Why do I always get this message when I open The Gimp?

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 "/tmp/gimp-2.0").

There's no such directory. If I create it, then restart The Gimp, all is
well. But the next time I get the error all over again.

Patrick

On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 11:50:41AM -0400, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> Why do I always get this message when I open The Gimp?
>
> 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 "/tmp/gimp-2.0").

what are the permissions on /tmp?

>
> There's no such directory. If I create it, then restart The Gimp, all is
> well. But the next time I get the error all over again.

"next time" as in... next reboot? probably you've got some incorrect
perms on /tmp and since /tmp gets cleaned out automatically, the
problem recurs.

A

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Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> Why do I always get this message when I open The Gimp?
>
> 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 "/tmp/gimp-2.0").

In my (default?) confiugration (File -> Preferences -> Folders) I have
/home/<my-user-name>/.gimp-2.2/tmp

Maybe that would work for you?

> There's no such directory. If I create it, then restart The Gimp, all is
> well. But the next time I get the error all over again.

Because all directories in /tmp will be deleted on reboot.

HTH,
Johannes
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Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> Patrick Wiseman wrote:
>> Why do I always get this message when I open The Gimp?
>
>> 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 "/tmp/gimp-2.0").
>
> In my (default?) confiugration (File -> Preferences -> Folders) I have
> /home/<my-user-name>/.gimp-2.2/tmp

Sorry: this is my "Temp Folder".
The "Swap folder" is just
/home/<my-user-name>/.gimp-2.2

Johannes

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