Debian bug report logs - #1112 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1112: a2gs output unusable by gs but usable by ghostview Reply-To: edd@qed.econ.queensu.ca, debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: edd@miles.econ.queensu.ca (Dirk Eddelbuettel) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 21:18:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: gsfonts X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 17 Jul 1995 21:18:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 071721093229013; Mon, 17 Jul 1995 21:09:32 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sXxOp-0005zQC; Mon, 17 Jul 95 14:08 PDT Received: from post.QueensU.CA (knot.QueensU.CA) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA07425 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-user-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 17 Jul 1995 14:06:48 -0700 Received: from miles (miles.econ.QueensU.CA [130.15.134.135]) by post.QueensU.CA (8.6.12/8.6.10+ASH) with SMTP id RAA15954; Mon, 17 Jul 1995 17:08:11 -0400 Message-Id: Date: Mon, 17 Jul 95 17:08 EDT From: edd@miles.econ.queensu.ca (Dirk Eddelbuettel) To: debian-user@pixar.com, debian-bugs@pixar.com Package: a2gs Version: 1.0-1 Package: gs_x Version: 2.6.1pl4 Package: gsfonts Version: 2.6.1 I am confused here. I use a2gs to create a postscript file of an ascii text file that I want to print. This postscript file can be viewed by ghostview just fine. But neither a HP 4ML (a genuine postscript printer) nor the following gs script can use it. Simply nothing happens (but an empty x11 window) when invoked by the script: #!/bin/sh gs -dNOBIND -sDEVICE=x11 -r80 -dSAFER -- $1 and all it creates is: Initializing... done. Ghostscript 2.6.1 (5/28/93) Copyright (C) 1990-1993 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved. Ghostscript comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. Loading Courier font from /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts/ncrr.gsf... 239192 232152 0 done. The font file is there. Again, ghostview uses it correctly. Similarly, nothing happens when I change the 'gs' device to 'ljet4'. The script works fine on a file created by groff from a man page. What am I missing? Thanks for any help, -- Dirk Eddelbuettel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: edd@qed.econ.queensu.ca Subject: Bug#1112: Acknowledgement (was: a2gs output unusable by gs but usable by ghostview) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1112" or "Re: Bug#1112" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1112: a2gs output unusable by gs but usable by ghostview Reply-To: bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-From: bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 23:03:06 GMT Resent-Message-ID: X-Debian-PR-Package: gsfonts X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 17 Jul 1995 23:03:06 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 07172257073064; Mon, 17 Jul 1995 22:57:08 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sXz4z-0005zkC; Mon, 17 Jul 95 15:56 PDT Received: from mongo.pixar.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA12371 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 17 Jul 1995 15:54:30 -0700 Received: by mongo.pixar.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sXz4y-0005zSC; Mon, 17 Jul 95 15:56 PDT Message-Id: Date: Mon, 17 Jul 95 15:56 PDT From: bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) To: debian-bugs@pixar.com, debian-user@pixar.com, debian-bugs@pixar.com, edd@qed.econ.queensu.ca Just on a hunch, look and see if the word "showpage" appears in the PostScript emitted by a2gs, close to the end. If it doesn't, that's the problem. Mail the PostScript to me (privately!) and I'll look it over. Bruce -- -- Attention Ham Radio Operators: For information on "Linux for Hams", read -- the World Wide Web page http://www.hams.com/perens/LinuxForHams, or send -- an e-mail message containing the word "help" to info@hams.com . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) Subject: Bug#1112: Info received (was Bug#1112: a2gs output unusable by gs but usable by ghostview) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1112" or "Re: Bug#1112" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov