Re: [Gimp-user] Cannot Open jpegs/jpgs in GIMP

["Owen" <rcook pcug org au>]

> Hi
>    I have a Fedora 17 distro installed on a couple of different
> machines.  I am unable to open pictures and scans, I have, which are
> in
> 'jpeg/jpg' format.  I understand the saving/exporting thing, but I am
> unable to even open them.
>    I am using Kernel 3.6.6-1.fc17.x86_64 and Gnome 3.4.2.  The version
> of Gimp I am using is 2.8.2-6.fc17.  I have been unable to get any
> assistance from the Fedora forums and/or bugzilla on this matter.  Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.




Can you start gimp at the console, then open one of the offending
images, close or minimise gime, and see if there is any output on your
console?

What does it say?

What is the output of this command  # file xxxxxx.jpg

Also do you have imagemagick installed. What does # identify
xxxxxx.jpg say about the image? Also can you do a # convert file
xxxxxx.jpg file xxxxxx.png and open the png file in gimp?


-- 
Owen