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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 00:40:41
Message-Id: f59fbc70-efdb-eeba-14d8-01f8d830634f@sys-concept.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files by Mark Knecht
1 On 12/23/21 17:19, Mark Knecht wrote:
2 > On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 >>
4 >> On 12/23/21 15:51, Spackman, Chris wrote:
5 >>> On 2021/12/23 at 01:57pm, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
6 >>>> I have latest ghostscript installed: ghostscript-gpl-9.55.0-r1
7 >>>>
8 >>>> When I try to view a postsript file from command line: gs W-9_Form.ps
9 >>>> It works OK, but when I try to open same file in Xfce desktop it opens
10 >>>> and closes instantly.
11 >>>
12 >>> My guess would be that in XFCE, gs is successfully doing whatever
13 >>> (showing, interpreting, ??) in a terminal window and then immediately
14 >>> closing when done.
15 >>>
16 >>> Have you tried a GUI such as Okular or Evince? They both support viewing
17 >>> .ps files.
18 >>>
19 >>> In Thunar, just right click on the file and choose "Open with >" and
20 >>> either Okular or Evince if they are listed, or "Open with Other
21 >>> Application ..." if they aren't. (But if they aren't listed, you might
22 >>> have to install them, or a similar GUI viewer.)
23 >>>
24 >>
25 >> When I try to open "ps" file with evince I'm getting an error:
26 >>
27 >> evince W-9\ Form.ps
28 >>
29 >> (evince:6866): dconf-CRITICAL **: 16:50:27.034: unable to create file '/run/user/1000/dconf/user': Permission denied. dconf will not work properly.
30 >>
31 >
32 > Have you Googled it? I think this error has been all over the place recently.
33 >
34 > - Mark
35 >
36 Who suppose to be the owner of the file: /run/user/1000/dconf/user
37
38 -rw------- 1 root root 2 Dec 23 16:48 /run/user/1000/dconf/user

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Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files eric <eriic1@×××.net>
Re: [gentoo-user] viewer for "ps" postscript files Miles Malone <m.malone@××××××××××××××××××.net>