I've been using GIMP 2.6 for around 2 months now, and my filters haven't been working... I've tried almost everything to make it work! When I click my filters tab, I only get three choices. Repeat Last ( Greyed out )
Re-Show Last ( Greyed out )
Reset all Filters

I really want to use filters and make really cool art like all the people out there. I've tried searching for this probelm, but it seems I'm the only one who has this probelm..

PLEASE HELP :)

On 01/15/2011 01:38 PM, Jenette wrote:

I've been using GIMP 2.6 for around 2 months now, and my filters haven't been working... I've tried almost everything to make it work! When I click my filters tab, I only get three choices. Repeat Last ( Greyed out )
Re-Show Last ( Greyed out )
Reset all Filters

I really want to use filters and make really cool art like all the people out there. I've tried searching for this probelm, but it seems I'm the only one who has this probelm..

PLEASE HELP :)

You may just need to change image mode to RGB Image/Mode select RGB.

Checked. RGB Image. But thanks for the help~!~

On 01/15/2011 01:38 PM, Jenette wrote:

I've been using GIMP 2.6 for around 2 months now, and my filters haven't been working... I've tried almost everything to make it work! When I click my filters tab, I only get three choices. Repeat Last ( Greyed out )
Re-Show Last ( Greyed out )
Reset all Filters

I really want to use filters and make really cool art like all the people out there. I've tried searching for this probelm, but it seems I'm the only one who has this probelm..

PLEASE HELP :)

1) check that you have files in your {gimp installation directory}/2.0/plug-ins/ and {gimp installation directory}/2.0/scripts/ directories (in Linux they are in /usr/lib/gimp and /usr/share/gimp respectively, in Windows, somewhere under c:\Program Files\gimp) (likely, otherwise you wouldn't be able to load/saves files). You should have about 200 files in the plugins directory.

2) erase the pluginrc and menurc files in your .gimp-2.6 directory (~/.gimp-2.6/pluginrc in Linux, c:\Documents en Settings\{your_id}\.gimp-2.6\pluginrc in WinXP and somewhere equivalent in Vista/W7) and restart Gimp, they should be rebuilt. In a normal gimp installation, pluginrc is several thousands lines and lists close to 200 plugins, menurc is around a thousand lines.

This is EXACTLY what I did :
1) I re-installed it.
2) Took out "ko" from locale.
3) From my user, I scrolled down, and deleted Menurc, and pluginrc. 4) Started Gimp 2, and kept x-ing out the plug-in error. 5) Checked, Still the same 3 choices.

When you start GIMP for the first time, with a blank / empty image - are the filter options still gone?

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 13:40, Jenette wrote:

On 01/15/2011 01:38 PM, Jenette wrote:

I've been using GIMP 2.6 for around 2 months now, and my filters

haven't been working... I've tried almost everything to make it work!

When I click my filters tab, I only get three choices. Repeat Last ( Greyed out )
Re-Show Last ( Greyed out )
Reset all Filters

I really want to use filters and make really cool art like all the

people out there. I've tried searching for this probelm, but it seems I'm the only one who has this probelm..

PLEASE HELP :)

You may just need to change image mode to RGB Image/Mode select RGB.

Checked. RGB Image. But thanks for the help~!~

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Yup, Matthew. Three choices only..

Are you running Windows, or something else?

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 15:07, Jenette wrote:

When you start GIMP for the first time, with a blank / empty image - are

the

filter options still gone?

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 13:40, Jenette wrote:

On 01/15/2011 01:38 PM, Jenette wrote:

I've been using GIMP 2.6 for around 2 months now, and my filters

haven't been working... I've tried almost everything to make it work!

When I click my filters tab, I only get three choices. Repeat Last ( Greyed out )
Re-Show Last ( Greyed out )
Reset all Filters

I really want to use filters and make really cool art like all the

people out there. I've tried searching for this probelm, but it seems

I'm

the only one who has this probelm..

PLEASE HELP :)

You may just need to change image mode to RGB Image/Mode select RGB.

Checked. RGB Image. But thanks for the help~!~

-- Jenette (via gimpusers.com)
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Windows, Matthew.

Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user

Yup, Matthew. Three choices only..

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Ofnuts :
This is one of the errors :
The prograam can't start because libgimppui-2.0-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this program.

and so much more o_o

So let's fix this first... did you reinstall as recommended? Can you open a command prompt, and do:

dir "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" /s >gimpinstall.txt

and paste the results here (replace "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" by whatever directory Gimp has been installed in)

Well it said :
dir "c:Program Files (86x)\.gimp-2.6" /s >gimpinstall.txt The system cannot find the file specified.

