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

[Burnie West <west ieee org>]

On 12/20/2012 06:58 AM, Robert wrote:
> Hi Burnie
>   See attached...
>
> On 12/19/2012 09:42 PM, Burnie West wrote:
> > On 12/19/2012 06:40 PM, Robert wrote:
> > > 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.
> > What messages do you receive when you try to open these pictures?
GIMP does not open files suffixed .jpg unless they really are jpg files.
How about Owen's suggestion:
On 12/19/2012 09:46 PM, Owen wrote:
> What is the output of this command  # file xxxxxx.jpg