Gimp non-free - gif doesn't work

I am trying to save a Gimp image as a GIF. I have gimp-nonfree installed and there is a gif executable in /usr/lib/gimp/0.99/plug-ins. But, GIF is greyed out in the list of image formats when I do `Save as'. If I save a file named xxx.gif, I get a GIF dialog box, but then the save fails. How

Re: Gimp non-free - gif doesn't work

But, GIF is greyed out in the list of image formats when I do `Save as'. If I save a file named xxx.gif, I get a GIF dialog box, but then the save fails. How can I get this to work? GIF doesn't work for RGB images, just for indexed and grayscale. This is a problem that I've run

Re: Gimp non-free - gif doesn't work

Ben == Ben Pfaff [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oliver But, GIF is greyed out in the list of image formats when I Oliver do `Save as'. If I save a file named xxx.gif, I get a GIF Oliver dialog box, but then the save fails. Oliver How can I get this to work? Ben GIF doesn't work