Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files

[Miles Malone]

It shouldnt be root, should be your current user.  Looks like you've
run a GUI program as root in your current session maybe, which has
created a root-owned dconf/user.

On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 at 10:40, <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
>
> On 12/23/21 17:19, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 12/23/21 15:51, Spackman, Chris wrote:
> >>> On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
> >>>> I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1
> >>>>
> >>>> When I try to view a postsript file from command line: gs W-9_Form.ps
> >>>> It works OK, but when I try to open same file in Xfce desktop it opens
> >>>> and closes instantly.
> >>>
> >>> My guess would be that in XFCE, gs is successfully doing whatever
> >>> (showing, interpreting, ??) in a terminal window and then immediately
> >>> closing when done.
> >>>
> >>> Have you tried a GUI such as Okular or Evince? They both support viewing
> >>> .ps files.
> >>>
> >>> In Thunar, just right click on the file and choose "Open with >" and
> >>> either Okular or Evince if they are listed, or "Open with Other
> >>> Application ..." if they aren't. (But if they aren't listed, you might
> >>> have to install them, or a similar GUI viewer.)
> >>>
> >>
> >> When I try to open "ps" file with evince I'm getting an error:
> >>
> >> evince W-9\ Form.ps
> >>
> >> (evince:6866): dconf-CRITICAL **: 16:50:27.034: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied.  dconf will not work properly.
> >>
> >
> > Have you Googled it? I think this error has been all over the place recently.
> >
> > - Mark
> >
> Who suppose to be the owner of the file: /run/user/1000/dconf/user
>
> -rw------- 1 root root 2 Dec 23 16:48 /run/user/1000/dconf/user
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