[webkit-help] Webkit unable to deal with image files.

Thu Aug 20 03:51:36 PDT 2009

haithem rahmani <haithem.rahmani at ...> writes:

> 
> 
> Hi all,
>  
> I'm using (midori +webkit) on embedded linux platform.
> I checked that I have  the "/usr/share/mime/image" in my 
> filesystem.
>  
> but I'm not able to display any image file correctly, but images
> are displayed as "text"

Let me help you to write a better request and then answer.

Hi,

I'm using midori with WebKitGTK+ on a Linux platform. I have
written the attached simple test case that should display one
image. One I use http it is working, when I use file to open the
webpage it does not work.

Simulation of an attachment:
simple.html
<html>
      <body><img src="foo.jpeg" /></body>
</html>

Answer to this question:

Hello,
maybe you should use an Embedded Linux Distribution like
Angstrom Linux. It comes with midori and WebKitGTK+ in packaged
form and is available for armv5, armv6, armv7, atmel, mipsel, and
many more platforms.

As http is working and file is not, I assume the GIO/glib is not
able to identify the mimetype. This is mostly likely the case
when the the shared-mime-magic package is not installed.

love
       z