Re: [Groff] gs, gv

[Heinz-Jürgen Oertel]

Am Sonntag, 6. November 2005 16:57 schrieb mikkel meinike:
> Hallow agan
>
> I have now installed gs and the viewer gv on my BL3 system but when I
> try to see a ps file I can't do that I get an error messages
> gv alphabet.ps
>
> The xterm window display
> Warning: ... fund while parding '<key>apLineDel:
> GV_Page(page+5)
> Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
>
> The gv windows Oppens and this massages pups up
> Ghost Script Massages
> unknown device: x11
> Dismiss
>
> So it looks like the problem is in the settings of gs. I found out
> that my ghost script that is from slackware4 as default sent the
> output to CLI svgalib.
> gs alphabet.ps
> from an X11 xterm does: Black screen some fast massages about svgalib
> and something about buss error and than fall back to X11 with
>
> svgalib: allocated virtual console #5
>
> How can I change the settings so it will use X11 and I assume the X11
> fonts, and so that gv can display my ps files? and also I have a very
> low screen 480x600 should I set a special resolution for this screen
> or will that work out automatically with the vga16 server
> /Mikkel
>
> /Mikkel

Is gs compiled for x11 as output device?
Check
$ gs --help

if x11 is in the list of "Available devices:" and installed as "Default 
output device:"

Heinz