GIMP bootstrap remains stuck on loading tool options

[BlackLight]

Since upgrading my version of GIMP on Ubuntu to 2.8.4, the application can no longer start. The splash screen remains stuck on "Looking for data files" ... "Tool options" and won't go further.

Output of gimp --version:

$ gimp --version
GNU Image Manipulation Program version 2.8.4

Output of gimp --verbose:

$ gimp --verbose
INIT: gimp_load_config
Parsing '/home/blacklight/.gimp-2.8/unitrc'
Parsing '/etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc'
Parsing '/home/blacklight/.gimp-2.8/gimprc'
gimp_composite: verbose=no
Processor instruction sets: +mmx +sse +sse2 -3dnow -altivec -vis
Adding theme 'Small' (/usr/share/gimp/2.0/themes/Small)
Adding theme 'Default' (/usr/share/gimp/2.0/themes/Default)
Writing '/home/blacklight/.gimp-2.8/themerc'
Trying splash '/home/blacklight/.gimp-2.8/gimp-splash.png' ... failed
Trying splash '/usr/share/gimp/2.0/images/gimp-splash.png' ... OK
INIT: gimp_initialize
INIT: gimp_real_initialize
INIT: gui_initialize_after_callback
INIT: gimp_restore
Parsing '/home/blacklight/.gimp-2.8/parasiterc'
Loading 'brush factory' data
Loading 'dynamics factory' data
Loading 'pattern factory' data
Loading 'palette factory' data
Loading 'gradient factory' data
Loading fonts
Loading 'tool preset factory' data
Parsing '/home/blacklight/.gimp-2.8/templaterc'
Parsing '/home/blacklight/.gimp-2.8/modulerc'
Loading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libcolor-selector-cmyk.so'
Unloading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libcolor-selector-cmyk.so'
Loading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libcontroller-linux-input.so'
Unloading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libcontroller-linux-input.so'
Loading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libdisplay-filter-proof.so'
Unloading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libdisplay-filter-proof.so'
Loading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libcontroller-midi.so'
Unloading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libcontroller-midi.so'
Loading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libdisplay-filter-gamma.so'
Unloading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libdisplay-filter-gamma.so'
Loading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libdisplay-filter-color-blind.so'
Unloading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libdisplay-filter-color-blind.so'
Loading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libcolor-selector-water.so'
Unloading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libcolor-selector-water.so'
Loading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libdisplay-filter-lcms.so'
Unloading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libdisplay-filter-lcms.so'
Loading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libdisplay-filter-high-contrast.so'
Unloading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libdisplay-filter-high-contrast.so'
Loading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libcolor-selector-wheel.so'
Unloading module '/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/modules/libcolor-selector-wheel.so'
INIT: gui_restore_callback
clipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/png
clipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/x-icon
clipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/x-ico
clipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/x-win-bitmap
clipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/bmp
clipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/x-bmp
clipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/x-MS-bmp
clipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/tiff
clipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/jpeg
Parsing '/etc/gimp/2.0/sessionrc'
Parsing '/home/blacklight/.gimp-2.8/dockrc'
Parsing '/home/blacklight/.gimp-2.8/toolrc'
Parsing '/home/blacklight/.gimp-2.8/contextrc'
Parsing '/home/blacklight/.gimp-2.8/tool-options/gimp-rect-select-tool'
[Ctrl-C'd since it won't go further]
^Cgimp: terminated: Interrupt

Using Ubuntu 13.04 and the version available from the official apt repository, and Fluxbox as desktop manager.

I have already removed the directory ~/.gimp-2.8 and let GIMP re-create it but it didn't change much.

Is there any solution for this? I'm completely stuck with my work...

Thanks,
Fabio

p.s. Weirdly, when I run GIMP in strace everything works fine. Even though, of course, running GIMP in strace every time is not a solution, it goes damn slow and it eats up my machine's resources. What happens here? Some weird race condition that disappears using strace?

[BlackLight (blacklight86)]

 Any updates on this?

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

I'm sorry, but I can't reproduce this bug on Ubuntu 13.04. Currently, could you please try to uninstall GIMP, then run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade, and then reinstall GIMP.

Then run "apport-collect 1213462" in terminal. This will give us additional information about your system. Thank you very much. For more information see here please: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Adding_apport-collect_information_to_an_existing_Launchpad_bug

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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