[ale] gostscript question

[walter Sams]

Thank you for the linux 101 tutorial, it was very much needed.
I am now getting the information which is needed to help identify the
problem  (other than the loose nut between the seat and the keyboard)

Walter Sams

On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 08:56, James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 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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