Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: eog
Eye of gnome fails to open a jpg image file, if file-extension is .png,
failing with the following non-friendly error-message:
"Could not load image 'image.png'
Fatal error reading PNG image file: Not a PNG file"
However, EOG has no problems opening the file if the file-extension is
completely removed. This inconsistent behaviour should be fixed, and
from a users point of view I would say the best solution is to simply
open the file as any other file, possibly with a message to the user
that the file-extension on the file is wrong (maybe even suggest to
change the file extension to the correct one). In previous versions
ubuntu/gnome has been good at ignoring file extensions and checking file
content to determine what sort of file it is.
To reproduce error:
- rename a jpg-file, image.jpg to image.png
- Browse to the file-location in nautilus (nautilus will correctly display a
miniature of the file, regardless of file extension, if miniatures are enabled )
- in nautilus: double click the file, or right-click and select "Open with
image viewer"
- or in a terminal, type: eog /path/to/image.png
Platform:
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
Package:
Installed: 2.30.0-0ubuntu1
regards Jonas
** Affects: eog (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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eye of gnome cannot open image file with wrong extension
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/632362
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