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GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface

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GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface Samuel V. Green III 16 Sep 22:23
  GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface saulgoode@flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com 16 Sep 23:04
83e495f10709161353q489089a0... 07 Oct 20:18
  GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface Samuel V. Green III 17 Sep 00:24
   GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface Renan Birck 17 Sep 04:07
Samuel V. Green III
2007-09-16 22:23:05 UTC (over 17 years ago)

GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface

I just finished a new install of GIMP version 2.2.14 via MacPorts.

When I issue command : sudo gimp: I get this error:

GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface. Make sure a proper setup for your display environment exists.

In my .profile I do have the following added:

export DISPLAY=:0.0

Any ideas why gimp will not start up?

Thanks for any help!

--Samuel.

saulgoode@flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com
2007-09-16 23:04:07 UTC (over 17 years ago)

GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface

Try it without the "sudo". When you use sudo, you are running as a different user and so your own user settings (ie, the DISPLAY) are ignored.

Quoting "Samuel V. Green III" :

I just finished a new install of GIMP version 2.2.14 via MacPorts.

When I issue command : sudo gimp: I get this error:

GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface. Make sure a proper setup for your display environment exists.

In my .profile I do have the following added:

export DISPLAY=:0.0

Any ideas why gimp will not start up?

Samuel V. Green III
2007-09-17 00:24:11 UTC (over 17 years ago)

GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface

I issued the command "gimp" and get the same message.

Thanks for the input Kim!

Still don't know how to get gimp up and running?

--Samuel.

On Sep 16, 2007, at 1:53 PM, Kim Johansson wrote:

Why are you trying to start Gimp with superuser privileges? On some systems, that blocks you from starting graphical tools. Not to mention the security issues, you could accidently alter an image-file that the whole system depends on :)

Try to just start gimp and see if there is any succes.

/Kim

2007/9/16, Samuel V. Green III : I just finished a new install of GIMP version 2.2.14 via MacPorts.

When I issue command : sudo gimp: I get this error:

GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface. Make sure a proper setup for your display environment exists.

In my .profile I do have the following added:

export DISPLAY=:0.0

Any ideas why gimp will not start up?

Thanks for any help!

--Samuel.

Renan Birck
2007-09-17 04:07:17 UTC (over 17 years ago)

GIMP could not initialize the graphical user interface

Samuel V. Green III wrote:

I issued the command "gimp" and get the same message.

Thanks for the input Kim!

Still don't know how to get gimp up and running?

Looks like you're on Mac, for you mention "MacPorts". Are you running the X11.app?