#520915 gimp: cannot open remote image

Package:
gimp
Source:
gimp
Description:
GNU Image Manipulation Program
Submitter:
TommyHot HotPants
Date:
2017-10-01 15:15:08 UTC
Severity:
normal
#520915#5
Date:
2009-03-23 21:12:13 UTC
From:
To:
When I try to open remote image via "open location" dialog, it prints out this message (no matter what image i'm trying to open):

Opening 'http://www.debian.org/Pics/debian.png' failed:
Could not open 'http://www.debian.org/Pics/debian.png' for reading: No such file or directory

When I used gnome couple of months ago it worked just fine. Now I'm using KDE 4.2.* from experimental repositories. I also tried to instal bunch of gnome
libraries and other stuff like gvfs, but it still doesn't work. Am I missing something?



System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.4-hackingmachine (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gimp depends on:
ii  gimp-data           2.6.5-2              Data files for GIMP
ii  libaa1              1.4p5-38             ascii art library
ii  libatk1.0-0         1.24.0-2             The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbabl-0.0-0       0.0.22-1             Dynamic, any to any, pixel format
ii  libc6               2.9-6                GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2           1.8.6-2+b1           The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-1-3         1.2.12-1             simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2    0.80-3               simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libexif12           0.6.16-2.1           library to parse EXIF files
ii  libfontconfig1      2.6.0-3              generic font configuration library
ii  libfreetype6        2.3.9-4              FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii  libgegl-0.0-0       0.0.20-1             Generic Graphics Library
ii  libgimp2.0          2.6.5-2+b1           Libraries for the GNU Image Manipu
ii  libglib2.0-0        2.20.0-2             The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0         2.14.7-4+b1          The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libhal1             0.5.11-8             Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libjpeg62           6b-14                The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii  liblcms1            1.17.dfsg-1          Color management library
ii  libmng1             1.0.9-1              Multiple-image Network Graphics li
ii  libpango1.0-0       1.22.4-3             Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpng12-0          1.2.35-1             PNG library - runtime
ii  libpoppler-glib4    0.10.4-3             PDF rendering library (GLib-based
ii  librsvg2-2          2.22.3-2             SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  libtiff4            3.8.2-11             Tag Image File Format (TIFF) libra
ii  libwebkit-1.0-1     1.0.2~pre.svn37878-1 Web content engine library for Gtk
ii  libwmf0.2-7         0.2.8.4-6            Windows metafile conversion librar
ii  libx11-6            2:1.2-1              X11 client-side library
ii  libxext6            2:1.0.4-1            X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3          1:4.0.3-2            X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxmu6             2:1.0.4-1            X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxpm4             1:3.5.7-1            X11 pixmap library
ii  python              2.5.4-2              An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-gtk2         2.14.1-1             Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii  python-support      0.8.7                automated rebuilding support for P
ii  zlib1g              1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13    compression library - runtime

gimp recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gimp suggests:
ii  ghostscript                  8.64~dfsg-1 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
ii  gimp-data-extras             1:2.0.1-3   An extra set of brushes, palettes,
pn  gimp-help-en | gimp-help     <none>      (no description available)
pn  gvfs-backends                <none>      (no description available)
ii  libasound2                   1.0.19-1    shared library for ALSA applicatio
pn  libgimp-perl                 <none>      (no description available)
#520915#10
Date:
2009-03-23 16:15:56 UTC
From:
To:
 If you'd like to be able to open files remotely (like over HTTP or
FTP), install the gvfs-backends package.
#520915#15
Date:
2009-03-23 23:04:10 UTC
From:
To:
I installed gvfs-backends rebooted my machine and it still doesn't work. Reinstalling gimp also didn't help.
#520915#20
Date:
2009-03-23 17:18:30 UTC
From:
To:
reopen 520915
thanks

Do you have dbus and hal installed? Does anything get printed to the
console while running gimp & trying to open a URL?
#520915#27
Date:
2009-03-23 23:37:47 UTC
From:
To:
Yes, I do have dbus (as well as many of libdbus-* libraries) and hal installed. No, gimp & doesn't print anything to the console, while trying to open an url.
#520915#32
Date:
2009-03-23 23:33:09 UTC
From:
To:
What's the output of "gimp -v" ?
#520915#37
Date:
2009-03-24 14:53:26 UTC
From:
To:
tommyhot@hackingmachine:~$ gimp -v
GNU Image Manipulation Program version 2.6.5

using GEGL version 0.0.20 (compiled against version 0.0.20)
using GLib version 2.18.4 (compiled against version 2.20.0)
using GTK+ version 2.14.7 (compiled against version 2.14.7)
using Pango version 1.22.4 (compiled against version 1.22.4)
using Fontconfig version 2.6.0 (compiled against version 2.6.0)
#520915#42
Date:
2009-03-27 20:13:55 UTC
From:
To:
Today latest update to gimp 2.6.6-1 did the trick :)
#520915#47
Date:
2009-03-27 14:43:18 UTC
From:
To:
Seems to be fixed in latest version.
#520915#52
Date:
2009-03-27 16:42:25 UTC
From:
To:
found 520915 2.6.6-1
quit

noct@tsunami:~$ gimp --console-messages 'http://www.debian.org/Pics/debian.png'
GIMP-Error: Opening 'http://www.debian.org/Pics/debian.png' failed: Could not open 'http://www.debian.org/Pics/debian.png' for reading: No such file or directory
(quit by closing the windows)


noct@tsunami:~$ gimp -v
GNU Image Manipulation Program version 2.6.6

using GEGL version 0.0.20 (compiled against version 0.0.20)
using GLib version 2.20.0 (compiled against version 2.20.0)
using GTK+ version 2.14.7 (compiled against version 2.14.7)
using Pango version 1.22.4 (compiled against version 1.22.4)
using Fontconfig version 2.6.0 (compiled against version 2.6.0)
#520915#59
Date:
2009-04-06 16:58:13 UTC
From:
To:
I confirm the bug, still present in 2.6.6-1

ii  gimp
2.6.6-1                     The GNU Image Manipulation Program
ii  gimp-data
2.6.6-1                     Data files for GIMP
ii  libgimp2.0
2.6.6-1                     Libraries for the GNU Image Manipulation Program
#520915#64
Date:
2012-01-23 09:49:22 UTC
From:
To:
Is there any chance this to be fixed ?
#520915#69
Date:
2015-10-04 23:35:12 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

I, too, get

Opening 'https://www.debian.org/Pics/debian.png' failed:

Could not open 'https://www.debian.org/Pics/debian.png' for reading: No
such file or directory

This is a recent install of jessie. I have dbus but not hal:

No candidate version found for hal

I installed gvfs-backends as instructed by
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/gimp

Thanks, Bernhard
#520915#74
Date:
2016-03-13 10:03:03 UTC
From:
To:
I recently reinstalled my system in 64 bits and it isn't working since then.

Gimp version is 2.8.14-1+b1
#520915#79
Date:
2017-10-01 14:59:57 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

This has also been reported in Ubuntu. Installing gvfs-backends worked
for that person (Kubuntu 17.04).

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/1720582

"Open from Location" seems to be pretty core functionality to me. Would
it be possible to move gvfs-backends to "Depends" instead of "Suggests".
Or at least to "Recommends".

Regards,

Ross