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[pabouk <1246908@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try to rename the Gimp directory:

1. stop all the Gimp processes
2. sudo mv "$USER/.gimp-2.8" "$USER/.gimp-2.8-backup"
3. sudo mv ~root/.gimp-2.8 ~root/.gimp-2.8-backup

If after this operation everything works you can remove the
.gimp-2.8-backup directories.

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Title:
  ~/.gimp-2.8 directory and everything inside is owned by root

Status in gimp package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The ~/.gimp-2.8 directory and everything inside it is owned by user
  root, group root. As a consequence the ordinary user does not have the
  adequate access rights to the personal Gimp files.

  Gimp shows the following messages during start:
  ---
  Failed to open file '/home/vbrozik/.gimp-2.8/controllerrc': open() failed: Permission denied

  Unable to open a test swap file.

  To avoid data loss, please check the location and permissions of the swap directory defined in your Preferences (currently "/home/vbrozik/.gimp-2.8").
  ---

  The system was installed as Xubuntu 13.10

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: gimp 2.8.6-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Oct 31 22:36:56 2013
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gimp-2.8
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-09-28 (32 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha i386 (20130902.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: gimp
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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