the time. Sometimes it occurs during startup, sometimes while opening an image, sometimes in the middle of editing. after the error message, Gimp closes automatically. PLEASE HELP.

Noel Stoutenburg
2010-06-06 02:48:57 UTC (over 14 years ago)

HELP! ERROR!

Marie,

Some relevant questions:

Where did you get the 2.6.8 package you installed? Did you use the Windows installer, or did you try to build your own WIN XP version from source? If you attempted to build from source, it looks like you might have an incorrect version of one of the supporting packages.

Are you running 32 or 64 bit WIN XP?

Meantime, if it were me, I'd

1) unistall GIMP, and back up data on your system;

2) visit the MS website, and upgrade your WIN XP from SP2 to SP3;

3) download a fresh copy of the WIN 2.6.8 installer by following the links on the download page on the GIMP website.

regards ns