Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 12:22:42 -0500 From: Joe Altman <fj@panix.com> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To what address should I send a query regarding the error below... Message-ID: <20050205172241.GA20321@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <20050205121541.GF73948@submonkey.net> References: <20050204192834.GA17121@panix.com> <200502041209.08758.kstewart@owt.com> <20050204203143.GA3029@panix.com> <20050205121541.GF73948@submonkey.net>
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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 have decided that Albert Ayler...gives me a headache.
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