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Date:      Mon, 3 Feb 2003 01:37:56 +0100 (CET)
From:      Marco Beishuizen <marco@beishuizen.info>
To:        FreeBSD questions mailing list <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: [already solved] GhostScript / Ghostview / Xdvi not working
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302030133200.259@tsunami.bsd>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302030100220.259@tsunami.bsd>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.53.0302030100220.259@tsunami.bsd>

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On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, the wise Marco Beishuizen spoke, and said:

>
> My problem appeared first when I wanted to insert a .eps graphics file in
> LyX. When I try to view my document with Xdvi it doesn't show the .eps
> files. Opening the document manually with Xdvi I get the error: "gs:
> Unknown device: x11".
>
> A similar error pops up when trying to view the document whith
> GhostScript. Then I get the error: "Unknown device: x11".
>
> When I try to open gs manually in a xterm I get the error: "**** Unable to
> open the initial device, quitting".
>
> After a google search I think I have to install GhostScript with x11
> support. But I have no idea how to do that. How do I get the x11 support
> in GhostScript?
>
> Marco

Problem solved. I had to reinstall ghostscript from the portstree with the
option NO_CHECKSUM=yes. It looks OK now.

Marco

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