Problem with GIMP

[Rockstaru]

Hey all,

I like to use GIMP to edit photos (too cheap for photoshop and don't want to pirate), and it works fine on my desktop, but I can't get it running on my laptop, which is a bit older. Every time I open the program, it will show the main window, toolbox, and layer dialog, but immediately closes, unless I manage to grab the main window and move it around in time, in which case, it pops up with an error dialog box the moment I let go of the mouse button.

Pictures:

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2963/gimp1.jpg

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4936/gimp2.jpg

Computer Specs:
1.5 GHz Processor (Pentium)
1 GB DDR RAM
Radeon 9600M

It's a very old laptop (obviously), but it still seems like it should be able to do some basic editing. Is it just too old to handle GIMP? Also, I was reading online that in many cases, GIMP's tile cache is automatically set to 1 GB, and this will cause crashes on PCs with exactly that amount of RAM. Could this be the problem, and if so, is there any way to change the tile cache other than through the preferences menu in GIMP? (I can't get to that menu, obviously, since the program crashes the moment I open it).

Thanks.

[guartz]

Okay, wow. Who reads drudge anymore?

Also, what version of windows are you running? Looks like NT?

And are you using any custom brushes?

Why are you using an old version of gimp?

[Rockstaru]

Okay, wow. Who reads drudge anymore?

Also, what version of windows are you running? Looks like NT?

And are you using any custom brushes?

Why are you using an old version of gimp?

I have it as a homepage because it seems to have stories up fairly quickly, not because I agree with Drudge's views. You or someone else would've said something regardless of the news site I had up.

I'm running Windows XP with all visual effects turned off and the classic startbar. No custom brushes.

It's the latest version as far as I know (2.6.6).

[octopus]

use Paint.NET? ;o

[Rockstaru]

use Paint.NET? ;o

That's what I'm doing now, and it works just fine. I'm curious, though, why GIMP wouldn't work.

[guartz]

I have it as a homepage because it seems to have stories up fairly quickly, not because I agree with Drudge's views. You or someone else would've said something regardless of the news site I had up.

I'm running Windows XP with all visual effects turned off and the classic startbar. No custom brushes.

It's the latest version as far as I know (2.6.6).

This is odd.



This is what I would do.

Try launching GIMP at different desktop resolution.
Try different color qualities.

if the above fail, download older version of gimp.

SourceForge.net: GTK+ and The GIMP installers for Windows: Downloading ...


edit:

needless to say, uninstall current version.

also drudgeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee