I am new to Gentoo (not new to Linux), and am trying to do a Gentoo
install to handle my photo needs. I have emerged cinepaint, gimp,
hugin, KPhotoAlbum, Krita and ufraw (for starters).
Things work pretty well EXCEPT that the KDE based applications cannot
handle *.tif files. I have the media-libs/tiff package emerged, but for
some reason the KDE subsystem does not seem to be using it.
What doesn't even list .tif files as graphics files:
KView
What doesn't work with .tif files:
krita preview in File>Open dialog
KPhotoAlbum does not show .tif files
gimp lists the files, but puts up an error message when it attempts to
open the file
KView
What does work with .tif files:
Krita will open them (just not preview them)
hugin
cinepaint (not KDE based)
If I tell konqueror to open a .tif file with KView, the KView status bar
says "Unknown image format: /"...."/A00001658.1.tif"
If I tell konqueror to open a .tif file with GIMP, I get two GIMP Messages:
PDB calling error: Procedure 'file-tiff-load' not found.
Opening '/.../A00001658.1.tif' failed: raw image plug-in could not open
image
I have run
emerge --update --deep --newuse world
revdep-rebuild
with no improvement
Any insight into what I need to do to get this working will be greatly
appreciated. Please be explicit (or include links to documentation) if
I have to do anything unusual, but I will be glad to send any needed
information to help you diagnose my problem.
Ted Miller
Indiana, USA
