In my experience on the mac problems often have to do with x11 working properly or not in conjunction with gimp. you are seeing x11 start up first? dan
On 11/23/12, Jehan Pagès <jehan.marmott...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Matteo D email > <mdceras...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have been using Gimp for a week or so and have really enjoyed it. It >> was perfect for my needs, and has helped me with many tasks. However, >> one >> day Gimp stopped working. It wasn't that Gimp froze or anything, It >> would >> jump in the dock for a few seconds, then just stop and an error would >> come >> on the screen saying it quit unexpectedly. I restarted my computer and >> Gimp worked fine. One day, Gimp wouldn't start at all, and restarting >> the >> computer did not help. I deleted all of Gimp's files and reinstalled it, >> somehow Gimp STILL didn't work. I triple checked and re-downloaded many >> more times, but Gimp still did not want to start. Sadly, I am unable to >> supply a crash report. However, when I read it, it said something about >> a >> GCS window or something. I understand how important a crash report would >> be, but I am just unable to supply it to you. Here are my computer specs: >> > > a better way to diagnose the issue would be for you to start GIMP from a > terminal console. > > I am not very aware of OSX GIMP package, but since this is a UNIX, I guess > GIMP is also installed in the global path. So if you can start a console > and just type "gimp" in it, then enter, I imagine gimp will start, and > maybe you will have more interesting crash information that a log bumping > in the dock. :-D > > Then come back on the ml and copy/paste this output. > Also tell us which version of GIMP is installed! > Thanks for the report. > > Jehan > > >> MacBook, 13-inch 2006 >> Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) 32-bit >> Intel Core Duo 1.83GHZ >> 2GB of RAM >> >> I know that it is NOT the computer specs that make Gimp unable to run >> because as I said, at one point Gimp worked fine. >> >> I really hope that you guys can help me with this problem! >> -Mc >> _______________________________________________ >> gimp-user-list mailing list >> gimp-user-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list >> > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
