GIMP problems--more detail

[Rashkae]

On 08/29/2011 05:03 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
> On 11-08-29 02:29 PM, Frank McCormick wrote:
>> I have asked this question on the GIMP list but no one seemed to be able
>> to offer any suggestions.
>> I am running GIMP 2.6 on my Maverick partition...and for the past
>> several months the file selector (open file) seems to lockup more often
>> than not.
>> When it happens I cannot load any file or change directories and change
>> the file type. Then weirdly things **might** start working again and a
>> similar thing happens when I try to save files.
>>
>> Anybody have any ideas? Other than this GIMP runs fine.
>>
>>
>
>   Just discovered that opening files by using control-o works (all the 
> time??) - it's when I click on "file-open" that the problems arise.
> Does that give anybody any clues ??
>
>
Are you using some Unusual GTK theme?