Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:50:37 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Joe Altman <fj@panix.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To what address should I send a query regarding the error below... Message-ID: <20050205175037.GI73948@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20050205172241.GA20321@panix.com> References: <20050204192834.GA17121@panix.com> <200502041209.08758.kstewart@owt.com> <20050204203143.GA3029@panix.com> <20050205121541.GF73948@submonkey.net> <20050205172241.GA20321@panix.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 12:22:42PM -0500, Joe Altman wrote: > On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 12:15:41PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 03:31:43PM -0500, Joe Altman wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 12:09:08PM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > > > > > > > > FWIW, I did a make clean and can build the US books. > > > > > > Huh....I tried make clean, after each failure, and no joy. I wonder if > > > it is because I have a refuse file for other languages? > > > > I don't think so; does "gs -sDEVICE=bit" drop you to a gs prompt, or > > fail? > > vox# gs -sDEVICE=bit > GNU Ghostscript 7.07 (2003-05-17) > Copyright (C) 2003 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved. > This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. > Unknown device: bit > > This, to see a prompt: > > vox# gs > GNU Ghostscript 7.07 (2003-05-17) > Copyright (C) 2003 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved. > This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. > GS> > > Oh...wait. I think this means that I must have excluded a > driver, during the batch installation of ghostscript? > > During the installation of (I think it was ghostscript) I deselected > some printer related things; I thought I had only left out things like > manufacturer related drivers. I guess I must have incorrectly excluded > something crucial. > > Perhaps a deinstall/reinstall on ghostscript, then? I think that should sort it out, yes. I'm not sure what options you need exactly, but if you stick with the defaults then you should be fine. Ceri -- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCBQdtocfcwTS3JF8RAi7AAKCykwoeSGQRPbeY+CqLqz0u8ArJrwCfZGM/ dvaLaoZIVBH2HoPQzlzNYLs= =waZ2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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