still can't get gimp to work under macports....

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 6, 2012, at 18:39, Brad Allison wrote:

> I installed gimp using
> 
> $ sudo port install gimp +no_startupitem
> 
> Per the workaround instructions on the current bug thread.  But when I try to launch it it takes FOREVER to load.  It gives me a "not enough memory" error and then just sits there forever.
> 
> I have virtually nothing running on this mac right now... so not sure what the problem is....
> 
> bash-3.2$ gimp
> Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
> 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
> Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
> Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
> Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
> Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
> GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details -  1: Failed to get connection to session: Not enough memory)

dbus is a way for programs to talk to one another. For that to work, dbus-session must be loaded, but by selecting the no_startupitem variant, you've instructed MacPorts to not provide a means to load that program. So that won't work.

"sudo port selfupdate" to make sure you have the latest port definitions in which the recent dbus problems were resolved. Then "sudo port install dbus" to reinstall dbus with its default variants (i.e. not using the +no_startupitem variant). Then follow the instructions it will print for loading dbus-session. Then programs like gimp that use dbus should work.