diff -aur gimp-2.6.11/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-wget.c gimp-2.6.11.patched/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.patched/plug-ins/file-uri/uri-backend-wget.c	2011-06-21 12:50:13.000000000 +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);
     }
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
       FILE     *input;
       gchar     buf[BUFSIZE];
       gboolean  seen_resolve = FALSE;
+      gboolean  seen_ftp     = FALSE;
       gboolean  connected    = FALSE;
       gboolean  redirect     = FALSE;
       gboolean  file_found   = FALSE;
@@ -182,6 +183,11 @@
                        _("wget exited abnormally on URI '%s'"), uri);
           return FALSE;
         }
+      /* with and ftp url wget have a "=> `filename.foo" */
+      else if ( !seen_ftp && strstr (buf, "=> `"))
+        {
+          seen_ftp = TRUE;
+        }
 
       DEBUG (buf);
 
@@ -233,6 +239,16 @@
 
           return FALSE;
         }
+      /* on successful ftp login wget print a Logged in message */
+      else if ( seen_ftp && !strstr(buf, "Logged in!"))
+        {
+          g_set_error (error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_FAILED,
+                       _("A network error occurred: %s"), buf);
+
+          DEBUG (buf);
+
+          return FALSE;
+        }
       else if (strstr (buf, "302 Found"))
         {
           DEBUG (buf);
@@ -246,6 +262,37 @@
 
       DEBUG (buf);
 
+      /* for an ftp session wget have extra output*/
+      ftp_session:
+      if (seen_ftp)
+        {
+          if (fgets (buf, sizeof (buf), input) == NULL)
+            {
+              g_set_error (error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_FAILED,
+                           _("A network error occurred: %s"), buf);
+
+              DEBUG (buf);
+
+              return FALSE;
+            }
+          /* if there is no size output file do not exist on server */
+          else if (strstr (buf, "==> SIZE") && strstr (buf, "... done"))
+            {
+              g_set_error (error, G_FILE_ERROR, G_FILE_ERROR_FAILED,
+                           _("wget exited abnormally on URI '%s'"), uri);
+
+              DEBUG (buf);
+
+              return FALSE;
+            }
+          /* while no PASV line we eat other messages */
+          else if (!strstr (buf, "==> PASV"))
+            {
+              DEBUG (buf);
+              goto ftp_session;
+            }
+        }
+
       /*  The fifth line is either the length of the file or an error  */
       if (fgets (buf, sizeof (buf), input) == NULL)
         {
@@ -296,6 +343,18 @@
             size = 0;
         }
 
+      /* on http sessions wget have Saving to: ...*/
+      if (!seen_ftp)
+        {
+          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;
+            }
+        }
+
       /*  Start the actual download...  */
       if (size > 0)
         {