Unknown Graphics Format - png, gif?

[DoyenSyd]

Hi,

I'm trying to use Impress from the 2.4.0 Open Office suite that is installed on a server running RedHat 4 Enterprise.
I could not work out why presentations created in other computers would not show the images,masterslide when opened using
this one. The origin of the problem I think was shown when:

I'm tried to insert an image (I have tried two formats, png, and gif) by two methods:
1) Click on Insert Menu and then Picture from file
2) New slide, choosing a format with has a 'double click to insert graphics'

and both return a pop up dialog saying 'unknown graphics format' .

Now I know this works because on my PC running Scientific Linux 4 (a variant of RedHat 4) on which I
installed 2.4.0 Open Office myself I do not get such problems and I can insert images to my hearts delight.

It must be that Open Office is not finding the correct helpers to allow it to read gif and png files.. but I would
not know where it is looking for them or how to reconfigure it. or which are the ones it uses.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Aldo

[TheGurkha]

Is the OOo on the Red Hat server the official Sun Build of OOo (that is, did you download it from OOo), or is it a Red Hat version?