Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp not starting on Mac OS 10.6.8 32 bit

[Daniel Smith <opened to gmail com>]

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 marmottard gmail com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:00 PM, Matteo D email
> <mdcerasoli 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
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