Unable to Display Images in Neovim Using ueberzug on macOS

[inkfin]

Hi, I had a issue when trying to install image.nvim on my mac and I need some help:

I've tested on both iTerm2 and WezTerm, so it probably not related to the emulator.

I've download the minimal-setup.lua (and I change the backend to ueberzug) and start it with nvim --clean -c ":luafile minimal-setup.lua", here's what I got:

I put the ImageReport here for reference

Details

image.nvim report

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System Information

OS: Darwin
Neovim: 0.10.3
Process Tree: nvim(90651) <- nvim(90647) <- /bin/zsh(97825) <- zsh(qterm)(97817) <- login(97816) <- /Users/inkfin/Library/ApplicationSupport/iTerm2/iTermServer-3.5.10(2502) <- /Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/MacOS/iTerm2(1078)
TERM: xterm-256color

Plugin Configuration

{
    "hijack_file_patterns": {
      1: "*.png",
      2: "*.jpg",
      3: "*.jpeg",
      4: "*.gif",
      5: "*.webp",
      6: "*.avif",
    },
    "editor_only_render_when_focused": false,
    "processor": "magick_rock",
    "max_height_window_percentage": 50,
    "tmux_show_only_in_active_window": false,
    "backend": "ueberzug",
    "scale_factor": 1,
    "max_width_window_percentage": 100,
    "integrations": {
      "markdown": {
        "filetypes": {
          1: "markdown",
          2: "vimwiki",
        },
        "enabled": true,
        "clear_in_insert_mode": false,
        "download_remote_images": true,
        "only_render_image_at_cursor": false,
      },
      "typst": {
        "enabled": true,
      },
      "css": {
        "enabled": false,
      },
      "html": {
        "enabled": false,
      },
      "syslang": {
        "enabled": true,
      },
      "neorg": {
        "enabled": true,
      },
    },
    "kitty_method": "normal",
    "window_overlap_clear_enabled": false,
    "window_overlap_clear_ft_ignore": {
      1: "cmp_menu",
      2: "cmp_docs",
      3: "scrollview",
      4: "scrollview_sign",
    },
  }

Processor Information

Active Processor: magick_rock
Magick Rock Available: true
Magick Rock Version: 1.6.0

Backend Information

Active Backend: ueberzug
Backend Features: {
  crop = false
}

Images

ID: 1000:2:2:513deedbe66ce661bd411c17909f4658640924a9a07016d1a748a53d1b16eb02
  Dimensions: 603x141
  Window: 1000
  Buffer: 2
  Rendered: true

ID: 1002:2:2:513deedbe66ce661bd411c17909f4658640924a9a07016d1a748a53d1b16eb02
  Dimensions: 603x141
  Window: 1002
  Buffer: 2
  Rendered: true

then I open ueberzugpp log and I found this:

The ueberzugpp log

 _   _      _
| | | |    | |                                _     _
| | | | ___| |__   ___ _ __ _____   _  __ _ _| |_ _| |_
| | | |/ _ \ '_ \ / _ \ '__|_  / | | |/ _` |_   _|_   _|
| |_| |  __/ |_) |  __/ |   / /| |_| | (_| | |_|   |_|
 \___/ \___|_.__/ \___|_|  /___|\__,_|\__, |
                                       __/ |
                                      |___/     v2.9.6
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [terminal] [info] TERM = xterm-256color
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [terminal] [info] TERM_PROGRAM = iTerm.app
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [terminal] [debug] stat failed (No such file or directory) for pty /dev/ttys16777215, pid 1078, ignoring
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [terminal] [debug] stat failed (No such file or directory) for pty /dev/ttys16777215, pid 2502, ignoring
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [terminal] [debug] stat failed (No such file or directory) for pty , pid 20417, ignoring
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [terminal] [info] PTY = /dev/ttys005
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [terminal] [debug] ioctl sizes: COLS=93 ROWS=25 XPIXEL=837 YPIXEL=575
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [terminal] [debug] iterm2 is supported
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [terminal] [debug] padding_horiz=0 padding_vert=0
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [terminal] [debug] font_width=9 font_height=23
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [main] [debug] Wayland support not compiled in the binary
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [main] [debug] X11 support not compiled in the binary
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [iterm2] [info] Canvas created
[2024-12-29 17:26:05.772] [main] [info] Listening for commands on socket /var/folders/dz/ks_xmzgx60v0vs35cs4ll2vh0000gn/T//ueberzugpp-15492.socket
[2024-12-29 17:26:27.794] [main] [info] Command received: {"action":"add","height":5,"identifier":"1000:2:2:513deedbe66ce661bd411c17909f4658640924a9a07016d1a748a53d1b16eb01","path":"/var/folders/dz/ks_xmzgx60v0vs35cs4ll2vh0000gn/T/nvim.inkfin/Q3aT7y/0/MTAwMDoyOjI6NTEzZGVlZGJlNjZjZTY2MWJkNDExYzE3OTA5ZjQ2NTg2NDA5MjRhOWEwNzAxNmQxYTc0OGE1M2QxYjE2ZWIwMg==-resized-495-115.png","width":55,"x":8,"y":16}
[2024-12-29 17:26:27.807] [vips] [info] loading file /var/folders/dz/ks_xmzgx60v0vs35cs4ll2vh0000gn/T/nvim.inkfin/Q3aT7y/0/MTAwMDoyOjI6NTEzZGVlZGJlNjZjZTY2MWJkNDExYzE3OTA5ZjQ2NTg2NDA5MjRhOWEwNzAxNmQxYTc0OGE1M2QxYjE2ZWIwMg==-resized-495-115.png
[2024-12-29 17:26:27.807] [vips] [debug] Failed to process image animation
[2024-12-29 17:26:27.809] [iterm2] [info] Displaying image with id 1000:2:2:513deedbe66ce661bd411c17909f4658640924a9a07016d1a748a53d1b16eb01

to test it out I run ueberzug layer with the command in log, and it displays correctly outside neovim

I've spent hours debugging this issue and I'm stuck with this. Is there something I'm missing, or are there specific configurations required to make ueberzug work within Neovim?

[UnaTried]

Don't forget to configure image.nvim

[3rd]

Hey, can you check the instructions added here? #270

[UnaTried]

Hey, can you check the instructions added here? #270

I wanted to recommend that but ueberzug works in their terminal, so it can't be that

[3rd]

Got it, going to debug it on a mac this weekend.

[UnaTried]

Got it, going to debug it on a mac this weekend.

I also added a comment in my PR

[jiuhao47]

Same problem, hopefully a quick fix.
But my platform is Linux (Ubuntu 24.04)

[HadyMash]

Same issue here on macos

[sghuang19]

Same issue here, I also tried modify the minimal startup to use backend = "iterm2", processor = "magick_cli".