Public bug reported:
I installed gimp using apt install gimp on a pretty fresh (<1mo old)
Ubuntu Server 26.04 installation (with the ubuntu-desktop metapackage
previously installed).
I opened gimp, dragged an image directly from a Firefox tab into the
Gimp window, and although it performed extremely sluggishly, the image
did in fact pop up in a new Gimp project available for editing.
Actually working in the new project was incredibly laggy--as in
1000-3000ms for every mouse click to make anything happen in any tool--
and then I discovered that I could not change the font inside the text
tool; free typing the names of installed fonts was accepted but the
actual font did not change, and typing did not result in auto-completion
of installed font names either.
When I attempted to save the project, I got an error dialog titled "The
folder contents could not be displayed" with explanatory text "HTTP
Client Error: Forbidden."
This clued me in that gimp had attempted to set the CWD to the remote
server which hosted the image, and in doing so, had broken many other
functions inside the app. Thankfully, I was able to change directory and
save the project to my home directory despite the error dialog--and once
it was saved into my local home directory, the lag went away and all
functions including font selection behaved as normal.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 26.04
Package: gimp 3.2.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-22.22-generic 7.0.0
Uname: Linux 7.0.0-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
ApportVersion: 2.34.0-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Jun 6 17:24:34 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2026-04-24 (44 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 26.04 "Resolute Raccoon" - Release amd64
(20260420.1)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm-256color
SourcePackage: gimp
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: gimp (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug resolute
** Attachment added: "error dialog displayed when saving project"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2155782/+attachment/5976002/+files/forbidden.png
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Title:
massive CWD-related bugs when image dragged in from browser
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