The problems appears to be arts of gnome left over from ahanging to TWM.
The following eliminated the problem.

[code]
   sudo apt remove --purge gnome-calendar
    sudo apt remove --purge libgnome-todo
    sudo apt remove --purge gnome-mahjongg gnome-mines gnome-sudoku
    sudo apt purge gnome-weather
    sudo apt remove --purge gnome-accessibility-themes gnome-themes-extra:amd64 
gnome-themes-extra-data
    sudo apt remove --purge language-pack-gnome-en language-pack-gnome-en-base 
language-selector-gnome
    sudo apt remove --purge gnome-session-bin gnome-session-canberra 
gnome-session-common
    sudo apt remove --purge thunderbird-gnome-support pinentry-gnome3 
network-manager-pptp-gnome network-manager-gnome
    sudo apt remove --purge libreoffice-gnome libsoup-gnome2.4-1:amd64 
nautilus-extension-gnome-terminal policykit-1-gnome
    sudo apt remove --purge libgnome-autoar-0-0:amd64 
libgnome-games-support-common libgnome-menu-3-0:amd64 \
             libgnomekbd-common libpam-gnome-keyring:amd64
    sudo apt remove --purge gnome-control-center-data 
gnome-control-center-faces gnome-desktop3-data gnome-initial-setup
    sudo apt remove --purge gnome-keyring-pkcs11:amd64 gnome-menus 
gnome-settings-daemon-schemas gnome-video-effects
    sudo apt remove --purge gnome-shell-common 
gnome-shell-extension-appindicator gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock
    sudo apt remove --purge gnome-software gnome-software-common 
gnome-terminal-data gnome-todo-common

    The above remove eog
    sudo apt install eog
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1721401

Title:
  eog fails to open png: Failed to register: Timeout was reached

Status in eog package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  eog fails to open PNG file.  After about 25 seconds, it gives up and
  says:

  Failed to register: Timeout was reached

  You can find the relevant image at:

  
https://www.dropbox.com/s/psrm3wj1n480ocx/FIDUCEO_FCDR_L1C_HIRS2_noaa14_20000101144729_20000101162929_easy_v0.7_fv0.4.png?dl=0

  Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, GNOME Image Viewer 3.18.2.

  I expect it to display the image.  Instead it fails with the above
  message.

  Image Magicks "display" utility shows the image fine.

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