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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1701810.html
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:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24941
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
Cheers.
Jim
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