I had this bug happened to me. Opened GIMP, but couldn't save a file to /usr/share/icons. So I re-opened GIMP with `sudo gimp`. Next time I try to open GIMP, I get permission denied. I tried removing the directory to hopefully let GIMP auto-regenerate it, but then I got a file not found error.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gimp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246908 Title: ~/.gimp-2.8 directory and everything inside is owned by root Status in gimp package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: The ~/.gimp-2.8 directory and everything inside it is owned by user root, group root. As a consequence the ordinary user does not have the adequate access rights to the personal Gimp files. Gimp shows the following messages during start: --- Failed to open file '/home/vbrozik/.gimp-2.8/controllerrc': open() failed: Permission denied Unable to open a test swap file. To avoid data loss, please check the location and permissions of the swap directory defined in your Preferences (currently "/home/vbrozik/.gimp-2.8"). --- The system was installed as Xubuntu 13.10 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: gimp 2.8.6-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Oct 31 22:36:56 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gimp-2.8 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-28 (32 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130902.1) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: gimp UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/1246908/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp