Gimp on Centos 5 has somehow lost its ability to load a pdf file on three (i386) different computers. I'm pretty sure that this used to work. When I try to load a PDF file I get the initial box titled "Load Postscript" with rendering and antialiasing options, but when I hit OK I get an error message: Opening "filename" failed: Plug-In could not open image." Comparing between Centos 5 and Centos 6 I see that I have a file named file-pdf in the gimp plugins directory on Centos 6 x86_64 (/usr/lib64/gimp/2.0/plug-ins) but that file is not preset on the Centos 5 boxes.. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER!
On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Frank Cox wrote:> Gimp on Centos 5 has somehow lost its ability to load a pdf > file on three (i386) different computers. I'm pretty sure > that this used to work.just a stab in the dark here -- upstream issued an update to poppler / evince that obsoleted xpdf (gratuitiously) mid ABI lifecycle in 5, seemingly for a security matter that seemed, to me to be a mild local exposure, only $ ldd /usr/bin/gimp | grep pop $ perhaps a needed helper application is now absent? -- Russ herrold