I have the same issue on an freshly updated Ubuntu. Can somebody enlighten me, how this can be fixed? I found some hints, that there might me an old version of the library libbabl in /usr/local be causing the problem, but does not seem to be the case:
$ ldd /usr/bin/gimp linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff6b50e000) libgimpwidgets-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgimpwidgets-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5223130000) libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222ce6000) libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222c2f000) libgimpconfig-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgimpconfig-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222c18000) libgimpmath-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgimpmath-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222c11000) libgimpthumb-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgimpthumb-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222c05000) libgimpcolor-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgimpcolor-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222bea000) libgimpmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgimpmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222be2000) libgimpbase-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgimpbase-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222bb1000) libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222b8b000) libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222b7b000) libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222b62000) libpango-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222b15000) libfontconfig.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007f5222acf000) libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007f5222a14000) libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007f522291b000) libcairo.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007f52227fb000) libgegl-0.4.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgegl-0.4.so.0 (0x00007f5222549000) libgegl-npd-0.4.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgegl-npd-0.4.so (0x00007f522233f000) libgio-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5222176000) libbabl-0.1.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbabl-0.1.so.0 (0x00007f5222092000) liblcms2.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblcms2.so.2 (0x00007f5222038000) libgexiv2.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgexiv2.so.2 (0x00007f5222015000) libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f5221ff9000) libmypaint-1.3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmypaint-1.3.so.0 (0x00007f5221fe4000) libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5221f88000) libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5221e67000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f5221d19000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f5221d13000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f5221cf2000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f5221b05000) libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f5221aff000) libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f52219c5000) libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007f52217bf000) libatk-1.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x00007f5221796000) libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007f522158a000) libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007f5221585000) libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXi.so.6 (0x00007f5221375000) libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007f522116a000) libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007f522115f000) libXcomposite.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00007f5220f5c000) libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007f5220d57000) libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007f5220b45000) libthai.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthai.so.0 (0x00007f5220b3a000) libfribidi.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfribidi.so.0 (0x00007f5220b1d000) libexpat.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007f5220ade000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f5220ad5000) libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007f5220a9e000) libgraphite2.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgraphite2.so.3 (0x00007f5220a71000) libpixman-1.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007f52209cb000) libxcb-shm.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007f52209c6000) libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f522099d000) libxcb-render.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007f522098c000) librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f5220981000) libmount.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmount.so.1 (0x00007f5220925000) libselinux.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1 (0x00007f52208fb000) libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007f52208e0000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f522393e000) libexiv2.so.14 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexiv2.so.14 (0x00007f522063f000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f522045e000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f5220444000) libjson-c.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjson-c.so.3 (0x00007f5220437000) libffi.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libffi.so.6 (0x00007f522042d000) libpcre.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpcre.so.3 (0x00007f52203b9000) libdatrie.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdatrie.so.1 (0x00007f52203ae000) libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f52201aa000) libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f521ffa4000) libblkid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libblkid.so.1 (0x00007f521ff4f000) libbsd.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbsd.so.0 (0x00007f521ff33000) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gimp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1820088 Title: GIMP doesn't start in disco dev To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/1820088/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com 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