diff -aur gimp-2.6.11/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-wget.c gimp-2.6.11.pacthed/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-wget.c
--- gimp-2.6.11/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-wget.c	2010-07-03 00:51:59.000000000 +0200
+++ gimp-2.6.11.pacthed/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-wget.c	2011-06-20 11:49:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       g_snprintf (timeout_str, sizeof (timeout_str), "%d", TIMEOUT);
 
       execlp ("wget",
-              "wget", "-v", "-e", "server-response=off", "-T", timeout_str,
+              "wget", "-v", "-e", "server-response=off", "--progress=dot", "-T", timeout_str,
               uri, "-O", tmpname, NULL);
       _exit (127);
     }
@@ -296,6 +296,16 @@
             size = 0;
         }
 
+      /*  The sixth line is Saving to: ...  */
+      if (fgets (buf, sizeof (buf), input) == NULL)
+        {
+          g_set_error (error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_FAILED,
+                       _("wget exited abnormally on URI '%s'"), uri);
+          return FALSE;
+        }
+
+      DEBUG (buf);
+
       /*  Start the actual download...  */
       if (size > 0)
         {