Guides do not stay as placed

[Yash Pal]

When I try to place the vertical guides (the ones I move from left hand ruler), they disappear as soon as I let go of the move tool. Earlier it was the horizontal guides which were playing this trick.

I have seen edit> preferences but could not make out what adjustments are wrong.

Can someone help me please to restore guides.

I almost always uncheck 'snap to guides' under 'view' when I try to place guides.

OS Ubuntu 14.04; GIMP - the version available in software centre (no addl plugins, plugouts)

[rich2005]

try:

With a canvas open, so that entries are not greyed-out.

Menu View -> Show Guides and make sure it is enabled. The shortcut is shift-ctrl-t

[Yash Pal]

Thanks. It worked. Actually, I unchecked (Show Guides was already checked) and rechecked 'Show Guides' under Menu > view, that did the trick.