Gimp disappears after switching or opening another application

[Ryan Vesely]

As an example if I am in gimp and switch over to Google Chrome, and than try to switch back again, Gimp disappears.
If I then go to the application bar/task bar and click on the icon for gimp (which has 3 arrows indicating there are 3 windows open) nothing happens. If I hold alt+tab I can see it in the menu and when selected nothing happens.
When I right click on the taskbar icon and close the application and then relaunch it, the Gimp application appears as it should until I repeat the process.
Opening any application over gimp will make gimp disappear, and never reappear.. chrome was what I had open at the time as an example.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode.

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[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in gimp.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

[Thomas Hotz (thotz-deactivatedaccount)]

Hello Ryan, please tell us which Ubuntu and GIMP version do you use? Thank you!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for gimp (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]