On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:35:42PM +0100, Martin Costabel wrote: > Daniel Macks wrote: > >On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 06:37:45PM +0100, daglio wrote: > >>Hi there, > >>Is there anyone having problems with ghostscript and X11 when looking > >>at ps/eps files? > >>I have Snow Leopard 10.6.2 and fink 64bits. I've compiled > >>ghostscript/ghostview and when doing > >>gs -h I do not see the x11 device in the list of available devices. > >> > >>out of disperation I tried to install the older version available in > >>the fink archive, i.e. ghostscript6 and then it worked. > >> > >>I wouldn't say that I am a deep expert in this matter, but I've been > >>working with mac and linux for many years and I never encountered this > >>problem thus far..anyone else? > >>is this a known problem with a easy solution? > > > >Some time long ago in the gs development, they switched from a > >monolithic binary to having some plugin support, with X11-related > >devices being a plugin. The display device is apparently part of the > >x11 plugin and its being enabled is dependent on x11 being detected at > >build-time. However, on the darwin platform, the display device is > >explicitly disabled even if x11 is detected and undoing that doesn't > >seem to revive the display device. > > But the x11 device is there anyway, even if display isn't, AFAICT. The > X11 detection in the absence of xmkmf was added to ghostscript.info only > recently, and not at all in the stable tree, as I am seeing now. I'll > add it to stable, too. Maybe Aldo's problem will then go away.
Ah yes, closer reading looks like Aldo only needs fix for the simpler x11 detection issue, not the deeper "even if found" other problem. dan -- Daniel Macks dma...@netspace.org http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
