[ale] gostscript question

Sat Nov 15 09:00:24 EST 2003

Hi Walter,

The "ps" command should be usable for any user from the command line.
Just type in "ps auxww" and hit the "enter" key. (/bin/ps is a common
location for the command. /usr/bin/ps is another. The "auxww are "flags"
that tell the command to out put in certain formats. "man ps" will give
a load of information on what each flag does, but in a rather terse
format.)

A pair for useful command to know:
"which <command name>" will find the the full path for the command
<command name> (replace the entire thing, even the <> with the command
you have lost). NOTE: this only searches the PATH you have as whatever
user you are. Root user has a different path than a non-root user. 
"locate <name>" fill find all instances of the text <name> in any file
or command name on the entire system. It is not installed on every
machine, but it is on RedHat and Suse. It uses a nightly process to
search and archive the names of every file in a small database. It can
return huge screenloads of matches so it is ofter used (in very simple
form) "locate <name> | less" so it only return one screen at a time
which can be advanced with the space bar.

On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 08:27, walter Sams wrote:
> I have been trying to find the ps auxww location, My search screen turns
> up nothing.  I noticed that while searching, the terminal window hung up
> and would not launch either.  I switched to root and everything worked. 
> I took the opertunity to purge some unwanted faxes and some that couldnt
> be viewed and for now its working. -except that I still havent found the
> ps auxww location.  As soon as I find everything I will post the
> results.
> 
> 
> Thank you
> Walter Sams
> 
> On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 18:17, Dow Hurst wrote:
> > So fax2ps is not starting ghostscript correctly.  Plus, I bet that 
> > individual instances of the process, ggv or fax2ps, are not exiting and 
> > hanging in RAM.  Eventually, you run out of virtual memory.  However, 
> > you did say that it worked correctly after a reboot until you had opened 
> > a certain number of ps files.  So maybe each time you open a ps file the 
> > process isn't exiting properly?  Could you post the output of "ps auxww" 
> > just after a reboot but before you open a ps file.  Then capture and 
> > post after you have opened 1 ps file.  Then, finally, do it again after 
> > opening the 2 ps file.  Make sure before you run the ps command that you 
> > have done exactly what you normally do such as open the file and close 
> > it or so on...
> > 
> > We should be able to point out any processes that are increasing in size 
> > or number.  Before you issue the ps command, let the printer finish 
> > printing so the spooling should not show up in the process output.  We 
> > want a view of your process table that would only show the changes in 
> > fax2ps and ggv operation as you go from no files opened to one file 
> > opened to 2 files opened.  Hope this helps,
> > Dow
> > 
> > 
> > walter Sams wrote:
> > 
> > >It says  Error starting viewer
> > >
> > >The fax program stores the tif files in a folder, I then open the folder
> > >and locate the file I want to print, right click , click on scripts,
> > >click on fax2ps.  This is supposed to convert the tif to a post script
> > >file (which it does) Then it is supposed to launch the ghostscript
> > >viewer which is supposed to let me see the fax and print it.  My problem
> > >starts when GGV is launched I get the error note.  
> > >
> > >Thank you
> > >Walter Sams
> > >
> > >On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 14:00, Geoffrey wrote:
> > >  
> > >
> > >>walter Sams wrote:
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>I am using RH 9 and hylafax.  I receive faxes in tif format, convert
> > >>>them to a post script file so that I may print them. When I try to open
> > >>>the file I get an error saying that ggv encountered an error starting up
> > >>>
> > >>>If I reboot the machine I can open the ps files for a while, then all of
> > >>>the sudden I get the errors.
> > >>>      
> > >>>
> > >>Can you post the errors?
> > >>
> > >>    
> > >>
> > >>>Can anyone shed light on this problem?
> > >>>
> > >>>Thank you
> > >>>Walter Sams
> > >>>
> > >>>( I am not considered geek class Linux user, maybe newbie level 2)
> > >>>
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