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When I try to open PNG files, I double click them, then nothing happens. I have to go to "Open with" and select F-spot photoviewer to view PNG files.

This is eog, eye of gnome, correct? How can I troubleshoot the default image viewer?

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Can you provide more information about your setup? For example, is this a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10, or an upgrade? Also, have you considered filing a bug? – WarriorIng64 Mar 5 '12 at 23:44
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It's an upgrade from 11.04. But you're right, it looks like a widely reported, and widely unfixed bug. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/+bug/880227 bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/+bug/881581 lists.launchpad.net/desktop-packages/msg40805.html – Mittenchops Mar 6 '12 at 17:17
Hey guys, can I ask why this is off-topic? Asking this really and chasing down the error messages really did help me find the solution to my problem. – Mittenchops Mar 27 '12 at 17:29
Known bugs are generally regarded to be offtopic on AskUbuntu, and we have them closed once we know a proper report on Launchpad exists. For more information, see the faq. – WarriorIng64 Mar 27 '12 at 22:07
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Ah, gotcha. Thanks, @WarriorIng64 . I didn't know the rules. But this process of tracking down the official bug based on the error was very helpful for me, thanks to you and jedijf – Mittenchops Mar 28 '12 at 20:02

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Following up on the Glib-GIO-CRITICAL issue, I googled around a little and found it actually was a known issue with libglib. I had another outstanding problem with that, and question on askubuntu. I went ahead with rolling back a version, and the problem was corrected. Details for what was rolled back are here:

How do I downgrade libglib2? (from glib 2.31 to 2.30?)

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Try opening from command line and see if that gives output.

eog /path/to/something.png
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user@machine:~/Desktop$ /usr/bin/eog file.png GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: Timeout was reached – Mittenchops Mar 5 '12 at 22:12

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