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From: Dom Rodriguez <shymega@×××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gpicview/eom/eog not displaying JPEGs
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 21:12:03
Message-Id: 20190916211145.onszov72p65ou5uy@cyberdemon
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] gpicview/eom/eog not displaying JPEGs by Dom Rodriguez
1 Hello,
2
3 On this date - Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 09:13:05PM +0100, Dom Rodriguez wrote:
4 > Hello,
5 >
6 > I've installed media-gfx/gpicview and its unable to view JPEG files. It errors
7 > with 'Couldn't recognise the image file format for file <redacted>'.
8 >
9 > Oddly enough, `imlib2_view` and `feh` can open JPEGs fine. I think its related
10 > to either (or a combination of both) GTK+ or gdk-pixbuf.
11 >
12 > I've attached the output from `emerge --info`, and USE flags (from equery) of
13 > the following packages that I feel are possibly related:
14 >
15 > - x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf
16 > - x11-libs/gtk+
17 > - media-libs/imlib2
18 > - media-gfx/eog
19 > - media-gfx/eom
20 >
21 > I'm using 'default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop/gnome/systemd' as my profile, and
22 > I've run a @world update, to no avail of fixing the JPEG issue.
23 >
24 > I have to admit, I'm not really sure what's going on here. Its rather odd...
25 >
26 > Has anyone else here experienced a similar issue? Did you manage to resolve it?
27 >
28 > Thanks for any assistance with this problem.
29 >
30 > --
31 > Sincerely,
32 > Dom Rodriguez (shymega).
33 >
34
35 Well, after a reboot, the issue seems to have resolved itself. I still have no
36 idea why it resolved, but it has.
37
38 The only thing I can learn from this problem is to make sure the `jpeg` USE
39 flag is set.
40
41 --
42 Sincerely,
43 Dom Rodriguez (shymega).