GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 742738
Gimp is "Not Responding" When Opening the Program
Last modified: 2015-01-16 12:58:11 UTC
Created attachment 294264 [details] Screenshot of what happens when I try to open the program. It always stops loading around the same place. I downloaded gimp 2.8.14 .exe file. I installed it normally and when I try to open it, gimp says that Gimp is not responding so I end up closing the program. I repeatedly tried reinstalling it and even reinstalled the installer and it kept on happening. I also used the torrent installer and the same thing happened. I have a Windows 8.1 Toshiba laptop. I've used Gimp on a different device, a Lenovo PC Desktop and that has worked perfectly fine till that computer broke and so now I'm trying to install it on my laptop.
Be patient :-) At that point, gimp caches all of your fonts. Depending on the amount of fonts on your system, this can take a while, up to several minutes. It does that only the first time it starts, not at every start. As gimp does not tell windows "I am here and still alive" in that phase, windows assumes gimp as died. So windows says "Not responding". If all fonts are cached, gimp will do the next step. Please report back, if it fixes that issue.
(In reply to comment #1) > Be patient :-) > At that point, gimp caches all of your fonts. Depending on the amount of fonts > on your system, this can take a while, up to several minutes. It does that only > the first time it starts, not at every start. > As gimp does not tell windows "I am here and still alive" in that phase, > windows assumes gimp as died. So windows says "Not responding". If all fonts > are cached, gimp will do the next step. > Please report back, if it fixes that issue. Ohh, I see :) Thank you! It works now!
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 449848 ***