Sorry I probably jumped ahead here; hopefully from what I got you can figure out what was the problem. I feel fairly certain it was a dependency problem because after an apt-get install of all of the gimp things I had, it now works properly.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install gimp-data gimp-dbg gimp-print gimp-python gimp-svg gimp-dcraw gimp-help-en gimp-perl gimp-python gimp- data-extras ** Attachment added: "terminal output from above apt command" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6610979/apt.log -- gimp crashes https://launchpad.net/bugs/89602 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs