On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 10:01 -0400, Jim Duda wrote: > Can anyone explain why I cannot open a file using eog when the file has > an extension of ".jpg"? When I simply rename the file to any other > extesion, for example, .jpeg, or .jpgx, eog opens the file just file. What are .jpg's opened with instead? Have you right clicked the file, under properties and checked what is marked under the OpenWith tab? that image viewer [eog] is available and checked? -- Craig