[MacPorts] #44498: GIMP-APP fails to launch

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#44498: GIMP-APP fails to launch
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  Reporter:  marga07@…            |      Owner:  devans@…
      Type:  defect               |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal               |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                |    Version:
Resolution:                       |   Keywords:
      Port:  gimp gimp2 gimp-app  |
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Comment (by devans@…):

 Replying to [comment:5 marga07@…]:
 > Session D-Bus not running. Try running `launchctl load -w
 /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist'.
 > Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a
 socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
 > Not enough memory

 [[BR]]
 As this error message says, port dbus is installed but you haven't
 initialized it to start automatically.  This is done by issuing the
 command
 {{{
 launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
 }}}

 in the terminal window.  The session D-Bus will be started immediately and
 each time you login thereafter so it's only necessary to do this once.  If
 you want to stop this behavior use the same command substituting unload
 for load.

 See also
 {{{
 port notes dbus
 }}}
 [[BR]]


 > {{{
 > (gimp:44323): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
 >       Using the fallback 'C' locale.
 >Fontconfig warning: ignoring UTF-8: not a valid region tag
 > gimp: Fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server
 /tmp/launch-BTQPcv/org.macports:0.
 > }}}

 [[BR]]
 These errors are obviously locale specific.  What locale (LANG environment
 variable) are you using? I don't any such errors in my installation using
 {{{
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 }}}
 [[BR]]


 > When I quit the X11 application, the following error occurs:
 >
 > {{{
 > (script-fu:44404): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: script-fu: gimp_wire_read():
 error
 > }}}

 [[BR]]


 This error is typically seen when the X11 Server is killed when GIMP is
 still running.  Normally the X11 server will start automatically when
 needed and doesn't need to be shut down when you're finished with GIMP.
 Just quit GIMP itself using File->Quit from the main image window. If you
 want to shut down the X11 server manually, make sure to quit all running
 client apps (such as GIMP) first to avoid this sort of error when the
 server goes away without warning.

 [[BR]]


 >
 > The main reason I installed through Macports, was that I needed GIMP-
 GAP: I managed to install it, and I've been able to use it.
 > Not everything seems to work in the application: for example if you want
 to put text in an image, there is no way to select a font-family.
 [[BR]]
 When adding a Text layer you can use the Text tool to select the font and
 related properties.  From the Image window, use Tools->Text and then click
 on the Aa icon in the Text properties area at the bottom of the toolbar
 window to see a list of available fonts.

 [[BR]]

 >
 > If you don't have a solution for the problem, that's ok: I'm not
 planning to use it a lot.

 [[BR]]
 Finally let me suggest that you use port gimp-gap-devel instead of gimp-
 gap.  The latter is very old and, although there hasn't been a newer
 release, there have been a lot of changes/improvements in upstream git.
 The gimp-gap-devel port is a recent git snapshot that works well and has
 lots of new features as well as bug fixes.

 You can't have both active at the same time, so if gimp-gap is installed,
 use these commands to install gimp-gap-devel:
 {{{
 <shut down gimp>
 sudo port deactivate gimp-gap
 sudo port install gimp-gap-devel
 <restart gimp>
 }}}

 and the reverse if you want to switch back to compare.

 Again, let me know your locale setting and I'll see if I can reproduce
 that problem.

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