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

[Mark Knecht]

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