Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp installs fine but fails to start

[Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>]

On 11/14/2016 08:21 PM, rich2005 wrote:

> > I've got some 300 fonts, 200 of which are from Windows/Office (I
> > guess) and some 100 from another software package I use. Is that a
> > lot?
> > Do you mean waiting before booting gimp at all, or giving gimp more
> > time to complete the startup? The latter doesn't work, as it just
> > crashes out of the boot sequence.
>
> The customary advice when running Gimp for the first time is
>
> Do not touch the mouse or keyboard, go have a cup of coffee or go for a walk
> until Gimp loads.

I'd like to point out that

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=449848
[Bug 449848] Startup: initialize fontconfig in the background to avoid
long pause on start

and its corresponding "not responding" behavior is fixed in 2.8.18.


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Regards,
Michael
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