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From: thelma@×××××××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 00:31:44
Message-Id: ecfb48dd-40ea-18f9-5e25-24be765643c5@sys-concept.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files by Mark Knecht
1 Thelma
2 On 12/23/21 17:19, Mark Knecht wrote:
3 > On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
4 >>
5 >> On 12/23/21 15:51, Spackman, Chris wrote:
6 >>> On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
7 >>>> I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1
8 >>>>
9 >>>> When I try to view a postsript file from command line: gs W-9_Form.ps
10 >>>> It works OK, but when I try to open same file in Xfce desktop it opens
11 >>>> and closes instantly.
12 >>>
13 >>> My guess would be that in XFCE, gs is successfully doing whatever
14 >>> (showing, interpreting, ??) in a terminal window and then immediately
15 >>> closing when done.
16 >>>
17 >>> Have you tried a GUI such as Okular or Evince? They both support viewing
18 >>> .ps files.
19 >>>
20 >>> In Thunar, just right click on the file and choose "Open with >" and
21 >>> either Okular or Evince if they are listed, or "Open with Other
22 >>> Application ..." if they aren't. (But if they aren't listed, you might
23 >>> have to install them, or a similar GUI viewer.)
24 >>>
25 >>
26 >> When I try to open "ps" file with evince I'm getting an error:
27 >>
28 >> evince W-9\ Form.ps
29 >>
30 >> (evince:6866): dconf-CRITICAL **: 16:50:27.034: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly.
31 >>
32 >
33 > Have you Googled it? I think this error has been all over the place recently.
34 >
35 > - Mark
36 >
37 Yes, I did; but couldn't find a solution yet.