>This is probably just GIMP taking a long time to load fonts, which >does >happen after up-grading the OS. >It hasn't actually crashed, even though the window greys-out and OSX >might >complain that GIMP is not responding, the font loading is still going >on >and you just need to be patient. >Another user has recently been through the same thing with OSX 10.11 >as >reported here: >https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756092 >The real problem is the ridiculous number and size of fonts which are >being >included with Windoze and OSX nowadays. > >The usual advice given on the forums now is just to start Gimp running >and >then leave it alone - don't even touch the keyboard or the mouse, just >get >up, walk away and go do something else for at least an hour. (Yes, >really!) >When you come back, Gimp will probably be up and running and you will >then >have no further problems. > >Having said that, we don't actually know how long it does take on OSX >10.11. So, if you have the patience, perhaps you could actually keep >an eye >on your computer while GIMP is loading the first time (read the >newspaper >or something) and hopefully tell us approximately how long it does >take >..is it 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes, longer ? > > > >On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 9:07 PM, kelly wheelhouse < >[email protected]> wrote:
My 2008 MacBook Pro just loaded up taking about ten minutes to load fonts! -- Jollymath (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
