[Gimp-user] GIMP needs to close (!)

[Martin Nordholts]

David Herman wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 March 2009, aether wrote:
>   
>> Hi, again.
>>
>> I appreciate you guys taking the time to help me with GIMP.  I
>> have checked everything you've suggested, and I find nothing at
>> all.
>>     
>
> Abiword is another program that uses gtk, you could try installing 
> that, if abiword works, give gimp one more try.
>   

The typical cause of these kind of problems is that there is a
system-wide installation of GTK+ that is incompatible with your version
of GIMP. GIMP comes with a compatible version of GTK+, but a system-wide
install overrides that.

- Martin