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Nautilus is not letting me open .jpg files in Dapper

Bug #42992 reported by Gregory Oschwald on 2006-05-04

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nautilus (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Medium	Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: nautilus

I get the following error when trying to open files with the extension "jpg" from Nautilus in Dapper:

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The filename "firewords.jpg" indicates that this file is of type "jpg document". The contents of the file indicate that the file is of type "JPEG image". If you open this file, the file might present a security risk to your system.

Do not open the file unless you created the file yourself, or received the file from a trusted source. To open the file, rename the file to the correct extension for "JPEG image", then open the file normally. Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a specific application for the file.

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I can open files with the extension "jpeg" fine from Nautilus, and I can open jpg and JPG files using "Open with".

See original description

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Tim Butler (timbutler) wrote on 2006-05-05:

Can you confirm that Eye of GNOME is installed and what version?

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Gregory Oschwald (osch0001) wrote on 2006-05-06:

Eye of GNOME is installed. It is version 2.14.1-0ubuntu1.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2006-05-07:

Thanks for your bug. Could you attach an example of file having the issue?

Changed in nautilus:
assignee:	nobody → desktop-bugs
status:	Unconfirmed → Needs Info

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Gregory Oschwald (osch0001) wrote on 2006-05-09: Example of a file with a .jpg extension

Example of a file with a .jpg extension Edit (13.5 KiB, image/jpeg)

As mentioned in my initial bug report, this happens with _any_ JPEG file with the jpg or JPG extensions (but not the jpeg extension). Here is an example of such a file.

Also note that this is a problem with Nautilus, as the image view doesn't even get started. I can open the files using "Open with" as suggested in the error text.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2006-05-09:

works fine on my box, does "grep "jpg document" /usr/share/mime/* -r" write anything?

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Gregory Oschwald (osch0001) wrote on 2006-05-09: Re: [Bug 42992] Re: Nautilus is not letting me open .jpg files in Dapper

Sebastien Bacher wrote:
> works fine on my box, does "grep "jpg document" /usr/share/mime/* -r"
> write anything?
>

No, it doesn't return anything.

Greg

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2006-05-10:

What does "gnomevfs-info --slow-mime image.jpg" and "gnomevfs-info image.jpg" say on the topic? Does running "sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime" makes a difference? Do you have some .mime to your user directory and installed something with its own mimetype definitions to your dapper?

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Gregory Oschwald (osch0001) wrote on 2006-05-10:

It looks like there was a mime type definition in ~/.local/share/mime/application/x-extension-jpg.xml with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mime-type xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info" type="application/x-extension-jpg">

<comment>jpg document</comment>
</mime-type>

After moving this file, I can open jpg files fine. I am not sure what could have installed this, as I am using a fairly stock Ubuntu install (Breezy upgraded to Dapper), and I cannot recall installing any programs for opening JPGs besides the ones included in the normal install.

I don't know if it is relevant, but here are answers to the rest of your questions:

$ gnomevfs-info --slow-mime image.jpg
Error: File not found

$ gnomevfs-info image.jpg
Error: File not found

> Does running "sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime" makes a difference?

No.

Thanks for the help. Sorry if I wasted your time on this one.

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Gregory Oschwald (osch0001) wrote on 2006-05-10:

I should also mention that ~/.local/share/mime/packages/Override.xml, which I also moved, contained:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mime-info xmlns="http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/shared-mime-info">
<mime-type type="application/x-extension-jpg"><comment>jpg document</comment><glob pattern="*.jpg"/></mime-type>
</mime-info>

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2006-05-10:

#10

"gnomevfs-info image.jpg" was supposed to be runned on a .jpg (replace "image.jpg" by the name of one of your images). Anyway that's not a nautilus bug, marking as rejected. Whatever installed those .xml is bugged, let we know if you figure what created them. Maybe have a look on the date could give you an idea