Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 23:32:18 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems viewing pages 4 and 9 on Newsletter Issue 2 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980524233053.21501A-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980524213931.21357A-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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On Sun, 24 May 1998, Chris Dillon wrote: > Has anyone had a problem printing/viewing pages 4 and 9 of the new > newsletter? My printer consistently chokes at the exact same spot on > those pages and lights up like a christmas tree (saved to ps by xpdf 0.7, > and from ps to HP 870Cse by Ghostscript 5.10) and xpdf coredumps on a > Signal 8 (Floating Exception) when I try to view those two pages. > > Funny how xpdf doesn't complain while saving to postscript, nor does > Ghostscript complain when converting from ps to native printer format. > I've re-downloaded issue2.pdf from ftp.freebsd.org and got the exact same > results (diff showed no difference). Is it possible the version on > ftp.freebsd.org is corrupted? Quick update here.. i went from xpdf 0.7 to 0.7a, and the problem with the Signal 8 while viewing those pages disappeared. However, the printing problem still occurs. -- Chris Dillon --- cdillon@inter-linc.net --- cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the messagehome | help
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