Chunnuan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Vinay Gupta wrote:
>
> > Chunnuan Chen wrote:
> >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > > Chunnuan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I am using Mandrake 7.0-2. I was trying to use gv to open a .ps or .pdf
> > > > > file and got an error message like "unknow device: x11alpha", and the
> > > >
> > > > Can you check which version of ghostscript-XXX you have, you should see
> > > > ghostscript-X or ghostscript-Both, else install one of them and remove
> > > > the previous one which may be ghostscript-SVGALIB or ghostscript-PrintOnly.
> > > >
> > > > > file was not displayed. Can someone tell me what this means and how to
> > > > > correct this? Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > Chunnunan
> > > >
> > > > François.
> > >
> > > Thanks. I only got something like ghostscript-5.10-17mdk. How to see something
> > > like ghostscript-X or ghostscript-Both?
> > >
> > > Chunnuan
> >
> > Try this:
> > run gs from the shell
> > you'll get a gs prompt
> > type the following at the prompt
> > devicenames ==
> > look for any x11 stuff
> > you should find atleast x11 if not x11alpha
> > Thereafter:
> > Try changing your ghostscript options in gv from state->ghostscript
> > options->antialias device to the one you found earlier ( if none was found or if
> > this does not work remove the device in the antialias device..... you'll atleast
> > be able to read your ps's if not too clearly :-(
> >
> > hope this helps
> > vinay
> >
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> I used ghostscript -? and got:
>
> GNU Ghostscript 5.10 (1997-11-23)
> Copyright (C) 1997 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved.
> Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
> Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
> -dNOPAUSE no pause after page | -q `quiet', fewer messages
> -g<width>x<height> page size in pixels | -r<res> pixels/inch resolution
> -sDEVICE=<devname> select device | -dBATCH exit after last file
> -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
> embed %d or %ld for page #
> Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF
> Available devices:
> imagen iwhi iwlo iwlq lbp8 lips3 m8510 necp6 oki182 ln03 ap3250 appledmp
> epson epsonc eps9mid eps9high la50 la70 la75 la75plus deskjet djet500
> laserjet ljetplus ljet2p ljet3 ljet4 cdeskjet cdjcolor cdjmono cdj550 pj
> pjxl pjxl300 uniprint cp50 declj250 dnj650c ljet3d lj4dith lj250 bj10e
> bj200 bjc600 bjc800 cdj500 jetp3852 st800 xes faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 r4081
> sj48 t4693d2 t4693d4 t4693d8 tek4696 pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b
> pcxcmyk pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw tiffcrle
> tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack tiff12nc tiff24nc psmono psgray
> bit bitrgb bitcmyk pngmono pnggray png16 png256 png16m jpeg jpeggray
> pdfwrite pswrite epswrite pxlmono pxlcolor nullpage
>
> After I erased the antialias device, the error was gone. However, although I can
> see the page numbers on the left side
> and acutally can print out the file, I can't see the context (the gv scree is
> blank). So, is something worng with the display?
Absolutely not, you have installed ghostscript-PrintOnly, for changing try after
inserting CD1 and mounting it:
rpm -e ghostscript-PrintOnly --nodeps
rpm -U /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/ghostscript-X-*
And you should get additionnal drivers for X11, try again "gs --help" and
you should see "x11alpha x11..." in the list of available devices.
François.
> By the way, I am talking about an LM-7.02 on a DELL Latitute laptop.
