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Re: Unable to open the display
- From: "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn at connect dot to>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:00:58 +0200
- Subject: Re: Unable to open the display
- References: <cj8dmt$kr2$1@sea.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
"Alex Vinokur" <alexvn@connect.to> wrote in message cj8dmt$kr2$1@sea.gmane.org">news:cj8dmt$kr2$1@sea.gmane.org...
> $ gv -v
> gv: Unable to open the display
>
> $ cygcheck -sr | grep ghost
> ghostscript-base 7.05-2
> ghostscript-x11 7.05-2
>
> Also:
> $ which -a gs
> /usr/local/bin/gs
> /usr/bin/gs
> /bin/gs
> /usr/bin/gs
> /usr/X11R6/bin/gs
>
> $ gs -v
> GNU Ghostscript 8.01 (2004-01-30)
> Copyright (C) 2004 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
>
> $ /usr/X11R6/bin/gs -v
> GNU Ghostscript 7.05 (2002-04-22)
> Copyright (C) 2002 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
>
>
>
> Why is 'gv' unable to open the display?
>
[snip]
Also:
$ /usr/X11R6/bin/gs foo.tex
GNU Ghostscript 7.05 (2002-04-22)
Copyright (C) 2002 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
GNU Ghostscript 7.05: Cannot open X display `(null)'.
**** Unable to open the initial device, quitting.
--
Alex Vinokur
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