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Ted Miller wrote: |
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> I am new to Gentoo (not new to Linux), and am trying to do a Gentoo |
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> install to handle my photo needs. I have emerged cinepaint, gimp, |
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> hugin, KPhotoAlbum, Krita and ufraw (for starters). |
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> Things work pretty well EXCEPT that the KDE based applications cannot |
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> handle *.tif files. I have the media-libs/tiff package emerged, but |
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> for some reason the KDE subsystem does not seem to be using it. |
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> What doesn't even list .tif files as graphics files: |
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> KView |
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> What doesn't work with .tif files: |
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> krita preview in File>Open dialog |
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> KPhotoAlbum does not show .tif files |
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> gimp lists the files, but puts up an error message when it attempts to |
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> open the file |
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> KView |
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> What does work with .tif files: |
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> Krita will open them (just not preview them) |
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> hugin |
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> cinepaint (not KDE based) |
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> If I tell konqueror to open a .tif file with KView, the KView status |
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> bar says "Unknown image format: /"...."/A00001658.1.tif" |
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> If I tell konqueror to open a .tif file with GIMP, I get two GIMP |
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> Messages: |
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> PDB calling error: Procedure 'file-tiff-load' not found. |
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> Opening '/.../A00001658.1.tif' failed: raw image plug-in could not |
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> open image |
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> I have run |
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> emerge --update --deep --newuse world |
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> revdep-rebuild |
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> with no improvement |
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> Any insight into what I need to do to get this working will be greatly |
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> appreciated. Please be explicit (or include links to documentation) |
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> if I have to do anything unusual, but I will be glad to send any |
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> needed information to help you diagnose my problem. |
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> |
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> Ted Miller |
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> Indiana, USA |
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I would assume you have tiff in your USE line in make.conf? |
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root@smoker / # euse -i tiff |
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global use flags (searching: tiff) |
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************************************************************ |
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[+ CD ] tiff - Adds support for the TIFF image format |
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local use flags (searching: tiff) |
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************************************************************ |
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[+ CD ] tiff (media-tv/mythtv): |
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Add support for tiff loading and rendering which is only used by |
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media-plugins/mythgallery |
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root@smoker / # |
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Just in case you missed that little detail. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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