Gimp crashes

[G J J]

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I get the same thing.  So I checked my event logs.  I get 0xc0000005 error, 
To figure out what this is, you  drop the 'c' and plug it into net helpmsg. 
 This is what I got

C:\Users\thisisme>net helpmsg 5

Access is denied.

So for weeks I tried to think of what it is trying to access.  I kept thinking that
Vista updated itself and caused the problem with a new version.  I think this is
partially correct as it did not happen till a while after I installed 2.6.6

Finally, it hit me.   Vista gives you grief when you access some parts
of the c:\documents and settings folder.  So I right-clicked on the
gimp-2.6.exe file and said run as administrator. 
This worked moments ago so I am unsure as to the permanency of
the work around.  I am posting in the hopes that the developers will
see this and correct it on their end

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[Martin Nordholts-2]

G J J wrote:
> I get the same thing.  So I checked my event logs.  I get 0xc0000005
> error,
> To figure out what this is, you  drop the 'c' and plug it into net
> helpmsg.
>  This is what I got
>
> C:\Users\thisisme>net helpmsg 5
>
> Access is denied.

The above error is due a memory access fault aka segmentation fault, it
has nothing to do with file access.

>
> So for weeks I tried to think of what it is trying to access.  I kept
> thinking that
> Vista updated itself and caused the problem with a new version.  I
> think this is
> partially correct as it did not happen till a while after I installed
> 2.6.6
>
> Finally, it hit me.   Vista gives you grief when you access some parts
> of the c:\documents and settings folder.  So I right-clicked on the
> gimp-2.6.exe file and said run as administrator.
> This worked moments ago so I am unsure as to the permanency of
> the work around.  I am posting in the hopes that the developers will
> see this and correct it on their end

This is still very interesting, does GIMP crash for you when you use
color tools if you don't run as admin? I.e. is running as admin a
workaround for the frequently reported color tool crash problem?:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=577581

Best regards,
Martin
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[Martin Nordholts-2]

G J J wrote:

> I hjave not tested extensively.  but so far, yes
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> **
> This is still very interesting, does GIMP crash for you when you use
> color tools if you don't run as admin? I.e. is running as admin a
> workaround for the frequently reported color tool crash problem?:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=577581
>
> Best regards,
> Martin
>

Excellent, CCing gegl-developer.

Jernej, any clues of why this might be?

 / Martin
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[Greg S.]

I'm running GIMP 2.6.6 on Vista Home Premium SP1. If I use GIMP normally and
try to use Colour Tools->Contrast-Brightness GIMP just stops working and
crashes. If I run GIMP as administrator then I can use Colour Tools ok.

So I guess it is workround.

Paul

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[norseman-2]

Paul W. wrote:
> I'm running GIMP 2.6.6 on Vista Home Premium SP1. If I use GIMP normally and
> try to use Colour Tools->Contrast-Brightness GIMP just stops working and
> crashes. If I run GIMP as administrator then I can use Colour Tools ok.
>
> So I guess it is workround.
>
> Paul
>
============
Or re-install it for a user (you)
Or set it for general use.  (I know it can be done, but I don't remember
how.)  Check Microsoft's Help and probably any one who supports a
Microsoft office group.

HTH

Steve
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[Michael Schumacher]

> Von: norseman <norseman@...>

> Paul W. wrote:
> > I'm running GIMP 2.6.6 on Vista Home Premium SP1. If I use GIMP normally
> and
> > try to use Colour Tools->Contrast-Brightness GIMP just stops working and
> > crashes. If I run GIMP as administrator then I can use Colour Tools ok.
> >
> > So I guess it is workround.

> Or re-install it for a user (you)
> Or set it for general use.  (I know it can be done, but I don't remember
> how.)  Check Microsoft's Help and probably any one who supports a
> Microsoft office group.

Or try to help the developers by figuring out what exactly is causing these problems. So far, people who probably could tell this in an instant were rarely affected by such problems, so it seems to be up to those who are to investigate.

 Using tools like Filemon (or maybe Microsoft's Standard User Analyzer) could maybe provide some insight.


HTH,
Michael
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[Greg S.]

>> Von: norseman <norseman@...>
>
>> Paul W. wrote:
>> > I'm running GIMP 2.6.6 on Vista Home Premium SP1. If I use GIMP
normally
>> and
>> > try to use Colour Tools->Contrast-Brightness GIMP just stops working
and

>> > crashes. If I run GIMP as administrator then I can use Colour Tools ok.
>> >
>> > So I guess it is workround.
>
>> Or re-install it for a user (you)
>> Or set it for general use.  (I know it can be done, but I don't remember
>> how.)  Check Microsoft's Help and probably any one who supports a
>> Microsoft office group.
>
>Or try to help the developers by figuring out what exactly is causing these

problems. So far, people who probably could tell this in an instant were
rarely affected by such problems, so it seems to be up to those who are to
investigate.
>
> Using tools like Filemon (or maybe Microsoft's Standard User Analyzer)
could maybe provide some insight.
>
>
>HTH,
>Michael
>

I have been grumbling and grizzling for ages with this crash problem until I
read this Forum.  I uninstalled 2.6.6 and replaced it with 2.6.7, surprise
surprise!  No more crashes so far.  

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