[Gdal-dev] gdaladdo errors on Linux

[Mateusz Loskot]

Richard Greenwood wrote:
> On 4/28/07, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz at loskot.net> wrote:
>> Richard Greenwood wrote:
>> > I've got an odd situation. I have a set of TIFFs that I can add
>> > overlays to under Windows and Mac OS X, but not Linux.
>> >
>> > The gdaladdo error under Linux is:
>> >
>> > ERROR 1: IReadBlock failed at X offset 2, Y offset 4
>> > ERROR 1: GetBlockRef failed at X block offset 2, Y block offset 4
>> > ERROR 1: F43110A1.TIF:DumpModeDecode: Not enough data for scanline 256
>> > ERROR 1: TIFFReadEncodedTile() failed.
>> >
>> > (These 4 error repeat "forever")
>> >
>> > The images are 8 bit TIFFs with a 13 color table. The Linux and OS X
>> > versions of gdaladdo are identical (1.3.2.0) the Windows version is
>> > 1.4.0.0. I have run gdaladdo on the Linux box successfully in the
>> > past.
>>
>> Richard,
>>
>> Do you use internal or external libtiff ?
> 
> I honestly do not know. The Linux server is a remote server that I
> know very little about It is running Linux 2.4.33.3 stable Slackware
> 11.0. I did a minimal ./configure, make install of gdal. If you can
> give me any pointers as to how to determine more about my libtiff I
> can of course research it more.

Richard,

After the ./configure finishes its job, you get the summary.
Check if there is 'internal' word displayed next to libtiff.

>> Could you give me your dataset, so I can test it myself too?
> 
> I put a ~4MB samle at:
>    http://www.sublettewyo.com/250k.zip
> 
> I appreciate your interest in this problem, but please do not put
> undue effort into solving as I can easily work around the problem.

I'm sorry but I've not digged into this problem yet.
I was away for longer than a week recently, now I'm back and collecting
deferred tasks.

I'll let you know when I check it, should be soon.

Cheers
-- 
Mateusz Loskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net