I also get the message: "Error: PostScript interpreter failed in main window"
when running gv, after updating all cygwin packages and attempting: $ gv /usr/share/doc/gnuplot-3.8j.0/psdoc/ps_guide.ps The /etc/profile which got installed had: PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$PATH" export PATH Changing this to follow Igor's suggestion to: PATH="/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH" export PATH SOLVED THE PROBLEM. P.S. For naive readers who need this solution; remember to $ source /etc/profile after making the change, to see gv work in your current window. Disclaimer: This solution is designed and tested for using the bash shell, in those situations where /etc/profile is executed.... > > Re: Problem with gv > > * From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu> > * To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com > * Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:10:14 -0500 (EST) > * Subject: Re: Problem with gv > * References: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <msg00146.html>> > * Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com > * Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Michel Abdalla wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have recently installed cygwin on my machine and almost everything has >> been working fine so far. The only exception is that I'm not able to >> view ps files. The error message I get is >> >> > > "Error: PostScript interpreter failed in main window"> > >> The problem does not seem to be related to a specific ps file as I tried >> with several different files. I noticed in the mail archive that someone >> else has also experienced the same problem. >> >> Best regards, >> Michel > > > Did you happen to notice the solution as well? FWIW, we can only guess > what your problem is without a cygcheck output (as requested in > <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>), but it's likely that you either don't > have the 'ghostscript-x11' package installed, or that the non-X version of > ghostscript is first in your PATH. > Igor > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ <http://cs.nyu.edu/%7Epechtcha/> > |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route > to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton
