On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 10:10:09PM +0200, 'Ralf Hemmecke' via FriCAS - computer
algebra system wrote:
> Oh, there seems to be a problem with my current OS installation (xubuntu
> 26.04). When I compile the fricas documentation, it ends in the following.
>
> Any hints of how to fix this? Obviously a Ghostscript problem. :-(
>
> Ralf
>
> PS: Oh, that seems to be a problem with the ramdisk (which is my build
> directory).
>
> $ cd /dev/shm/hemmecke/fricas/b/src/doc/tmp/knot3.VIEW
> $ epstopdf image.ps foo1.pdf
> GPL Ghostscript 10.06.0: **** Could not open the file foo1.pdf .
> **** Unable to open the initial device, quitting.
> $ epstopdf image.ps ~/foo1.pdf
> # No problem with the last command. And the output is fine.
Silly question: do you have enough space on the ramdisk?
To get more info you could try 'strace', like
strace -o rap1 epstopdf image.ps foo1.pdf
strace -o rap2 epstopdf image.ps ~/foo1.pdf
and look what is different.
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