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

[eric]

On 12/23/21 5:40 PM, 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
>
>

Shouldn't the owner be who ever has the uid of 1000? That is how it is 
on my system.

Regards,

Eric