Can't open jpg files no more

Hi

After trying to open a jpg file, gimp, gwenview and I dont know what else, I cannot open any jpg file with these apps. I can open the images from other computer and from other apps like firefox, but not with gimp, gwenview.

I tried to restart everything, reinstall kio-extras, reinstall gimp, with no luck.
I tried to find a way to install plasma, but, the way google become is impossible to find good instructions. :frowning:

Any help will be most welcome.

Alex

My system:

Operating System: Kubuntu 24.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.12
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.13
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-43-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11

right click and open with gwenview crashes

syslog:

2026-03-18T18:37:03.424095+02:00 myPC kernel: show_signal_msg: 21 callbacks suppressed
2026-03-18T18:37:03.424107+02:00 myPC kernel: baloo_filemetad[15623]: segfault at 0 ip 0000000000000000 sp 00007ffee2fb9608 error 14 in baloo_filemetadata_temp_extractor[55fb96293000+2000]
2026-03-18T18:37:03.424109+02:00 myPC kernel: Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0xffffffffffffffd6.
2026-03-18T18:37:04.494309+02:00 myPC plasmashell[6852]: org.kde.baloo.widgets: Extractor crashed when processing ("/media/user/New Volume/WebSites/domain.gr/2026_03_10/email_sign_4_.jpg")
2026-03-18T18:37:04.509888+02:00 myPC plasmashell[6852]: true
2026-03-18T18:37:04.509927+02:00 myPC plasmashell[6852]: actions!!!
2026-03-18T18:37:04.509950+02:00 myPC plasmashell[6852]: urly!!! QUrl("admin:///media/user/New Volume/WebSites/domain.gr/2026_03_10/email_sign_4_.jpg")
2026-03-18T18:37:05.581705+02:00 myPC systemd[4590]: Started app-org.kde.gwenview-2de0133d4bcd47a0aa1c5fc6bbe79451.scope - Gwenview - KDE Image Viewer.
2026-03-18T18:37:05.920840+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: kf.i18n.kuit: "Unknown subcue ':whatsthis,' in UI marker in context {@info:whatsthis, %1 the action's text}."
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928289+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-aptus-mos"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928321+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-arq"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928350+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-bay"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928368+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-bmq"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928385+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-cap"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928403+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-cine"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928420+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-cs1"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928437+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-dc2"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928454+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-drf"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928471+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-dxo"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928487+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-epson-eip"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928524+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-epson-erf"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928548+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-fff"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928566+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-hasselblad-3fr"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928583+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-iiq"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928600+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-kodak-dcs"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928617+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-kodak-kc2"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928633+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-mamiya-mef"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928650+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-mfw"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928666+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-minolta-mdc"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928683+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-mng"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928700+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-obm"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928718+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-ori"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928734+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-ptx"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928751+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-pxn"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928767+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-qtk"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928784+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-r3d"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928801+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-raw"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928820+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-rdc"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928837+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-rwl"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928854+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-rwz"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928875+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-samsung-srw"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928895+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-sti"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.928910+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved raw mime type  "image/x-samsung-srw"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.943325+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: KCrash: crashing... crashRecursionCounter = 2
2026-03-18T18:37:05.943351+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: KCrash: Application Name = gwenview path = /usr/bin pid = 15654
2026-03-18T18:37:05.943376+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: KCrash: Arguments: /usr/bin/gwenview /media/user/New Volume/WebSites/domain.gr/2026_03_10/email_sign_4_.jpg
2026-03-18T18:37:05.945343+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: The X11 connection broke: I/O error (code 1)
2026-03-18T18:37:05.945715+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: XIO:  fatal IO error 9 (Bad file descriptor) on X server ":0"
2026-03-18T18:37:05.945742+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]:       after 536 requests (425 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
2026-03-18T18:37:05.946527+02:00 myPC plasmashell[15654]: KCrash: Attempting to start /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/drkonqi
2026-03-18T18:37:06.240798+02:00 myPC kded5[5099]: Registering ":1.114/StatusNotifierItem" to system tray
2026-03-18T18:37:06.247438+02:00 myPC plasmashell[5162]: Could not find the Plasmoid for Plasma::FrameSvgItem(0x56196cec4b30) QQmlContext(0x561969e50600) QUrl("file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notifications/contents/ui/global/Globals.qml")
2026-03-18T18:37:06.247479+02:00 myPC plasmashell[5162]: Could not find the Plasmoid for Plasma::FrameSvgItem(0x56196cec4b30) QQmlContext(0x561969e50600) QUrl("file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notifications/contents/ui/global/Globals.qml")
2026-03-18T18:37:06.548439+02:00 myPC plasmashell[5162]: QFont::setPointSizeF: Point size <= 0 (0.000000), must be greater than 0

dolphin crashes with the preview images on

Application: kioslave5 (kioslave5), signal: Segmentation fault

[KCrash Handler]
#4  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
#5  0x00007f0422cad5c1 in KExiv2Iface::KExiv2::load(QString const&) const () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KExiv2.so.15.0.0
#6  0x00007f0422caddc9 in KExiv2Iface::KExiv2::KExiv2(QString const&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KExiv2.so.15.0.0
#7  0x00007f0422d21118 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/thumbcreator/jpegthumbnail.so
#8  0x00007f043c43070b in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/thumbnail.so
#9  0x00007f043c436482 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/thumbnail.so
#10 0x00007f043c3110bf in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOCore.so.5
#11 0x00007f043c30876d in KIO::SlaveBase::dispatch(int, QByteArray const&) () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOCore.so.5
#12 0x00007f043c3090c6 in KIO::SlaveBase::dispatchLoop() () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libKF5KIOCore.so.5
#13 0x00007f043c43221b in kdemain () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/plugins/kf5/kio/thumbnail.so
#14 0x0000561491bc050c in ?? ()
#15 0x00007f043b88f1ca in __libc_start_call_main (main=main@entry=0x561491bc0320, argc=argc@entry=5, argv=argv@entry=0x7ffcd0e01aa8) at ../sysdeps/nptl/libc_start_call_main.h:58
#16 0x00007f043b88f28b in __libc_start_main_impl (main=0x561491bc0320, argc=5, argv=0x7ffcd0e01aa8, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7ffcd0e01a98) at ../csu/libc-start.c:360
#17 0x0000561491bc0785 in ?? ()
[Inferior 1 (process 21356) detached]

I have the same issue on Kubuntu 25.10.

gwenview test.jpg 
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/hej2k"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/vnd.radiance"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-epson-erf"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-hasselblad-3fr"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-hasselblad-fff"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-leaf-mos"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-mamiya-mef"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-minolta-mdc"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-pfm"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-phaseone-iiq"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-phm"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-pxr"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-samsung-srw"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-sct"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved mime type  "image/x-sinar-sti"
org.kde.kdegraphics.gwenview.lib: Unresolved raw mime type  "image/x-samsung-srw"
Speicherzugriffsfehler (Speicherabzug geschrieben)

See workaround in Kioslave 5 closed unexpectedly - #5 by Yaulande

This is a regression in kubuntu.

1 Like

IT IS WORKING!!!

thank you very VERY much

Alex

This bug: Bug #2144731 “Multiple image apps (Gwenview, GIMP, gThumb) crash...” : Bugs : exiv2 package : Ubuntu