GIMP-2.8.14 theme (Dynamic - Metallic Blue Licorice)

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16161

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Grey block not "Crey" block. :lol

Onkel Hatti · **Posted:** Sun Nov 16, 2014 8:10 am **(#2)**

I think its related to Bug 736092 - "Some text strings in the UI have a strange background color problem (filled with whitish color)" and is related to the cairo bugs. As a workaround try to use the cairo version from gimp-2.8.10.
Unfortunately the bug in cairo is very hard to find and a volunteer (Jehan) who wanted to find and fix it has a virtual environment where this error does not occur, so he cannot find the bug.

Hatti

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16161

Thanks Hatti. Should i just use the cairo dll files from GIMP-2.8.10 then?

Onkel Hatti · **Posted:** Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:14 am **(#4)**

Yes. It is just one file: libcairo-2.dll

Graechan · **Posted:** Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:04 pm **(#5)**

Onkel Hatti libcairo-2.dll is in the bin and 32/bin folders for the 64bit 2.8.14, do we swap the both out with the files from 2.8.10

Onkel Hatti · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2014 12:21 am **(#6)**

Yes, they both can be exchanged. For the ui, the one in the /bin directory is important. The one in the /32/bin directory is just for the environment to run 32bit plug-ins.

Hatti

Graechan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2014 12:43 am **(#7)**

when I changed the file in the /bin directory my gimp would not start

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16161

Graechan wrote:

when I changed the file in the /bin directory my gimp would not start

Ok i won't try that then. :lol

Onkel Hatti · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:42 am **(#9)**

Graechan wrote:

when I changed the file in the /bin directory my gimp would not start

Whats the error message?

Graechan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:19 pm **(#10)**

I don't understand the message

Graechan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2014 5:46 pm **(#11)**

now I understand the message libpng15-15.dll was in my plugins folder instead of my bin I have shifted and now everything OK, thanks Onkel Hatti,Rod the bug has gone

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Graechan · **Posted:** Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:35 pm **(#13)**

Molly Do you also have the abnormality described by Rod in 2.8.14

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I will. Check in the morning Graechan.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16161

Graechan wrote:

now I understand the message libpng15-15.dll was in my plugins folder instead of my bin I have shifted and now everything OK, thanks Onkel Hatti,Rod the bug has gone

Graechan as i do not have GIMP-2.8.10 installed any longer can you post a download link for the dll file (libcairo).
My libpng dll file was in the bin folder already. Thanks.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Is this any help..librairo-2dl

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16161

molly wrote:

Is this any help..librairo-2dl

Molly is that the cairo dll file from GIMP-2.8.10 or GIMP-2.8.14? It also needs to be a 64 bit dll.
I need GIMP-2.8.10's 64 bit libcairo-2.dll file. Thanks.

EDIT: This dll file does not work for 64 bit. it may for 32 bit though. If you download and try it KEEP your original just in case.

rob_brz1 · **Joined:** Jul 13, 2014 **Posts:** 109

Hi Rod,

Attachment here of a 'libcairo-2.dll' for GIMP-2.8.10 64 bits.
Also if you want to experiment a 'libcairo-2.dll', that is more than 5 time the size of the former, for GIMP-2.8.15 64 bits from samj.
Regards.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16161

rob_brz1 wrote:

Hi Rod,

Attachment here of a 'libcairo-2.dll' for GIMP-2.8.10 64 bits.
Also if you want to experiment a 'libcairo-2.dll', that is more than 5 time the size of the former, for GIMP-2.8.15 64 bits from samj.
Regards.

Thanks but i have gotten the correct one already.

Thanks to Graechan. I haven't tested the 1mb libcairo-2.dll yet. Anyone tested this one compiled by Sam for GIMP-2.8.15?

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12832

Thanks for the info Rod; that worked. Molly's 32-bit version messed up PSPI for whatever reason so I replaced the 32-bit version with the one that installed for 2.14. All's well and now I have my biggy layer mode back again. lol