Hello, On this date - Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 09:13:05PM +0100, Dom Rodriguez wrote: > Hello, > > I've installed media-gfx/gpicview and its unable to view JPEG files. It errors > with 'Couldn't recognise the image file format for file <redacted>'. > > Oddly enough, `imlib2_view` and `feh` can open JPEGs fine. I think its related > to either (or a combination of both) GTK+ or gdk-pixbuf. > > I've attached the output from `emerge --info`, and USE flags (from equery) of > the following packages that I feel are possibly related: > > - x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf > - x11-libs/gtk+ > - media-libs/imlib2 > - media-gfx/eog > - media-gfx/eom > > I'm using 'default/linux/amd64/17.1/desktop/gnome/systemd' as my profile, and > I've run a @world update, to no avail of fixing the JPEG issue. > > I have to admit, I'm not really sure what's going on here. Its rather odd... > > Has anyone else here experienced a similar issue? Did you manage to resolve > it? > > Thanks for any assistance with this problem. > > -- > Sincerely, > Dom Rodriguez (shymega). >
Well, after a reboot, the issue seems to have resolved itself. I still have no idea why it resolved, but it has. The only thing I can learn from this problem is to make sure the `jpeg` USE flag is set. -- Sincerely, Dom Rodriguez (shymega).
