Hi Gianluca,
On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 20:31 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
are you able to attach the actual dvi file (or one showing that problem, alo)? Or, if you want to send it directly to me, that is fine too. I am curious as to what the issue is.
I will send it to you separately.
Got it, see below.
On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 20:44 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
I attach here the .tex, .dvi, .pdf files along with the EPS graphics. You need to have the EPS file in the same firectory as the .dvi file. The .pdf shows the full page with the figure. When I open the .dvi in an older OpenSUSE (<=13.2) distribution, then the figure appears. But in OpenSUSE 15.3 the figure is not there but the text is.
It worked fine for me.
I am using Slackware64 15.0. However, rather than using Slackware's TeX packages, I just install texlive and get it over with.
Are you using texlive, or OpenSUSE's TeX packages? And, in either case, if you copy xdvi from a working system and try it out on your system, does it work?
You might consider submitting a bug report to the OpenSUSE people (assuming you are using their package, and not texlive).
Jim
Hi Jim,
On Fri, 9 Sep 2022, Jim wrote:
On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 20:44 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
I attach here the .tex, .dvi, .pdf files along with the EPS graphics. You need to have the EPS file in the same firectory as the .dvi file. The .pdf shows the full page with the figure. When I open the .dvi in an older OpenSUSE (<=13.2) distribution, then the figure appears. But in OpenSUSE 15.3 the figure is not there but the text is.
It worked fine for me.
I am using Slackware64 15.0. However, rather than using Slackware's TeX packages, I just install texlive and get it over with.
Are you using texlive, or OpenSUSE's TeX packages? And, in either case, if you copy xdvi from a working system and try it out on your system, does it work?
I will check that.
You might consider submitting a bug report to the OpenSUSE people (assuming you are using their package, and not texlive).
I am using texlive, which is included in the OpenSUSE distribution. I will contact the OpenSUSE forum.
I also tried out different fonts with gvim to see if that affects speed. I found that Liberation Mono is a bit faster than Adobe Courier that I was using.
Thanks,
Gianluca
Jim
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On Fri, 9 Sep 2022, Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
Hi Jim,
On Fri, 9 Sep 2022, Jim wrote:
On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 20:44 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
I attach here the .tex, .dvi, .pdf files along with the EPS graphics. You need to have the EPS file in the same firectory as the .dvi file. The .pdf shows the full page with the figure. When I open the .dvi in an older OpenSUSE (<=13.2) distribution, then the figure appears. But in OpenSUSE 15.3 the figure is not there but the text is.
It worked fine for me.
I am using Slackware64 15.0. However, rather than using Slackware's TeX packages, I just install texlive and get it over with.
Are you using texlive, or OpenSUSE's TeX packages? And, in either case, if you copy xdvi from a working system and try it out on your system, does it work?
I will check that.
I copied xdvi from an older distribution, but I get the same problem, i.e., the text appears but not the figures. So the problem may be somewhere else. I searched the web and found that this is not an uncommon issue as it occurred also in other distributions:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24941
Gianluca
You might consider submitting a bug report to the OpenSUSE people (assuming you are using their package, and not texlive).
I am using texlive, which is included in the OpenSUSE distribution. I will contact the OpenSUSE forum.
I also tried out different fonts with gvim to see if that affects speed. I found that Liberation Mono is a bit faster than Adobe Courier that I was using.
Thanks,
GianlucaJim
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Hi Gianluca,
On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 09:56 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
I copied xdvi from an older distribution, but I get the same problem, i.e., the text appears but not the figures. So the problem may be somewhere else. I searched the web and found that this is not an uncommon issue as it occurred also in other distributions:
This suggests that ghostscript is your problem. Did you try copying that from an old system and putting it somewhere in your $PATH before the system ghostscript (on your updated system)?
If that doesn't help, I guess you are stuck with okular. As I think I said, it seems as fast as xdvi on my system. If yours is noticeably slower I wonder what strange things are happening on your system. (Assuming you aren't using some very old, slow computer.)
Cheers. Jim
On Fri, 9 Sep 2022, Jim wrote:
Hi Gianluca,
On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 09:56 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
I copied xdvi from an older distribution, but I get the same problem, i.e., the text appears but not the figures. So the problem may be somewhere else. I searched the web and found that this is not an uncommon issue as it occurred also in other distributions:
This suggests that ghostscript is your problem. Did you try copying that from an old system and putting it somewhere in your $PATH before the system ghostscript (on your updated system)?
If that doesn't help, I guess you are stuck with okular. As I think I said, it seems as fast as xdvi on my system. If yours is noticeably slower I wonder what strange things are happening on your system. (Assuming you aren't using some very old, slow computer.)
No, okular is not slow on my system. I never implied that. I just think that xdvi is generally more lightweight than okular, but okular runs well. So okular is an option if I can't figure out ghostscript. What exactly would I copy of ghostscript from the older system? In a OpenSUSE 13.2 installation I have for example:
/usr/lib64/ghostscript/9.15/X11.so
Would that be enough?
I also realized that my subject line should have read "OpenSUSE 15.2", not 15.3, but that may not be as relevant now.
Thanks,
Gianluca
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I found out that the problem is with ghostscript having dropped the "execute" command while xdvi had not been patched yet to deal with this:
https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1701810.ht...
The xdvi version installed in OpenSUSE 15.2 and 15.3 is from 2017. Only OpenSUSE 15.4 ships with a xdvi version from 2021 where the problem is probably resolved. I wonder why the OpenSUSE team did not realize this sooner to at least include it in 15.3 or even an update for 15.2, but I should have also filed a bug report right away. In any case, okular works fine to display .dvi files.
I am using Slackware64 15.0. However, rather than using Slackware's TeX packages, I just install texlive and get it over with.
I wonder how Slackware64 compares to OpenSUSE in terms of package stability and consistency. I don't mind trying out a new distribution at some point.
Thanks!
Gianluca
On Fri, 9 Sep 2022, Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
On Fri, 9 Sep 2022, Jim wrote:
Hi Gianluca,
On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 09:56 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
I copied xdvi from an older distribution, but I get the same problem, i.e., the text appears but not the figures. So the problem may be somewhere else. I searched the web and found that this is not an uncommon issue as it occurred also in other distributions:
This suggests that ghostscript is your problem. Did you try copying that from an old system and putting it somewhere in your $PATH before the system ghostscript (on your updated system)?
If that doesn't help, I guess you are stuck with okular. As I think I said, it seems as fast as xdvi on my system. If yours is noticeably slower I wonder what strange things are happening on your system. (Assuming you aren't using some very old, slow computer.)
No, okular is not slow on my system. I never implied that. I just think that xdvi is generally more lightweight than okular, but okular runs well. So okular is an option if I can't figure out ghostscript. What exactly would I copy of ghostscript from the older system? In a OpenSUSE 13.2 installation I have for example:
/usr/lib64/ghostscript/9.15/X11.so
Would that be enough?
I also realized that my subject line should have read "OpenSUSE 15.2", not 15.3, but that may not be as relevant now.
Thanks,
GianlucaCheers. Jim ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@trinitydesktop.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@trinitydesktop.org Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@trinitydeskto...
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Hi, see blow.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 17:05 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
I found out that the problem is with ghostscript having dropped the "execute" command while xdvi had not been patched yet to deal with this:
https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1701810.ht...
The xdvi version installed in OpenSUSE 15.2 and 15.3 is from 2017.
?
Perhaps what you really want to do is get rid of OpenSUSE's ancient TeX stuff and install TeX from texlive by yourself. It is a very simple procedure, but if you want to try it and have any questions I'd be happy to help.
Only OpenSUSE 15.4 ships with a xdvi version from 2021 where the problem is probably resolved. I wonder why the OpenSUSE team did not realize this sooner to at least include it in 15.3 or even an update for 15.2, but I should have also filed a bug report right away. In any case, okular works fine to display .dvi files.
At least you can get on with your work.
I am using Slackware64 15.0. However, rather than using Slackware's TeX packages, I just install texlive and get it over with.
I wonder how Slackware64 compares to OpenSUSE in terms of package stability and consistency. I don't mind trying out a new distribution at some point.
I don't know much about OpenSUSE. Slackware 15.0 came out early this year, but the version it replaced was getting long in the tooth. I am hoping that 15.1 (or 16.0, as the guy in charge sees fit) will not take so long to appear.
Slackware itself doesn't come with every package under the sun, and the ones it comes with are only updated for security reasons. So the stability of a given Slackware distro is excellent.
However, there are many packages (over 8000) available at slackbuilds.org, and these tend to be updated reasonably frequently. Those are not updated automatically, so if everything is working for you, you can just avoid updating any of those packages. (Beware, however, of security updates.)
I tend to update my slackbuild packages whenever a new version appears. At the moment I don't recall that ever causing any problem for me, but it is possible that it did at some point.
Cheers. Jim
Hi Jim,
On Sat, 10 Sep 2022, Jim wrote:
Hi, see blow.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 17:05 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
I found out that the problem is with ghostscript having dropped the "execute" command while xdvi had not been patched yet to deal with this:
https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1701810.ht...
The xdvi version installed in OpenSUSE 15.2 and 15.3 is from 2017.
?
Perhaps what you really want to do is get rid of OpenSUSE's ancient TeX stuff and install TeX from texlive by yourself. It is a very simple procedure, but if you want to try it and have any questions I'd be happy to help.
I never thought of that. So far OpenSUSE's texlive has worked fine, but if I keep having problems it's certainly an option. Thanks for offering your help!
Only OpenSUSE 15.4 ships with a xdvi version from 2021 where the problem is probably resolved. I wonder why the OpenSUSE team did not realize this sooner to at least include it in 15.3 or even an update for 15.2, but I should have also filed a bug report right away. In any case, okular works fine to display .dvi files.
At least you can get on with your work.
I am using Slackware64 15.0. However, rather than using Slackware's TeX packages, I just install texlive and get it over with.
I wonder how Slackware64 compares to OpenSUSE in terms of package stability and consistency. I don't mind trying out a new distribution at some point.
I don't know much about OpenSUSE. Slackware 15.0 came out early this year, but the version it replaced was getting long in the tooth. I am hoping that 15.1 (or 16.0, as the guy in charge sees fit) will not take so long to appear.
Slackware itself doesn't come with every package under the sun, and the ones it comes with are only updated for security reasons. So the stability of a given Slackware distro is excellent.
However, there are many packages (over 8000) available at slackbuilds.org, and these tend to be updated reasonably frequently. Those are not updated automatically, so if everything is working for you, you can just avoid updating any of those packages. (Beware, however, of security updates.)
I tend to update my slackbuild packages whenever a new version appears. At the moment I don't recall that ever causing any problem for me, but it is possible that it did at some point.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with Slackware.
Gianluca
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Hi Gianluca,
Two replies in one.
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:15 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
<snip>
Thanks for all your suggestions and help. The alternative could also be to install xdvi from the OpenSUSE 15.4 release (assuming it does not depend on updating other packages as well).
Yes, although you never know when there is going to be some weird incompatibility waiting to annoy you.
As to why dogs clot more easily, I am not able to verify that. It could have several reasons, like the presence of more coagulation proteins or blood platelets.
Both of those make sense (speaking as someone with virtually no knowledge in that area, anyway).
It makes me think about salamanders (the OpenSUSE logo), which have lower blood pressure and hence do not need to form scar tissue (as opposed to larger vertebrates) and that allows them to regrow a limb.
I didn't know that low blood pressure was a factor. That is very interesting.
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:29 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
Perhaps what you really want to do is get rid of OpenSUSE's ancient TeX stuff and install TeX from texlive by yourself. It is a very simple procedure, but if you want to try it and have any questions I'd be happy to help.
I never thought of that. So far OpenSUSE's texlive has worked fine, but if I keep having problems it's certainly an option. Thanks for offering your help!
I think the other benefit is that if you have an issue with the current texlive distribution, the texlive people are very helpful. If you have TeX packaged by some other group, the texlive people are probably not able to help, except for very generic issues. Also, if you want to keep your TeX stuff up to date, texlive provides facilities to make that very simple.
I tend to update my slackbuild packages whenever a new version appears. At the moment I don't recall that ever causing any problem for me, but it is possible that it did at some point.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with Slackware.
You're welcome. Slackware isn't considered to be n00b-friendly, but anyone who has used another version of Linux should be able to get it going relatively easily. And after getting it installed, my experience is that Slackware is rock-solid.
Cheers.
Jim
Slackware isn't considered to be n00b-friendly, but anyone who has used another version of Linux should be able to get it going relatively easily.
Sorry, "n00b-friendly" in this context means "newbies-friendly"?
Gianluca
On Mon, 12 Sep 2022, Jim wrote:
Hi Gianluca,
Two replies in one.
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:15 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
<snip>
Thanks for all your suggestions and help. The alternative could also be to install xdvi from the OpenSUSE 15.4 release (assuming it does not depend on updating other packages as well).
Yes, although you never know when there is going to be some weird incompatibility waiting to annoy you.
As to why dogs clot more easily, I am not able to verify that. It could have several reasons, like the presence of more coagulation proteins or blood platelets.
Both of those make sense (speaking as someone with virtually no knowledge in that area, anyway).
It makes me think about salamanders (the OpenSUSE logo), which have lower blood pressure and hence do not need to form scar tissue (as opposed to larger vertebrates) and that allows them to regrow a limb.
I didn't know that low blood pressure was a factor. That is very interesting.
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 11:29 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
Perhaps what you really want to do is get rid of OpenSUSE's ancient TeX stuff and install TeX from texlive by yourself. It is a very simple procedure, but if you want to try it and have any questions I'd be happy to help.
I never thought of that. So far OpenSUSE's texlive has worked fine, but if I keep having problems it's certainly an option. Thanks for offering your help!
I think the other benefit is that if you have an issue with the current texlive distribution, the texlive people are very helpful. If you have TeX packaged by some other group, the texlive people are probably not able to help, except for very generic issues. Also, if you want to keep your TeX stuff up to date, texlive provides facilities to make that very simple.
I tend to update my slackbuild packages whenever a new version appears. At the moment I don't recall that ever causing any problem for me, but it is possible that it did at some point.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience with Slackware.
You're welcome. Slackware isn't considered to be n00b-friendly, but anyone who has used another version of Linux should be able to get it going relatively easily. And after getting it installed, my experience is that Slackware is rock-solid.
Cheers.
Jim
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Hi Gianluca,
On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 13:09 (-0700), Gianluca Interlandi wrote:
Slackware isn't considered to be n00b-friendly, but anyone who has used another version of Linux should be able to get it going relatively easily.
Sorry, "n00b-friendly" in this context means "newbies-friendly"?
Yes, sorry that wasn't clear.
For someone completely unfamiliar with Linux or Unix, installing and configuring Slackware is probably more of a challenge than, say, Ubuntu, because there aren't the same number of gui wizards to walk new users through the installation and initial setup processes.
But someone who is used to using Linux (or some commercial Unix variant) would probably be more at home with the ideas.
There is a "live" edition of Slackware at https://download.liveslak.org/. This system can be run from a USB storage device and can be set up so that changes persist across reboots. It is probably a reasonable way for someone to try out Slackware without taking the effort to re-partition their disk.
Cheers. Jim
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