GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 321580
Crash when Stroke is Applied to Pen Tool in UpdatedXP GIMP 2.2.9
Last modified: 2008-01-15 13:02:29 UTC
Distribution/Version: XP Home I know of no way to reduce or deminish this bug. 2.2.9 has the crash associated with opening a new blank picture fixed, as well as the odd crash of applying the pen tool to a blank document. Now, while all these are fixed, whenever I try to stroke the pen tool marks on a new blank document in WindowsXP Home, it crashes. I have attempted to disable Kerio Home Ed[3rd party firewall] and Avast Home Ed[3rd party antivirus] in an effort to troubleshoot... but to no avail. {if this bug has been reported already, i apologize for the inconvenience}
Most likely just a duplicate of bug #314529, isn't it?
Sven, Yes, bug #314529 "Crash on stroke fill" appears to be the same bug. Apparently it crashes on any strokes applied to text or pen tool in Windows.
*This is a repeat of the post I made to bug #314529* I believe I finally understand the cause of this crash. Here's the situation. Gaim, a popular open source chat client currently requires Gtk+ for it's operation on Windows. Gaim is at version 1.5.0 right now, and they have all resources set on Gaim 2.0, so nothing is being done with version 1.5.0 . Gaim for Windows version 1.5.0 includes Gtk+ 2.6.9a . Gtk+ 2.6.9a has the crash on 'stroke', while Gtk+ 2.6.9 does not. Many of us download Gaim 1.5.0 first, and then properly only install Gimp 2.2.9 because we already have the Gtk+ 2.6.9 . However, we actually have Gtk+ 2.6.9a which has a crashing bug via applying stroke to letters or the pen tool. Solving this problem: 1. Politely request Gaim 1.5.0 to be packaged with Gtk+ 2.6.9 to avoid later unneeded bug reports due to outdated Gtk+ 2.6.9a bugs. 2. Go to Start>Settings>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs 3. Select Gtk+ 2.6.9 remove only 4. Once finished, download 2.6.9 from http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html 5. Extract to Desktop via WinZip 6. Run installation program 7. Select yes, use the same folder that still exists 8. You should have a proper working Gimp 2.2.9 I do hope this helps everyone. It seemed like a wierd problem, with first people saying they were having problems with their Duron, but not their Pentium. Then someone else would say they were having problems with their Pentium III. And the number of duplicate reports abounds. However, I believe this is the problem, and this is the correct fix. Good luck with Gimp, everyone.
AFAIK the installers for the current development releases warn when Gaim's GTK+ is encountered, and automatically download the right GTK+ installer from http://gimp-win.sf.net. The install scripts are available, so it should be rather easy to create a Gaim installer that does the same and uses the same GTK+.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 314529 ***