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I just updated to 11.10 and GIMP is not working anymore. Here is the error:

    (gimp:1689): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.30.0/./glib/goption.c:2168:  
ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0

Any idea how to solve the problem ?

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  • That's not an error, but a warning. SO it shouldn't stop GIMP from running. Start GIMP and give us the output of px aux, please. Because I think it's running, but the window just doesn't show up.
    – RobinJ
    Dec 2, 2011 at 12:50

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You'll possibly find that you have another instance of GIMP already open with a file sufficiently large that you've put the process to sleep.

At least that's what I encountered.

  1. Launched gimp
  2. Received warning as above.
  3. Ran ps, discovered a sleeping gimp
  4. Killed sleeping gimp
  5. Relaunched gimp, warning reappears, but so does gimp as it should.

lev@isocracy:~/Desktop/webdev$ gimp (gimp:25974): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.30.0/./glib/goption.c:2168: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0

lev@isocracy:~/Desktop/webdev$ ps afux | grep gimp lev 21142 0.0 1.5 164356 32372 ? Sl Dec05 0:26 gimp-2.6 /home/lev/Desktop/newwebsitevpac.svg lev 25976 0.0 0.0 4188 776 pts/2 S+ 15:08 0:00 _ grep gimp

lev@isocracy:~/Desktop/webdev$ kill 21142

lev@isocracy:~/Desktop/webdev$ gimp & [1] 25982

lev@isocracy:~/Desktop/webdev$ (gimp:25982): GLib-WARNING **: /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.30.0/./glib/goption.c:2168: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0

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