On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 21:41 +0100, Eric Van Buggenhaut wrote: > gs opens but doesn't show anything, just a blank window. Then a > warning pop-up window opens, but it's blank too, just the big button > at the bottom saying 'dismiss'. I can press it and the window closes > but nothing happens after that. Just plain blank window. >
Oh, that's a shame that the pop-up is blank too. It's probably trying to transmit the error message. > > > > I'm using an i386 system (Pentium-M laptop). I might have supposed it > > was a bug in the gv libraries, except that you're using the same i386 > > (i686) libraries. right? > > Yep, this is a Pentium-M laptop here too. > Hmm, next question I suppose is which video card. I've got an Intel 855GM, using the XFree86 i810 driver. But I don't really think that will explain the difference in behaviour. > > > > The only thing I can suggest is to look deeper, at gs itself. There are > > three versions, gs-gpl, gs-esp, gs-afpl. I'm using gs-eps by default. > > Which one are you using? Mind you, used directly, all the gs's seem to > > behave the same way. > > I just apt-got gs-esp which wasn't installed and I can see my ps files > now. If I apt-get remove gs-esp I can't view the ps file anymore. > > So gs-gpl doesn't work but gs-esp+gs-gpl actually does. > > Should gs then depend on gs-esp too ? > Not really. gs itself is not a "real" package, it's just a placeholder for gs-gpl. You can install any (or all) of the three gs's, they're supposed to be interchangable (aside from bugs like this one). You choose which one is "gs" via the Debian alternatives infrastructure. I'm glad to hear the file works with gs-esp, at least. I think I'll pass this bug on to gs-gpl. Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