(Sorry for the long reply...)

On 01/23/2011 08:20 AM, Jenette wrote

So let's fix this first... did you reinstall as recommended? Can you open a command prompt, and do:
dir "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" /s>gimpinstall.txt and paste the results here (replace "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" by whatever directory Gimp has been installed in)

Well it said :
dir "c:Program Files (86x)\.gimp-2.6" /s>gimpinstall.txt The system cannot find the file specified.

(Sorry for the long reply...)

Wrong directory. name ... .gimp-2.6 is a directory in your user file space where Gimp keeps your own settings. The directory I'm talking about must be called Gimp-2.0 (if my memory is good) without leading dot. It should be easy to spot with the file explorer.

Yes, I noticed that. I fixed it afterwards. Still the same result. Sorry for the confusion! My mistake! ( Please note that I am 11 years old O_O, but just on my parents account. )

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 5:39 AM, Ofnuts wrote:

On 01/23/2011 08:20 AM, Jenette wrote

So let's fix this first... did you reinstall as recommended? Can you open a command prompt, and do:
dir "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" /s>gimpinstall.txt and paste the results here (replace "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" by whatever directory Gimp has been installed in)

Well it said :
dir "c:Program Files (86x)\.gimp-2.6" /s>gimpinstall.txt The system cannot find the file specified.

(Sorry for the long reply...)

The method I suggested earlier with using the tab key for completion should work. It is not case sensitive, if you type a lower case g and it should be upper case that will be fixed when you hit the tab key. If nothing happens when you hit the tab key then something in the partial path you have is wrong.

By the way, you said you were using windows, but, unless I missed it, you did not say which version.

Are you using XP, Vista, or windows 7? If its windows 7, is it the 32 or 64 bit version?

Mike

Windows 7. 64 bit version~

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Jenette wrote:

So let's fix this first... did you reinstall as recommended? Can you open a command prompt, and do:

dir "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" /s >gimpinstall.txt

and paste the results here (replace "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" by whatever directory Gimp has been installed in)

Well it said :
dir "c:Program Files (86x)\.gimp-2.6" /s >gimpinstall.txt The system cannot find the file specified.

Try it again without the dot in front of gimp and with a slash after c:

dir "c:\Program Files (86x)\gimp-2.6" /s >gimpinstall.txt

That is, if your program files directory actually include (86x).

If you get the same result, here is something else to try.

At the dos prompt, type "c:\program then hit the tab key. It should fill in the rest of the program files directory. The directory name will be followed by double quotes, press the backspace key once to remove the "

Then type: \gimp

and hit the tab key again. It should fill in the rest of the gimp directory name.

Then type the closing quote and add /s >gimpinstall.txt

Your determination is impressive. Keep it up, you'll get there.

Mike

Thank you for the support.
I am on my other computer, and downloaded Gimp here, and the filters work FINE!~ I will try that when I'm on my other computer. Thank you SO MUCH for helping!
Also, same to the others who are helping me so much!

On 01/23/2011 08:20 AM, Jenette wrote

So let's fix this first... did you reinstall as recommended? Can you open a command prompt, and do:
dir "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" /s>gimpinstall.txt and paste the results here (replace "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" by whatever directory Gimp has been installed in)

Well it said :
dir "c:Program Files (86x)\.gimp-2.6" /s>gimpinstall.txt The system cannot find the file specified.

(Sorry for the long reply...)

Wrong directory. name ... .gimp-2.6 is a directory in your user file space where Gimp keeps your own settings. The directory I'm talking about must be called Gimp-2.0 (if my memory is good) without leading dot. It should be easy to spot with the file explorer.

Yes. I noticed that. I fixed it afterwards. Same thing. By the way, good memory XD

Jenette writes:

So let's fix this first... did you reinstall as recommended? Can you open a command prompt, and do:

dir "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" /s >gimpinstall.txt

and paste the results here (replace "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" by whatever directory Gimp has been installed in)

Well it said :
dir "c:Program Files (86x)\.gimp-2.6" /s >gimpinstall.txt The system cannot find the file specified.

(Sorry for the long reply...)

Not ".gimp-2.6", but "Gimp2.6". They are asking for what files are within the program directory (not your settings/plugins directory).

hope this helps,

I did the that part wrong, so I fixed it but same answer. Thank you :)

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 6:37 AM, Jenette wrote:

If you get the same result, here is something else to try.

At the dos prompt, type "c:\program then hit the tab key. It should fill in the rest of the program files directory. The directory name will be followed by double quotes, press

the

backspace key once to remove the "

Then type: \gimp

and hit the tab key again. It should fill in the rest of the gimp

directory

name.

