retitle 314169 gs: unhelpful error when -sOutputFile missing (Error: /invalidfileaccess in --.outputpage--) severity 314169 normal tags 314169 - help tags 314169 + upstream quit
Hi Uwe, Uwe Muench wrote: > when calling gs with the option -sDEVICE=ppmraw, > 36> gs -sDEVICE=ppmraw fax-eltern-1.ps > it fails with this error message: > Error: /invalidfileaccess in --.outputpage-- This error message means that ghostscript could not figure out where to write this output. Using gs -dSAFER -sDEVICE=ppmraw -sOutputFile=foo.ppm foo.ps works for me. I see two possible bugs here: - Is this an incompatible with older versions of ghostscript? - the error message is not very helpful. Information gathering and patches for either would be welcome. Thanks again. Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
