On Tue, 13 Apr 2010, +15:19:03 EEST (UTC +0300), Bernhard R. Link <brl...@debian.org> pressed some keys:
> * Juhapekka Tolvanen <juht...@iki.fi> [100412 18:27]: > > Whenever I try to view some PostScript-file with GV, main window > > opens, but in addition it opens Ghostscript Messages -window that says: > > "defaultdevice". Main window do not show document at all; That area > > that is meant for showing document, is all white. > > Opening that window usually means there is some error from ghostscript > when opening that file. > > As your system seems to be mixed up between the releases, I'm guessing > the most likely reason is some problem with your ghostscript > installation (most likely the ghostscript and ghostscript-x packages). > > Could you: > > 1) Check the version of ghostscript you have installed: > dpkg -l 'ghostscript*' Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=====================================-=====================================-========================================================================================== ii ghostscript 8.71~dfsg-3 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpreter un ghostscript-cups <none> (no description available) ii ghostscript-doc 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny1 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpreter - Documentation ii ghostscript-x 8.62.dfsg.1-3.2lenny1 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpreter - X Display support > If you versions do not match, try to upgrade one of them and retry. Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=====================================-=====================================-========================================================================================== ii ghostscript 8.71~dfsg-3 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpreter un ghostscript-cups <none> (no description available) ii ghostscript-doc 8.71~dfsg-3 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpreter - Documentation ii ghostscript-x 8.71~dfsg-3 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpreter - X Display support That helped. You can close that bug. Maybe you should add dependency to new enough version of ghostscript. -- Juhapekka "naula" Tolvanen * http colon slash slash iki dot fi slash juhtolv "Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
