Cannot drag and drop into Snap installed GIMP
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snapd (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
I am trying to use snap apps as much as possible because of the advantages, mainly the non -overlapping packages item, but right now I got into something that I expect to work, but it does not: drag and dropping into GIMP.
See the attached screenshot to get the error message I got in GIMP and the path in the ksysguard, to make sure it is a snap piece of software.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: snapd 2.35.5+18.10
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Oct 23 20:24:12 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-19 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
SourcePackage: snapd
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
you need to connect the removable-media interface (for security reasons this interface is not auto-connected), either by going to the software center, finding gimp in there and clicking the "Permissions" button where you then can allow access to "removable storage devices" or via the command line with:
sudo snap connect gimp:removable- media
after this you should be able to also drag and drop files from your external disks.