Ted Miller wrote: > 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 > > >
I would assume you have tiff in your USE line in make.conf? r...@smoker / # euse -i tiff global use flags (searching: tiff) ************************************************************ [+ CD ] tiff - Adds support for the TIFF image format local use flags (searching: tiff) ************************************************************ [+ CD ] tiff (media-tv/mythtv): Add support for tiff loading and rendering which is only used by media-plugins/mythgallery r...@smoker / # Just in case you missed that little detail. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
