Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:26:26 -0400 From: Tim Kellers <timothyk@wallnet.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: poscript display problems Message-ID: <4874CA92.8060504@wallnet.com> In-Reply-To: <4873D665.2060202@telenix.org> References: <4873B275.8050504@telenix.org> <4873C0D9.3040306@wallnet.com> <4873D209.5060506@telenix.org> <4873D657.2080706@wallnet.com> <4873D665.2060202@telenix.org>
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I was in a rush last night when I sent that e-mail. I wanted to add that the file, when ftp'd to my MacBook (10.5.4), open just fine Preview and all the pages were readable. Tim Chuck Robey wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Tim Kellers wrote: > >> 55 completely blank pages >> > > well, thanks very much, Tim. You and Phil Ost tested, and I found out that our > FreeBSD-ports installed gs seems to have some sickness, when being asked to > display PS files that don't have embedded fonts ... because that's what this is. > I'll be investigating it further. I have already verified that at least some > of the Linux-derived gs ports display this fine, so it's a ports problem of some > kind, because of the testing, and I know my gs and gs fonts are installed the > way they should be. > > >> Chuck Robey wrote: >> >>> Tim Kellers wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Send me one, I have gv installed (FreeBSD 7.0-Stable Xorg 7.3_1). >>>> >>>> >>> Great, it's attached, I really appreciate this. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Chuck Robey wrote: >>>> I'm seeing some odd display problems, and I need to get somebody else >>>> to verify >>>> for me if it's a pan-FreeBSD problem, or if perhaps I have some oddity >>>> with my >>>> ghostcript installation. >>>> >>>> My problem is, on doc files from the Xorg project, *.PS.gz files (and >>>> not all of >>>> these, only the ones deriving directly from Framework .mif files) gv >>>> displays >>>> blank pages, and ps2pdf is converting to blank pages on pdfs. If you >>>> have a >>>> moment to do it, and would write me, I'd mail you one of these files, >>>> and see if >>>> you can view them yourself. If you can, I need to look harder. If >>>> you can't, >>>> then maybe we all need to (because one of the Xorg folks just told me >>>> they can >>>> read them fine using gv). I need some independent verification. >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkhz1mQACgkQz62J6PPcoOl1qQCgktjSAn0DPiJX47/1hZHNs4Ss > U8QAn2onnogfZqjjr6Qswhmo2OLss/Rn > =9DIr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >
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