I can confirm this defect. When applying drop-shadow, my laptop becomes unresponsive and the only solution is a forced shutdown (with the power button). I hope it will be fixed quickly, as GIMP is my main tool for image manipulation!
Laptop: HP Pavillion DV 7 1090ed with 4G memory Ubuntu: 9.10 32 bits 2.6.7 standard from the package manager -- Gimp freezes with Drop Shadow, crashes system, need power down https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483957 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gimp in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs