Re: Eps images not shown in xdvi (Ghostscript issue?)

[email protected] wrote:
> On 4/19/06, Martin Siegumfeldt <[email protected]> wrote:
>   
>> Greetings
>>
>> I have just upgraded from Fedora Core4 to Core5, and realized that Xdvi
>> does not show eps images anymore. The following is printed to the
>> console when an eps ought to (but is not) displayed:
>>
>> gs: Error: /invalidaccess in --put--
>> [...]
>> I use preview-latex through auc-tex in combination with emacs, which
>> which doesn't show eps images either. Could this be due to an upgrade of
>> Ghostscript? I do not remember which version was installed before the
>> upgrade, but the current is 8.15.1 (2005-09-22). Are there any
>> requirements for Ghostscript from TeTex?
>>     
>
> The key requirement for ghostscript is that it work properly.   There
> may be some dodgey files that work with some versions but not others,
> but I've used 8.15.1 and 8.53 with xdvi on other systems.
>
> The canonical test file is grfguide.tex, whch contains a minimal (e)ps file.
>
> Can you catch gs misbehaving independently of tetex?  Then you could
> file a bug report with Red Hat against gs.   You could try installing
> the current gs 8.53 from sources, which is not at all difficult (e.g.,
> compared to using TeX) if the tools are working.
>
> --
> George N. White III <[email protected]>
> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
>   
A reinstallation of gs 8.53 from sources made it work.

Thank you for all your answers, I appreciate it.

Martin