Hi, Hubertus Krogmann <hk@xxxxxxx> writes: > #gimp -v : > GIMP Version 1.2.3 > > I made a > #gimp externsteine-360.jpg > > selected a area, about 95% of the image > copy > paste in new > save as > typed in ttt.jpg > pressed ok > > and got: > > gimp: fatal error: Speicherzugriffsfehler > > Gimp-WARNING **: swap file not empty: "/data2/gimp-cache/gimpswap.8624" > > 655360 - 786432 did you try if you can save a smaller image as JPEG? Perhaps something is wrong with your libjpeg? Could you try to set LC_ALL to C in order to check if it is perhaps one of those strange locale dependant problems. Salut, Sven