https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/23850 is the bug I posted at my distro's tracker, but its not looking like a packaging error so I thought I'd ask here instead.

Basically, when I run gimp, I get this error after startup:-

(gimp:15432): Gimp-Widgets-CRITICAL **: gimp_device_info_set_device: assertion `(info->device == NULL && GDK_IS_DEVICE (device)) || (GDK_IS_DEVICE (info->device) && device == NULL)' failed

Then, if I open a new image (or existing image) and click on some tool (for example the text tool), once I try to click on the canvas using that tool I get the following error in the terminal:-

gimp_display_shell_pointer_grab: gdk_pointer_grab failed with status 1

From that point on, I can't select any other tools (or even the menu

items). My WM shortcut keys still work so I can quit gimp fine.

The odd thing is that on an almost identical system (both 64-bit Archlinux installs running awesomewm with almost identical packages installed) this works. I've tried the following:- 1. Switching WM to Gnome3. This works, I don't get the same error in Gnome3 with gnome-shell.
2. Changing gtk2 and gtk3 themes. Does not work. 3. Switching to a single monitor (I use dual-monitors on the affected system but not on the other). Does not work. 4. Deleting ~/.gimp-2.7. Does not work.

I have not tried switching video driver to nouveau (the other difference between the systems is that the affected system is using nvidia, the other intel-based graphics).

Anyone have any idea what I could try to do?

Ping, anyone?

On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/23850 is the bug I posted at my distro's tracker, but its not looking like a packaging error so I thought I'd ask here instead.

Basically, when I run gimp, I get this error after startup:-

(gimp:15432): Gimp-Widgets-CRITICAL **: gimp_device_info_set_device: assertion `(info->device == NULL && GDK_IS_DEVICE (device)) || (GDK_IS_DEVICE (info->device) && device == NULL)' failed

Then, if I open a new image (or existing image) and click on some tool (for example the text tool), once I try to click on the canvas using that tool I get the following error in the terminal:-

gimp_display_shell_pointer_grab: gdk_pointer_grab failed with status 1

From that point on, I can't select any other tools (or even the menu items). My WM shortcut keys still work so I can quit gimp fine.

The odd thing is that on an almost identical system (both 64-bit Archlinux installs running awesomewm with almost identical packages installed) this works. I've tried the following:- 1. Switching WM to Gnome3. This works, I don't get the same error in Gnome3 with gnome-shell.
2. Changing gtk2 and gtk3 themes. Does not work. 3. Switching to a single monitor (I use dual-monitors on the affected system but not on the other). Does not work. 4. Deleting ~/.gimp-2.7. Does not work.

I have not tried switching video driver to nouveau (the other difference between the systems is that the affected system is using nvidia, the other intel-based graphics).

Anyone have any idea what I could try to do?