Thank you for your bug report. That's an odd issue, eog perfectly opens images on my desktop. What happens if you try it from a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal) by entering eog ~/Desktop/nameofyourfile.jpg
PS: The issue with "About Ubuntu" is a known bug (Bug #690248). ** Changed in: eog (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/703531 Title: Gnome image viewer occationally fails to display image from dektop -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs