I ran gimp under gdb and got the more useful stack trace below, though there still isn't enough info to figure out what's going on. #0 __wcslen_avx2 () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/strlen-avx2.S:76 #1 0x00007ffff6ad0d8e in __GI___wcsxfrm_l (dest=0x0, src=0x0, n=0, l=) at ../string/strxfrm_l.c:676 #2 0x00007ffff6ede8be in g_utf8_collate_key () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #3 0x0000555555994fab in gimp_object_name_normalize (object=0x555557d8ae10) at core/gimpobject.c:399 #4 0x00005555557a19a0 in gimp_object_name_collate (object2=0x555557d8ae10, object1=0x555557daeea0) at core/gimpobject.c:387 #5 gimp_device_info_compare (a=0x555557daeea0, b=0x555557d8ae10) at widgets/gimpdeviceinfo.c:942 #6 0x00007ffff6ebc375 in g_queue_insert_sorted () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #7 0x0000555555994f09 in gimp_list_add (container=0x555557e0c610, object=0x555557d8ae10) at core/gimplist.c:261 #8 0x00007ffff6fa5130 in g_closure_invoke () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #9 0x00007ffff6fd25f0 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #10 0x00007ffff6fc39b1 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #11 0x00007ffff6fc3bd6 in g_signal_emit_valist () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #12 0x00007ffff6fc3c93 in g_signal_emit () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #13 0x000055555591ec43 in gimp_container_add (container=0x555557e0c610, object=0x555557d8ae10) at core/gimpcontainer.c:632 #14 0x00005555557a8a6c in gimp_device_manager_device_added (manager=0x555557e0c610, device=0x555555f835d0, gdk_display=0x555555f89be0) at widgets/gimpdevicemanager.c:423 #15 gimp_device_manager_display_opened (disp_manager=, manager=0x555557e0c610, gdk_display=0x555555f89be0) at widgets/gimpdevicemanager.c:360 #16 gimp_device_manager_display_opened (disp_manager=, gdk_display=0x555555f89be0, manager=0x555557e0c610) at widgets/gimpdevicemanager.c:334 #17 0x00005555557a8b36 in gimp_device_manager_constructed (object=0x555557e0c610) at widgets/gimpdevicemanager.c:168 #18 0x00007ffff6fb52c3 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #19 0x00007ffff6fb7273 in g_object_new_valist () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #20 0x00007ffff6fb75cd in g_object_new () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #21 0x00005555557a77d5 in gimp_device_manager_new (gimp=gimp@entry=0x555556031b40) at widgets/gimpdevicemanager.c:271 #22 0x00005555557a7888 in gimp_devices_init (gimp=0x555556031b40) at widgets/gimpdevices.c:66 #23 0x00005555556432a2 in gui_restore_callback (gimp=0x555556031b40, status_callback=0x55555563c770 ) at gui/gui.c:561 #24 0x00007ffff6fa5130 in g_closure_invoke () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #25 0x00007ffff6fd24ac in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #26 0x00007ffff6fc39b1 in ??? () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #27 0x00007ffff6fc3bd6 in g_signal_emit_valist () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #28 0x00007ffff6fc3c93 in g_signal_emit () at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so.0 #29 0x00005555558f5691 in gimp_restore (gimp=0x555556031b40, status_callback=0x55555563c770 , error=) at core/gimp.c:844 #30 0x000055555564533b in app_run