[SOLVED] Gimp Error

[Kieren]

When I open or create a new image in Gimp I'm getting the below error. The image Window opens but has no menu along the top.

I'm using Kubuntu 7.10 and when I try to uninstall Gimp to reinstall it Kubuntu wants to remove the desktop!

Any ideas? I think the xml file has some how become corrupt?

There was an error parsing the menu definition from image-menu.xml: Error on line 401 char 21: Invalid UTF-8 encoded text - not valid '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE ui SYSTEM "gtkuimanager.dtd">
<!-- This file is automatically generated. Do not edit! -->
<ui>

<menubar action="image-menubar">

<menu action="file-menu" name="File">
<placeholder name="New">
<menuitem action="image-new-from-image"/>
</placeholder>
<placeholder name="Open">
<menuitem action="file-open"/>
<menuitem action="file-open-as-layers"/>
<menuitem action="file-open-location"/>
</placeholder>
<menu action="file-open-recent-menu" name="Open Recent">
<placeholder name="Files"/>
<separator/>
<menuitem action="dialogs-document-history"/>
</menu>
<menu action="file-acquire-menu" name="Acquire"/>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Save">
<menuitem action="file-save"/>
<menuitem action="file-save-as"/>
<menuitem action="file-save-a-copy"/>
<menuitem action="file-save-as-template"/>
</placeholder>
<menuitem action="file-revert"/>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Send"/>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Info"/>
<separator/>
<menuitem action="view-close"/>
<menuitem action="file-close-all"/>
<menuitem action="file-quit"/>
</menu>

<!-- Context

<menu action="context-menu" name="Context">
<menu action="context-colors-menu" name="Colors">
<menuitem action="context-colors-default" />
<menuitem action="context-colors-swap" />
</menu>
<menu action="context-opacity-menu" name="Opacity">
<menuitem action="context-opacity-transparent" />
<menuitem action="context-opacity-opaque" />
<menuitem action="context-opacity-decrease" />
<menuitem action="context-opacity-increase" />
<menuitem action="context-opacity-decrease-skip" />
<menuitem action="context-opacity-increase-skip" />
</menu>
<menu action="context-paint-mode-menu" name="Paint Mode">
<menuitem action="context-paint-mode-first" />
<menuitem action="context-paint-mode-last" />
<menuitem action="context-paint-mode-previous" />
<menuitem action="context-paint-mode-next" />
</menu>
<menu action="context-tool-menu" name="Tool">
<menuitem action="context-tool-select-first" />
<menuitem action="context-tool-select-last" />
<menuitem action="context-tool-select-previous" />
<menuitem action="context-tool-select-next" />
</menu>
<separator />
<menu action="context-brush-menu" name="Brush">
<menuitem action="context-brush-select-first" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-select-last" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-select-previous" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-select-next" />
<separator />
<menu action="context-brush-shape-menu" name="Shape">
<menuitem action="context-brush-shape-circle" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-shape-square" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-shape-diamond" />
</menu>
<menu action="context-brush-radius-menu" name="Radius">
<menuitem action="context-brush-radius-minimum" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-radius-maximum" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-radius-decrease" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-radius-increase" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-radius-decrease-skip" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-radius-increase-skip" />
</menu>
<menu action="context-brush-spikes-menu" name="Spikes">
<menuitem action="context-brush-spikes-minimum" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-spikes-maximum" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-spikes-decrease" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-spikes-increase" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-spikes-decrease-skip" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-spikes-increase-skip" />
</menu>
<menu action="context-brush-hardness-menu" name="Hardness">
<menuitem action="context-brush-hardness-minimum" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-hardness-maximum" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-hardness-decrease" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-hardness-increase" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-hardness-decrease-skip" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-hardness-increase-skip" />
</menu>
<menu action="context-brush-aspect-menu" name="Aspect">
<menuitem action="context-brush-aspect-minimum" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-aspect-maximum" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-aspect-decrease" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-aspect-increase" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-aspect-decrease-skip" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-aspect-increase-skip" />
</menu>
<menu action="context-brush-angle-menu" name="Angle">
<menuitem action="context-brush-angle-minimum" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-angle-maximum" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-angle-decrease" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-angle-increase" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-angle-decrease-skip" />
<menuitem action="context-brush-angle-increase-skip" />
</menu>
</menu>
<menu action="context-pattern-menu" name="Pattern">
<menuitem action="context-pattern-select-first" />
<menuitem action="context-pattern-select-last" />
<menuitem action="context-pattern-select-previous" />
<menuitem action="context-pattern-select-next" />
</menu>
<menu action="context-palette-menu" name="Palette">
<menuitem action="context-palette-select-first" />
<menuitem action="context-palette-select-last" />
<menuitem action="context-palette-select-previous" />
<menuitem action="context-palette-select-next" />
</menu>
<menu action="context-gradient-menu" name="Gradient">
<menuitem action="context-gradient-select-first" />
<menuitem action="context-gradient-select-last" />
<menuitem action="context-gradient-select-previous" />
<menuitem action="context-gradient-select-next" />
</menu>
<menu action="context-font-menu" name="Font">
<menuitem action="context-font-select-first" />
<menuitem action="context-font-select-last" />
<menuitem action="context-font-select-previous" />
<menuitem action="context-font-select-next" />
</menu>
</menu>