Then type the closing quote and add /s >gimpinstall.txt

Did you try using the tab key? That really should work. You can even do it with a bit less typing.

dir "c:\prog then c:\program files" should appear. Then backspace to erase the quote after files and type \g then hit the tab key. If something other then gimp appears just keep hitting the tab key and it should show the other things that begin with g. If none of those is a gimp directory, then you definitely should reinstall.

Thank you for the support.
I am on my other computer, and downloaded Gimp here, and the filters work FINE!~
I will try that when I'm on my other computer. Thank you SO MUCH for helping!
Also, same to the others who are helping me so much!

You are welcome. Hope this gets resolved. It might be worth reinstalling if you can't get past this problem.

Is the computer that you just installed gimp on that works also running windows 7 64 bit?

Mike

Yes,it is.~

Since this is ALL so confusing for me, I will write each question here and answer them.

Ofnuts : Question :
1) check that you have files in your {gimp installation directory}/2.0/plug-ins/ and {gimp installation directory}/2.0/scripts/ directories (in Linux they are in /usr/lib/gimp and /usr/share/gimp respectively, in Windows, somewhere under c:\Program Files\gimp) (likely, otherwise you wouldn't be able to load/saves files). You should have about 200 files in the plugins directory.

2) erase the pluginrc and menurc files in your .gimp-2.6 directory (~/.gimp-2.6/pluginrc in Linux, c:\Documents en Settings\{your_id}\.gimp-2.6\pluginrc in WinXP and somewhere equivalent in Vista/W7) and restart Gimp, they should be rebuilt. In a normal gimp installation, pluginrc is several thousands lines and lists close to 200 plugins, menurc is around a thousand lines.

Answer : This is EXACTLY what I did :
1) I re-installed it.
2) Took out "ko" from locale.
3) From my user, I scrolled down, and deleted Menurc, and pluginrc. 4) Started Gimp 2, and kept x-ing out the plug-in error. 5) Checked, Still the same 3 choices.

RodDetmer Question:
You may just need to change image mode to RGB Image/Mode select RGB.

Answer : Checked. RGB Image. But thanks for the help~!~

Matthew Green : Question :
When you start GIMP for the first time, with a blank / empty image - are the filter options still gone?

Answer : Yup, Matthew. Three choices only..

M@tthew Green : Question :
Are you running Windows, or something else?

Answer : Windows, Matthew.

Ofnuts :
Question :
4) Started Gimp 2, and kept x-ing out the plug-in error. What does that mean? What error? Any message? What does it say?

Answer : This is one of the errors :
The prograam can't start because libgimppui-2.0-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this program.

and so much more o_o

Ofnuts : Question :
So let's fix this first... did you reinstall as recommended? Can you open a command prompt, and do:

dir "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" /s >gimpinstall.txt

and paste the results here (replace "c:Program Files\Gimp2.6" by whatever directory Gimp has been installed in)

Answer : Well it said :
dir "c:Program Files (86x)\.gimp-2.6" /s >gimpinstall.txt The system cannot find the file specified.

(Sorry for the long reply...)

Mike Williams : Question :
Try it again without the dot in front of gimp and with a slash after c:

dir "c:\Program Files (86x)\gimp-2.6" /s >gimpinstall.txt

That is, if your program files directory actually include (86x).

If you get the same result, here is something else to try.

At the dos prompt, type "c:\program then hit the tab key. It should fill in the rest of the program files directory. The directory name will be followed by double quotes, press the backspace key once to remove the "

Then type: \gimp

and hit the tab key again. It should fill in the rest of the gimp directory name.

Then type the closing quote and add /s >gimpinstall.txt

Your determination is impressive. Keep it up, you'll get there.

Answer : Thank you for the support.
I am on my other computer, and downloaded Gimp here, and the filters work FINE!~ I will try that when I'm on my other computer. Thank you SO MUCH for helping!
Also, same to the others who are helping me so much! ** I did the wrong directory. **

Kevin Brubeck Unhammer : Question :
Not ".gimp-2.6", but "Gimp2.6". They are asking for what files are within the program directory (not your settings/plugins directory).

hope this helps,

Answer : I did the that part wrong, so I fixed it but same answer. Thank you :)

Ofnuts :
Wrong directory. name ... .gimp-2.6 is a directory in your user file space where Gimp keeps your own settings. The directory I'm talking about must be called Gimp-2.0 (if my memory is good) without leading dot. It should be easy to spot with the file explorer.

DRAFT