Ubuntu and GIMP crash, where to start?
I don't know where to start searching for a solution to this problem. I am having frequent crashes in GIMP which is a problem for me as I do art and design work, not to mention I am screencasting!
1 - The computer I'm using is specifically built for linux, namely ubuntu, so I will assume that the hardware and drivers are the best they can be. 2 - When GIMP crashes I look in syslog and see varied reports including segfault or kernel problems. 3 - There doesn't seem to be a specific error log for GIMP??? I haven't had need or desire to file a bug report in many years, I am not sure where I should go for help to make this problem stop. The usual culprit was reported as "segfault" in syslog, and now I can not even open an image without a crash followed by the following in syslog. Code:
May 16 21:01:11 dream-gears kernel: [327960.470955] Tainted: P OE 3.16.0-37-generic #51~14.04.1-Ubuntu any advice, random feedback or commentary all appreciated. |
What is the make/model computer and what version of the GIMP?
Have you looked in /var/log/messages? Edit: Also, is there any pattern to (that is, what are you doing when) the GIMP crashes? |
Hi...
Also, would you open a terminal and post the results of... Code:
lspci -nnk |
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2 - Gimp 2.8.14 which is latest I believe. I did update if from 2.8.10 (or earlier) after the crashes started, which stopped crashing significantly, but I did still have a crash after the upgrade. 3 - I have also had a lot of crashes in Chrome, so I went back to Firefox which seems stable, at least much more than Chrome. 4 - When Gimp crashes, all other software seems fine. 5 - There is no /var/log/messages in my system....? plenty of other logs, but not this one... |
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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor DRAM Controller [8086:0c04] (rev 06) |
If there is no /var/log/messages in your system, it's because Ubuntu has decided to call it something else. I've noticed in Mint, which I am running on one computer, that canonical (you will pardon the expression) names of log files have been changed for as far as I can see no good reason.
What is the output of Code:
ls /var/log Code:
$ ls /var/log |
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But here is output of ls anyway: Code:
alternatives.log gpu-manager.log pm-powersave.log.1 |
so MORE than just gimp is crashing
then it is not a issue with Gimp but with your operating system or hardware did you recently UPGRADE major versions of ubuntu ? Quote:
for "the Gimp" I build the current stable AND the current development nightly ( the odd number 2.9) |
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I did not, and will not do a major upgrade, I am sticking with 14.04 because of the trailing "LTS" in its title, as I don't like to reinstall OS'es from scratch every 6 months after breaking them. :) excuse my sarcasm please. I installed the latest Gimp, which will not come through 14.04 packaging system, by adding a PPA to my repos. Gimp was previously crashing MUCH MORE often before the update to 2.8.14, now it seems to be better but I had this sudden crash today in the middle of a screencast video (very frustrating and much work lost) and so I wanted to investigate and hopefully fix this problem once and for all. I hope that answers all of your questions, and feel free to ask more. And do you think I should register a bug? Or can we not determine at this point whether it is Gimp or Ubuntu? |
No good guessing - open a bug against Ubuntu. They'll want that trace.
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