Unopenable image

[kake]

GIMP 2.6 on Mac OS X seems to be unable to open photos taken on a Nokia N900. When I try to open one (e.g. this one [1.3MB download]), GIMP hangs and a ufraw-gimp process starts consuming all my CPU until I kill it. This isn't just me being impatient — I let it sit there for over five minutes and it never managed to open it.

Has anyone else seen anything like this?

Comments

[sara]

Can you open it in Preview?

[kake]

Yep, opens in Preview no problem, also in various web browsers.

[sara]

Have you tried opening it in Preview, saving it with a different file extension, and then opening it in the Gimp?

[ratcreature]

FWIW it opens fast and without trouble in my linux GIMP 2.6, so it seems to be a Mac problem.

[kake]

I hadn't, but I have now — converting it to a PNG seems to have done the trick, thanks!

[kake]

Thank you! How peculiar.

[ratcreature]

Maybe something is different about the libraries handling jpeg format, but then why would it work in your browser? It's really odd.

[ewx]

If you never use raw images then killing the ufraw plugin should do the trick:

chmod -x /Applications/Gimp.app/Contents/Resources/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/ufraw-gimp

[kake]

I tried, but it complained about not being able to run the plug-in when I try to open that image. It is definitely a JPEG, at least according to file.

[ewx]

Huh, I thought I tested it (against your image). Did you restart Gimp after chmodding the plugin? AFAICT it enumerates plugins at startup so it may cope better with a plugin never being runnable than going away during its lifetime.

[kake]

Ah-ha, I didn't think of that! Restarting has worked, thanks.