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Chaobomr

Posted on 08-16-13 07:14 PM (rev. 2 of 08-17-13 04:30 AM)

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I seem to be having an issue with gimp 2.8. It works fine whenever I'm root - i.e. sudo - but whenever I run it as... me, I get an "Unable to open a test swap file" error. I googled it, but all I've found was a headache. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, changing the folders in Preferences, but neither worked. Help!

I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 and I have no intention of getting the Windows version.

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NightKev

Posted on 08-31-13 04:13 AM

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Did you have the same issue with previous versions? If not, you could revert to the last version that worked, for now.

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Posted on 08-31-13 05:26 AM

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Just speculating based on a 5-minute read of /etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc, what happens if you try any of the following (as non-superuser)?

GIMP2_DIRECTORY=/tmp/ gimp-2.8

GIMP2_DIRECTORY=~ gimp-2.8

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Posted on 08-31-13 01:05 PM (rev. 2 of 08-31-13 01:08 PM)

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Posted by NightKev
Did you have the same issue with previous versions?

No. Then again, I just started using Ubuntu 13.04 as well. It's a long story

Posted by blackhole89
GIMP2_DIRECTORY=/tmp/ gimp-2.8

GIMP2_DIRECTORY=~ gimp-2.8

Hmmm... Looks like I don't have that directory

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Chaobomr

Posted on 09-14-13 11:53 PM

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Well, shit. It didn't seem to work. I think the problem has somehting to do with that controllerrc program. It doesn't seem to want to open for a standard user.

And before you ask, I did try to change controllerrc's permissions and that didn't work

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Posted on 09-15-13 09:51 PM

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Posted by Chaobomr
Hmmm... Looks like I don't have that directory

Uh... which one? /tmp/ or your home directory? Whichever of them you don't have, you'd be in pretty deep shit, Linux-wise.

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Posted on 09-15-13 10:51 PM

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"/tmp/gimp-2.8" Didn't have that directory. No matter, I think my installation of Raring Ringtail got screwed up somehow. I'm having trouble updating it. I figure that might be part of the problem

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Posted on 09-15-13 11:09 PM

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Posted by Chaobomr
"/tmp/gimp-2.8" Didn't have that directory. No matter, I think my installation of Raring Ringtail got screwed up somehow. I'm having trouble updating it. I figure that might be part of the problem

He didn't say "/tmp/gimp-2.8" he said "/tmp/ gimp-2.8" (notice the space that is there).

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Posted on 09-16-13 01:06 AM

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Crap, didn't see that space. I have the folder, but whenever I change the directory of the swap file and reset the program, it goes back to being blank. Do I have to edit controllerrc manually or something?

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Posted on 09-16-13 01:40 AM

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I am not sure what this controllerrc thing you are talking about is. Have you tried running GIMP with the command I suggested or not?

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Posted on 09-16-13 02:56 PM

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Posted by blackhole89
Have you tried running GIMP with the command I suggested or not?

I have. It says that it needs to reset in order for the change to take hold, but when I do, it's back to square one. The error just pops up again.

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Posted on 11-20-13 05:44 AM

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Never mind, screw it. I got the unofficial one for Windows. There's probably something wrong with my Ubuntu computer. That's probably why it's behaving irrationally.

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Posted on 11-25-13 01:31 PM

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Posted by Chaobomr
Never mind, screw it. I got the unofficial one for Windows. There's probably something wrong with my Ubuntu computer. That's probably why it's behaving irrationally.

I don't why you even bothered with the linux version to begin with. :/
Next time if something won't work in linux but a windows version use it instead.
Less time wasted, less problems with the install.

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Posted on 11-25-13 11:32 PM

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Posted by Chaobomr
Never mind, screw it. I got the unofficial one for Windows. There's probably something wrong with my Ubuntu computer. That's probably why it's behaving irrationally.

I don't why you even bothered with the linux version to begin with. :/
Next time if something won't work in linux but a windows version use it instead.
Less time wasted, less problems with the install.

What, are you a Windows evangelist now?

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Posted on 11-26-13 03:07 AM (rev. 2 of 11-26-13 03:08 AM)

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Posted by MikeTechno
Posted by Chaobomr
Never mind, screw it. I got the unofficial one for Windows. There's probably something wrong with my Ubuntu computer. That's probably why it's behaving irrationally.

I don't why you even bothered with the linux version to begin with. :/
Next time if something won't work in linux but a windows version use it instead.
Less time wasted, less problems with the install.

I never had that problem before upgrading Raring Ringtail or whatever it was called, except the time when I decided to upgrade. That's why. I enjoy using a variety of OS'es, and I initially thought that GIMP was Unix exclusive.

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