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From: felawka@sitka.triumf.ca (Larry Felawka)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: Ghostview
Date: 10 Apr 1993 16:55:29 GMT
Organization: TRIUMF, Vancouver BC
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In article <1q4qgqINN403@aludra.usc.edu>, lapsanch@aludra.usc.edu (Lap-San Chan) writes:
|> 
|> I installed Ghostview 2.4.1 and Ghostscript 2.5.2 in
|> my 486 machine. Ghostscript works fine but Ghostview
|> generates 'an undiscovered error' message.  Does
|> any one know how to make Ghostview work?
|> 
|> Thanks in advance. 
|> 
|> 
|> Charles
|> lapsanch@scf.usc.edu

I don't know about your case, but upgrading the C compiler to gcc-2.3.3 fixed
an obscure problem in the "dfaxlow" driver of Ghostscript 2.5.2 for me.  It's
painful (the upgrade, that is) but was worth it in my case.


					Larry