Any problem with TIFF image Format for Linux ?

[Parameshwara Bhat]

Hello List,

Here I have a technical drawing sent in tiff format from a vendor with 
a few pages. I have tried opening this file with kview,kuickshow,
GQview,Gnome Image Viewer,gThumb,and most venerable GIMP. But none of 
them can display it satisfactorily. The moment this file is opened,I 
can see frentic hard disk operation (as indicated by LED),freezing of 
desktop,mouse and other applications. Finally when opened, navigation 
repeats the effect.

This file is opened and slide showed in preview - effortlessly under 
Windows XP.

I have tried opening the File in above aplications under Fedora,Suse 
linux, Knoppix with invariably the same result.

Is it that this format is particularly disliked by Linux OSes? Or what 
else could be wrong with the file ?

Thanking in advance,

Parameshwara Bhat