-->

<menu action="edit-menu" name="Edit">
<placeholder name="Undo">
<menuitem action="edit-undo"/>
<menuitem action="edit-redo"/>
<menuitem action="edit-fade"/>
<menuitem action="dialogs-undo-history"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Cut">
<menuitem action="edit-cut"/>
</placeholder>
<placeholder name="Copy">
<menuitem action="edit-copy"/>
<menuitem action="edit-copy-visible"/>
</placeholder>
<placeholder name="Paste">
<menuitem action="edit-paste"/>
<menuitem action="edit-paste-into"/>
</placeholder>
<menu action="edit-paste-as-menu" name="Paste as">
<menuitem action="edit-paste-as-new-short"/>
</menu>
<menu action="edit-buffer-menu" name="Buffer">
<menuitem action="edit-named-cut"/>
<menuitem action="edit-named-copy"/>
<menuitem action="edit-named-copy-visible"/>
<menuitem action="edit-named-paste"/>
</menu>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Clear">
<menuitem action="edit-clear"/>
</placeholder>
<placeholder name="Fill">
<menuitem action="edit-fill-fg"/>
<menuitem action="edit-fill-bg"/>
<menuitem action="edit-fill-pattern"/>
</placeholder>
<placeholder name="Stroke">
<menuitem action="select-stroke"/>
<menuitem action="vectors-stroke"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Preferences">
<menuitem action="dialogs-preferences"/>
<menuitem action="dialogs-keyboard-shortcuts"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
</menu>

<menu action="select-menu" name="Select">
<menuitem action="select-all"/>
<menuitem action="select-none"/>
<menuitem action="select-invert"/>
<menuitem action="select-float"/>
<menuitem action="tools-by-color-select-short"/>
<menuitem action="vectors-selection-from-vectors"/>
<menuitem action="dialogs-selection-editor"/>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Modify">
<menuitem action="select-feather"/>
<menuitem action="select-sharpen"/>
<menuitem action="select-shrink"/>
<menuitem action="select-grow"/>
<menuitem action="select-border"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<menuitem action="quick-mask-toggle"/>
<menuitem action="select-save"/>
<menuitem action="vectors-selection-to-vectors-short"/>
<separator/>
</menu>

<menu action="view-menu" name="View">
<menuitem action="view-new"/>
<menuitem action="view-dot-for-dot"/>
<menu action="view-zoom-menu" name="Zoom">
<menuitem action="view-zoom-revert"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-out"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-in"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-fit-in"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-fit-to"/>
<separator/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-16-1"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-8-1"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-4-1"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-2-1"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-1-1"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-1-2"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-1-4"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-1-8"/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-1-16"/>
<separator/>
<menuitem action="view-zoom-other"/>
</menu>
<separator/>
<menuitem action="view-shrink-wrap"/>
<menuitem action="view-fullscreen"/>
<menu action="view-move-to-screen-menu" name="Move to Screen">
<menuitem action="view-open-display"/>
<separator/>
</menu>
<separator/>
<menuitem action="view-navigation-window"/>
<menuitem action="view-display-filters"/>
<separator/>
<menuitem action="view-show-selection"/>
<menuitem action="view-show-layer-boundary"/>
<menuitem action="view-show-guides"/>
<menuitem action="view-show-grid"/>
<menuitem action="view-show-sample-points"/>
<separator/>
<menuitem action="view-snap-to-guides"/>
<menuitem action="view-snap-to-grid"/>
<menuitem action="view-snap-to-canvas"/>
<menuitem action="view-snap-to-vectors"/>
<separator/>
<menu action="view-padding-color-menu" name="Padding color">
<menuitem action="view-padding-color-theme"/>
<menuitem action="view-padding-color-light-check"/>
<menuitem action="view-padding-color-dark-check"/>
<menuitem action="view-padding-color-custom"/>
<separator/>
<menuitem action="view-padding-color-prefs"/>
</menu>
<menuitem action="view-show-menubar"/>
<menuitem action="view-show-rulers"/>
<menuitem action="view-show-scrollbars"/>
<menuitem action="view-show-statusbar"/>
<separator/>
</menu>

