On 04/28/2011 11:51 PM, Burnie West wrote: > On 04/28/2011 01:08 PM, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: >> I'm trying to use GIMP on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick), installed using the >> regular packages. It seems to work fine apart from one problem: when I >> make a selection with e.g. the rectangle selection tool, there's no >> visible feedback of how big the selection is, only the cursor is visible >> (couldn't take a screenshot while the mouse button was clicked, but >> tried to show it at http://bildr.no/image/872092.jpeg ). >> >> If I try to resize a rectangle, the inside purple line moves, while the >> outside purple line stays where it was (instead of showing how big the >> new rectangle will become when I release the mouse button). >> >> Also, possibly related, there are sometimes purple artifacts from old >> selections. >> >> Anyone know if this is a bug or if I've just managed to flip some >> odd setting? > My GIMP (2.6.11) always shows the whole rectangle. I've never seen the > behavior you describe. I'm on Fedora, using the standard install. >
I've seen similar problems caused by insufficient video RAM, also you should verify if "View" -> "Show selection" is checked. Peter _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
