Hi, "Olivier Lecarme" <ol@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I'm trying to do what the subject explains. I already installed > successfully Gimp-1.2.3. In order to prevent conflicts within > incompatible versions of glib and gtk+, they are installed in distinct > hierarchies. that's not necessary since glib/gtk+-1.2 happily coexist with glib/gtk+-2.0 in the same prefix (provided that your 1.2 versions aren't overly outdated). > "configure --disable-print" works correctly. > > When compiling, I get the following error in plug-ins/sel2path and > plug-ins/common: the loader does not find the entry point "abort". In > order to terminate the compilation, I make the following change in the > Makefile of both these directories: add "/usr/lib/libc.a" in front of > the definition of GTK_LIBS. abort? I've never heard about that problem before, seems to be OSF1 specific. > The compilation then terminates, as well as the "make install". > > When I call "gimp --verbose", I get the flash image, and after a while, > here is what happens: > > parsing "/usr/local/etc/gimp/1.3/gimprc" > parsing "/net2/ciceron2/ol/.gimp-1.3/gimprc" > Adding theme 'Default' (/usr/local/share/gimp/1.3/themes/Default) > Parsing '/usr/local/share/gimp/1.3/themes/Default/gtkrc' > Parsing '/net2/ciceron2/ol/.gimp-1.3/gtkrc' > loading module: '/usr/local/lib/gimp/1.3/modules/libcolorsel_triangle.so' > loading module: '/usr/local/lib/gimp/1.3/modules/libcdisplay_gamma.so' > loading module: '/usr/local/lib/gimp/1.3/modules/libcdisplay_highcontrast.so' > > ** (gimp-1.3:6106): WARNING **: Could not find XftConfig file > cannot open file "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XftConfig" you should install a suitable XftConfig file to make the text tool happy. On the other hand since the text tool is almost unuseable it's not that important... > querying plug-in: "/usr/local/lib/gimp/1.3/plug-ins/tool-safe-mode" > writing "/net2/ciceron2/ol/.gimp-1.3/pluginrc" > initializing plug-in: "/usr/local/lib/gimp/1.3/plug-ins/tool-safe-mode" > gimp-1.3: tool-safe-mode init called > gimp-1.3: tool_plug_in_path: /net2/ciceron2/ol/.gimp-1.3/tool-plug-ins:/usr/local/lib/gimp/1.3/tool-plug-ins > gimp-1.3: tool-safe-mode init done > Starting extensions: extension_script_fu gimp-1.3: fatal error: Segmentation fault > gimp-1.3 (pid:6106): [E]xit, [H]alt, show [S]tack trace or [P]roceed: s > #0 0x30005812a64 in g_on_error_stack_trace (prg_name=0x11ffffbe8 "gimp-1.3") > #1 0x300058128f8 in g_on_error_query (prg_name=0x11ffffbe8 "gimp-1.3") > #2 0x120053e6c in gimp_terminate () > #3 0x120053cfc in gimp_fatal_error () > > Then the process enters and endless loop, which I terminate with a C-c: > > gimp-1.3: terminated: Interrupt > /usr/local/lib/gimp/1.3/plug-ins/script-fu terminated: Interrupt > > (script-fu:6120): LibGimp-WARNING **: script-fu: gimp_flush(): error: Broken pipe > > I know that this version is unstable, but probably I get more problems > than expected. What could I try? I'd suggest you temporarily move the plug-ins directory away and check if gimp works w/o any plug-ins. If that works you could reinstall some simpler plug-ins and test them. Perhaps only script-fu is broken for you. Salut, Sven