Compiling octave for SuSE11.3 for image functionality

[Enno Fennema]

Before compiling I tried to get all packages as described by Bernhard
Schoeps.

I did not find packages hdf5-devel (hdf5 was ok), ftgl (libfgtgl2 and
ftgl-devel ok) nor package qhull-2003 (again libqhull5 and
libqhull5-devel ok). 'configure' looked ok, 'compile' looked ok.

Ran 'run-octave' and basics worked. Now called

   I = imread('image24.png');

Now get:

octave: magick/semaphore.c:525: LockSemaphoreInfo: Assertion
     `semaphore_info != (SemaphoreInfo *) ((void *)0)' failed.
panic: Aborted -- stopping myself...
Aborted

That is progress but not enough. Stuck again.

PS. I am surprised that Schoeps suggests including both GraphicsMagick
and ImageMagicks. I thought the two were competing and not necessarily
compatible?? I am not sure which one I am actually using.

Would appreciate any help.
Enno