01-18-2026, 04:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-18-2026, 04:23 AM by CtrlAltDel.)
(01-17-2026, 10:45 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Looking back at what sometimes happened with gimp. An overlay program, something like those things that darkened the display at night, I do not know what that one is called.
That would stop the mouse working for some reason.
Edit: Just for info: It is a MATE DE. The Mint 22.3 install from the ISO was a straight forward install. Mint partitioned the VM and wrote the system and the standard apps. I did an apt update / apt upgrade which pulled in about 15 updated packages. The only thing I installed was synaptic so I can easily check on versions but not used to install anything. It is a clean installation.
I installed Gimp 2.10.36 using the package install method in Mint's Software Manager. Python was mismatched somehow, so no Python plugins worked.
After this, I did finally try Mint's Flatpak 3.0.6. Immediately I found that Resynthesizer and Beautify threw up errors when attempting to open. I just copied over the plugin folder from the AppImage 3.0.6 config files I already had. So, really, I'm not sure if I did the install correct on those 2 plugins or not. Gmic did work, though.
I started to think, even if I did mess around with the Flatpak 3.0.6 and got the plugins working, what would I have? It would still just be a shell of the Appimage 2.10.38 install I had, plugin-wise, simply because there simply aren't that many 3.0.6 plugins available yet.
Eventually, I decided to downgrade Mint back down to 22.2 Cinnamon. I'm right back where I started before updating Mint but, everything works properly anyway.
I can use a solid and dependable Gimp 2.10.38 AppImage and toy around with the Gimp 3.0.6 AppImage as both work again and I can type text in them.
Thanks for joining me on this bizarre journey, Rich, I know it's been a wild ride.
