[GRASSLIST:6101] r.in.gdal - reading in specific bands

[Robert S. Nuske]

Hi Listers, 
 
I am trying to read in the 2nd band of a geotiff & *.pix ( PCI Geomatics 
Database File). I need to read in the second band of a geocoded DEM 
generated by Orthoengine. 
 
Reading in all bands of a geotiff or PCIDSK with r.in.gdal works just great. 
 
But I failed to read in only one band other than the first. No matter which 
band I ask for I always get the first band. I also get the first band when I
ask 
for a band that is not there. 
 
> r.in.gdal -o in=ortho.tif out=ortho  
works perfect and gives me ortho.red, ortho.green & ortho.blue 
 
> r.in.gdal -o in=ortho.tif out=ortho.2 band=2 
gives the same as ortho.red 
 
> r.in.gdal -o in=ortho.tif out=ortho.unreal band=6 
gives the same as ortho.red 
 
 
Did anybody experience something similar? 
 
robert