File > Open Location - No such file or directory

[DJ-16]

Hi Gimp-user,

Whenever I have used File > Open Location, I've gotten an error. I
thought I'd revisit it again while going through a tutorial on
blending modes. I got the same error, No such file or directory. Yet,
I can right-click and "Save Image As" with no problem. I got the url
by right-clicking and "Copy Image Location".

I searched, but did not see anything.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query=gimp+open+location

Any thoughts?

Thank you.

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[Akkana Peck]

DJ writes:
> Whenever I have used File > Open Location, I've gotten an error. I
> thought I'd revisit it again while going through a tutorial on
> blending modes. I got the same error, No such file or directory. Yet,
> I can right-click and "Save Image As" with no problem. I got the url
> by right-clicking and "Copy Image Location".
>
> I searched, but did not see anything.

You don't mention what platform you're on, or what version of GIMP
or where you got it. But GIMP has several different ways of opening
remote files -- gvfs, gnome-vfs, libcurl, wget -- and if your gimp
is compiled to use a method you don't have, that'll cause errors.
The choice is made at compile time; the runtime code doesn't fall
back to use other methods if the preferred method fails.

For instance, Ubuntu's GIMP is compiled to need gvfs, so if you
don't have that installed (for instance, if you're running Xubuntu
or some other window manager instead of a Gnome desktop) then
Open Location or dragging from a browser probably won't work
unless you build your own gimp with --without-gvfs.

        ...Akkana
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[DJ-16]

Hi Akkana, gimp-users,

GIMP 2.6.3. It's the last rpm that was available for OpenSuSE 10.3. As
to how it was compiled. Um, don't know.  Can I view compiled options
somewhere in Gimp interface or console command?  KDE is my desktop,
but I run a lot of GNome apps.

"Cause errors"?  By that do you mean the Gimp message box? I do get
the GIMP message box, but it doesn't say how it was going to be done,
just that it couldn't find it. It says:

+++++++++++++++++++++++++
GIMP Message
Opening 'http://....gif' failed:

Could not open 'http//....gif' for reading: No such file or directory.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++

I guess I should find out how Gimp is compiled for OpenSuSE :-) If
Gimp knows the app that is failing, it would be helpful to the
end user if it was included in the message ;-)

Thank you.
DJ

> DJ writes:
>> Whenever I have used File > Open Location, I've gotten an error. I
>> thought I'd revisit it again while going through a tutorial on
>> blending modes. I got the same error, No such file or directory. Yet,
>> I can right-click and "Save Image As" with no problem. I got the url
>> by right-clicking and "Copy Image Location".
>>
>> I searched, but did not see anything.

> You don't mention what platform you're on, or what version of GIMP
> or where you got it. But GIMP has several different ways of opening
> remote files -- gvfs, gnome-vfs, libcurl, wget -- and if your gimp
> is compiled to use a method you don't have, that'll cause errors.
> The choice is made at compile time; the runtime code doesn't fall
> back to use other methods if the preferred method fails.

> For instance, Ubuntu's GIMP is compiled to need gvfs, so if you
> don't have that installed (for instance, if you're running Xubuntu
> or some other window manager instead of a Gnome desktop) then
> Open Location or dragging from a browser probably won't work
> unless you build your own gimp with --without-gvfs.

>         ...Akkana


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