diff -Naur blender-2.47.orig/source/blender/imbuf/intern/dynlibtiff.c blender-2.47/source/blender/imbuf/intern/dynlibtiff.c
--- blender-2.47.orig/source/blender/imbuf/intern/dynlibtiff.c	2008-04-17 02:40:48 +0400
+++ blender-2.47/source/blender/imbuf/intern/dynlibtiff.c	2008-10-08 23:51:39 +0400
@@ -82,22 +82,7 @@
 	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
 	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("libtiff.so.3");
 	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("libtiff.dll");
-	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("/usr/lib/libtiff.so");
-	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("/usr/lib/libtiff.so.3");
-	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-	/* OSX has version specific library */
-#ifdef __x86_64__
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("/usr/lib64/libtiff.so.3");
-	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-#endif
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("/usr/local/lib/libtiff.so");
-	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-	/* For solaris */
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("/usr/openwin/lib/libtiff.so");
-
+	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("libtiff.so.4");
 }
 
 void *libtiff_findsymbol(char *name)
diff -Naur blender-2.47.orig/source/blender/imbuf/intern/gen_dynlibtiff.py blender-2.47/source/blender/imbuf/intern/gen_dynlibtiff.py
--- blender-2.47.orig/source/blender/imbuf/intern/gen_dynlibtiff.py	2008-04-17 02:40:48 +0400
+++ blender-2.47/source/blender/imbuf/intern/gen_dynlibtiff.py	2008-10-08 23:51:20 +0400
@@ -121,21 +121,7 @@
 	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
 	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("libtiff.so.3");
 	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("libtiff.dll");
-	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("/usr/lib/libtiff.so");
-	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("/usr/lib/libtiff.so.3");
-	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-	/* OSX has version specific library */
-#ifdef __x86_64__
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("/usr/lib64/libtiff.so.3");
-	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-#endif
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("/usr/local/lib/libtiff.so");
-	if (libtiff != NULL)  return;
-	/* For solaris */
-	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("/usr/openwin/lib/libtiff.so");
+	libtiff = PIL_dynlib_open("libtiff.so.4");
 
 }