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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!mcsun!chsun!hslrswi!aut!nbladt From: nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch (Norbert Bladt) Subject: Re: Ghostscript binaries for 386bsd/X386 .... Message-ID: <1992Nov2.081330.11273@autelca.ascom.ch> Organization: Ascom Autelca AG, Guemligen, Switzerland References: <1992Oct28.030050.16822@umr.edu> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1992 08:13:30 GMT Lines: 36 jlu@cs.umr.edu ( Eric Jui-Lin Lu ) writes: >Hi *, >Can someone please send me (or upload to nova, post ) the Ghostscript >binary that works with 386bsd/X386? I have tried both gs241 comes with >386bsd and gs252 from export, but failed. Note that I don't have >387. Thanks in advance! OK. Whatever binaries are on export I am almost sure that nothing will run on 386BSD, yet. They are all using the 386-ABI (Application Binary Interface) which is not included in 386BSD, yet. I don't know whether it will ever be included. gs241 as distributed with 386bsd does not include support for X, of course. However, I compiled it and it seems to work OK for me and the XFree86 monoserver. I didn't test it, yet, with the colour server. But I think that is not much difference for gs241. FWIW, I will try to upload it to a ftp-server in Switzerland. If I succeed in getting the OK from the sys-op, I will tell you where it is. Finally, I got the chance to put something up for anon-ftp ! Oh yes, this version of gs will include the devices for epson-printers, ....fax (I am using the netfax-3.2.1 package, yes on 386BSD !) and X11. Maybe it includes the driver for the HP-Laserjet, too, but I wouldn't count on it. The latest version of gs (2.5.2) is out which should fix the problems with the laser-jet drivers. Hope this helps, Norbert. -- Norbert Bladt, Ascom Autelca AG, Worbstr. 201, CH-3073 Guemligen, Switzerland Phone: +41 31 999 65 52 FAX: +41 31 999 65 44 Mail: nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch UUCP: ..!uunet!mcsun!chsun!hslrswi!aut!nbladt