<menu action="image-menu" name="Image">
<placeholder name="New">
<menuitem action="image-duplicate"/>
</placeholder>
<menu action="image-mode-menu" name="Mode">
<menuitem action="image-convert-rgb"/>
<menuitem action="image-convert-grayscale"/>
<menuitem action="image-convert-indexed"/>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Color Profile"/>
<separator/>
</menu>
<menu action="image-transform-menu" name="Transform">
<placeholder name="Flip">
<menuitem action="image-flip-horizontal"/>
<menuitem action="image-flip-vertical"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Rotate">
<menuitem action="image-rotate-90"/>
<menuitem action="image-rotate-270"/>
<menuitem action="image-rotate-180"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
</menu>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Resize">
<menuitem action="image-resize"/>
<menuitem action="image-resize-to-layers"/>
<menuitem action="image-resize-to-selection"/>
<menuitem action="image-print-size"/>
</placeholder>
<placeholder name="Scale">
<menuitem action="image-scale"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Crop">
<menuitem action="image-crop"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Structure">
<menuitem action="image-merge-layers"/>
<menuitem action="image-flatten"/>
</placeholder>
<placeholder name="Arrange"/>
<separator/>
<menu action="image-guides-menu" name="Guides">
</menu>
<menuitem action="image-configure-grid"/>
<menuitem action="image-properties"/>
<separator/>
</menu>

<menu action="layers-menu" name="Layer">
<placeholder name="New">
<menuitem action="layers-new"/>
<menuitem action="layers-duplicate"/>
</placeholder>
<placeholder name="Structure">
<menuitem action="layers-anchor"/>
<menuitem action="layers-merge-down"/>
<menuitem action="layers-delete"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Text">
<menuitem action="layers-text-discard"/>
<menuitem action="layers-text-to-vectors"/>
<menuitem action="layers-text-along-vectors"/>
<menu action="layers-text-to-selection-menu">
<menuitem action="layers-text-selection-replace"/>
<menuitem action="layers-text-selection-add"/>
<menuitem action="layers-text-selection-subtract"/>
<menuitem action="layers-text-selection-intersect"/>
</menu>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<menu action="layers-stack-menu" name="Stack">
<placeholder name="Select">
<menuitem action="layers-select-previous"/>
<menuitem action="layers-select-next"/>
<menuitem action="layers-select-top"/>
<menuitem action="layers-select-bottom"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Position">
<menuitem action="layers-raise"/>
<menuitem action="layers-lower"/>
<menuitem action="layers-raise-to-top"/>
<menuitem action="layers-lower-to-bottom"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
</menu>
<menu action="layers-mask-menu" name="Mask">
<placeholder name="Modify">
<menuitem action="layers-mask-add"/>
<menuitem action="layers-mask-apply"/>
<menuitem action="layers-mask-delete"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Properties">
<menuitem action="layers-mask-show"/>
<menuitem action="layers-mask-edit"/>
<menuitem action="layers-mask-disable"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Selection">
<menuitem action="layers-mask-selection-replace"/>
<menuitem action="layers-mask-selection-add"/>
<menuitem action="layers-mask-selection-subtract"/>
<menuitem action="layers-mask-selection-intersect"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
</menu>
<menu action="layers-transparency-menu" name="Transparency">
<placeholder name="Modify">
<menuitem action="layers-alpha-add"/>
<menuitem action="layers-alpha-remove"/>
</placeholder>
<separator/>
<placeholder name="Selection">
<menuitem action="layers-alpha-selection-replace"/>
<`enuitem action= (invalid UTF-8 string)

[Kieren]

Line 401 contains:

<`enuitem action=<95>layers-alpha-se+ection-add"/>

Not sure what character <95> is meant to be so I guess that's the problem.

I'll try and replace it with a "...

That has got rid of the above error message but produced new smaller one:

There was an error parsing the menu definition from image-menu.xml: Error on line 401 char 6: '`' is not a valid character following a '<' character; it may not begin an element name

I guess the ` should be an m. Line 402 starts with a + too so I'll remove that...

[Kieren]

Yep that fixed it There was an error parsing the menu definition from image-menu.xml: Error on line 401 char 6: '`' is not a valid character following a '<' character; it may not begin an element name

I wonder why that happened! I was only resizing an image when it happend!

[Kieren]

Just noticed the 'l' in selection had turned into a + too so that needed correcting