Re: [Gimp-user] [bug]GIMP2.8 inserting Text shuts down the application

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 05/19/2012 10:51 AM, Michael Schumacher wrote:
> On 19.05.2012 10:14, ishi soichi wrote:
>
> > as described in the title, after choosing 'Text' tool and clicking a
> > position I like on the new empty image, the entire application shuts
> > down right away.
> > This happens every time.
> >
> > Does anyone have the same problem?  Isn't this a bug?
>
> It is. In Pango, apparently:
>
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=675837
It looks like a solution is to install XQuartz: 
http://gimpforums.com/thread-issue-with-gimp-2-8-on-osx