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Date:      Sat, 29 Jul 1995 02:48:04 +0800 (CST)
From:      Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
To:        "bo (b.) xiao" <xiao@bnr.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Any one got ghostview work? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.91.950729024709.25749B-100000@aries>
In-Reply-To: <"7195 Thu Jul 27 15:43:50 1995"@bnr.ca> 

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On Thu, 27 Jul 1995, bo (b.) xiao wrote:
> 
> I have tried both the package and the port of ghostview, no luck.
> Compile of ghostscript and ghostview reports no error. Firing up 
> is fine but gv does not response to my clicks. Giving the ps file
> in command line yields:
> 
> Can't find initialization file gs_init.ps.
> Error: PostScript interpreter failed in main window.
> 
> Alone the same line, xdvi crashes my X server. :(

    I compiled Aladdin Ghostscript 3.12 (and the corresponding
ghostview) and xdvi from sources and both work marvellously.  I don't
recall having to fiddle with the Makefiles or source code.
-- 
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org




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