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Re: gv fails: Unknown device: x11alpha
- From: "Dr. Volker Zell" <Dr dot Volker dot Zell at oracle dot com>
- To: Lester Ingber <ingber at ingber dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 10:08:24 +0100
- Subject: Re: gv fails: Unknown device: x11alpha
- References: <20031104152526.GA1652@ingber.com>
>>>>> "Lester" == Lester Ingber <ingber@ingber.com> writes:
Lester> I just downloaded gv with my latest full update of all files available.
Lester> When attempting to open a PostScript file I got
Lester> Unknown device: x11alpha
Make sure you have the X-enabled version of ghostscript in your path.
By the way the require line in setup.hint pulls in the x11 enabled version.
I bet it's shadowed by /usr/bin/gs in your case.
> type -a gs
> gs is /usr/X11R6/bin/gs
> gs --help
GNU Ghostscript 7.05 (2002-04-22)
Copyright (C) 2002 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
-dNOPAUSE no pause after page | -q `quiet', fewer messages
-g<width>x<height> page size in pixels | -r<res> pixels/inch resolution
-sDEVICE=<devname> select device | -dBATCH exit after last file
-sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF
Available devices:
x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11gray2 x11gray4 x11mono bmpmono bmpgray bmpsep1
^^^^^^^^
bmpsep8 bmp16 bmp256 bmp16m bmp32b deskjet djet500 laserjet ljetplus
ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 ljet4d lj5mono lj5gray cdeskjet cdjcolor
cdjmono cdj550 pj pjxl pjxl300 uniprint ijs bj10e bj200 bjc600 bjc800
faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b pcxcmyk pbm
pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw pkm pkmraw pksm
pksmraw tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tifflzw tiffpack tiff12nc
tiff24nc psmono psgray psrgb bit bitrgb bitcmyk pngmono pnggray png16
png256 png16m jpeg jpeggray pdfwrite pswrite epswrite pxlmono pxlcolor
bbox cljet5 cljet5c nullpage
Search path:
. : /usr/share/ghostscript/7.05/lib : /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts
Initialization files are compiled into the executable.
For more information, see /usr/doc/ghostscript-7.05/Use.htm.
Report bugs to bug-gs@ghostscript.com, using the form in Bug-form.htm.
Lester> Lester
Ciao
Volker
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