(sorry for the late reply, was travelling) peter kostov <g...@light-bg.com> writes:
> On 04/28/2011 11:51 PM, Burnie West wrote: >> On 04/28/2011 01:08 PM, Kevin Brubeck Unhammer wrote: >>> I'm trying to use GIMP on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick), installed using the >>> regular packages. It seems to work fine apart from one problem: when I >>> make a selection with e.g. the rectangle selection tool, there's no >>> visible feedback of how big the selection is, only the cursor is visible >>> (couldn't take a screenshot while the mouse button was clicked, but >>> tried to show it at http://bildr.no/image/872092.jpeg ). >>> >>> If I try to resize a rectangle, the inside purple line moves, while the >>> outside purple line stays where it was (instead of showing how big the >>> new rectangle will become when I release the mouse button). >>> >>> Also, possibly related, there are sometimes purple artifacts from old >>> selections. >>> >>> Anyone know if this is a bug or if I've just managed to flip some >>> odd setting? >> My GIMP (2.6.11) always shows the whole rectangle. I've never seen the >> behavior you describe. I'm on Fedora, using the standard install. >> > > I've seen similar problems caused by insufficient video RAM, also you > should verify if "View" -> "Show selection" is checked. "Show selection" is checked. Is 32 MB VRAM too little? It's reproducible even on 640x480 px images… That is, /var/log/Xorg.0.log says [ 16.559] (--) SIS(0): VideoRAM: 32768 KB for my 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 771/671 PCIE VGA Display Adapter (rev 10) But yes, hardware/driver trouble seems likely :-/ Guess I'll try if it's still not working in GIMP 2.7.2 just to make sure. -- Kevin Brubeck Unhammer http://donttrack.us/ -- because you're worth it _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
