Cannot import SVG file from upload.wikimedia.org

[Thangalin]

Inkscape 0.48.4 r9939 on 64-bit Xubuntu Linux 14.04.1 LTS

1. Start Inkscape
2. Type CTRL+i to import a new SVG drawing
3. Set Location in the "Select file to import" dialog to: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Inkscape_0.48.2_%282%29.svg
4. Click Open.

Expected Results

The file is opened and imported into the current drawing.

Actual Results

Error dialog header: "The folder contents could not be displayed"
Error dialog text: "Not found"

Additional Details

recently-used.xbel has read-only attributes for all applications, which yields the following error:

Attempting to store changes into `$HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to rename file '$HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.CJFWLX' to '$HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel': g_rename() failed: Operation not permitted

However, not being able to update the recently-used.xbel file should not affect importing SVG images from the web. I do not believe this is the source of the problem (see the work around for details).

Work Around

1. wget "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Inkscape_0.48.2_%282%29.svg"
2. Type CTRL+i to import a new SVG drawing
3. Select Inkscape_0.48.2_(2).svg
4. Click Open.

The file opens successfully and the same error about recently-used.xbel appears.

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

not reproduced on Windows 7, Inkscape 0.48.5. The file opens normally when I copy and paste the address.
I don't have wget on this machine so I can't comment on the workaround.

[Thangalin (thangalin-deactivatedaccount)]

Upgraded to Inkscape 0.48.5 r (Jul 24 2014) on Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS.

The problem persists, using Ctrl+i and Ctrl+o.

The work around was to demonstrate that the SGV is valid and can be loaded (locally) within Inkscape.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Reproduced with Inkscape 0.48.5 on Ubuntu 14.04 (VM, 64bit):
- The specific URL <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Inkscape_0.48.2_%282%29.svg> fails to load via GUI.
- The URL does open ok when used on the command line:

$ inkscape http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Inkscape_0.48.2_%282%29.svg

- Other SVG files, e.g. <https://inkscape.org/static/images/inkscape-logo.svg> open successfully, via CLI and GUI.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Also reproduced with current trunk r13669 on Ubuntu 14.04 (VM, 64bit).