Don't know if it helps: here is the output of strace -v gimp-remote http://www.gimp.org/images/wilber_the_gimp.png
** Attachment added: "strace -v gimp-remote http://www.gimp.org/images/wilber_the_gimp.png" http://librarian.launchpad.net/7587057/strace.gimp-remote.gz -- The program 'gimp-remote' received an X Window System error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/113407 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug contact for gimp in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs