[winterhart]

I was using Gimp 2.0.5 (or .6, I'm not positive) and had no problems. A little while ago I attempted to upgrade to 2.2.8, but ran into a problem where Gimp would "Encounter an error and need to close" whenever I opened a new file, opened an existing file, sometimes created a new layer, sometimes saved a file, and sometimes completely unpredictably. I could almost never get though the complete creation of an image without Gimp crashing at least once.

Needless to say I downgraded back to the 2.0 line, and everything was ok.

Now I tried to upgrade to 2.2.10, since as it said it was a bugfix release I was hopeful. Unfortunately...no. I start it up, go to File -> New, click OK, and boom - Gimp has encountered an error and needs to close.

Does anyone else have this problem? It's amazingly consistent and I can't imagine I'm the only one who's having it. Is there a way to fix it? There's whole bunches of new Script-Fu scripts out there that I'm dying to try, but they almost all require 2.2.8 or higher, and that's seeming more unattainable by the minute.

Thanks!

[swmiller6]

Did you update to the latest gtk version also?

swmiller6

[winterhart]

Hmm..I didn't, because I'm afraid of breaking Gaim... I'll give it a shot this afternoon though, once I don't need to use IM for work anymore, and see what happens.

[winterhart]

You were right :-) Upgrading Gtk+ seems to have done the trick, for which I am eternally grateful. And best of all, Gaim doesn't appear to show any signs of breaking either.

Thanks so much!