ok, I did it - no luck though. If I enter scribus.exe (in Program\Scribus) nothing happens, if I enter scribus.exe --console a black window opens in a flash and disappears.
I know it's a Window problem, but on the other side of the coin there's Scribus.... -Gian Owen wrote: > Hi, > > I don't think you have taken up Peter's point; > > > On Windows, press the Start button > Select "Run" > Type "cmd" into the dialog box > > At this point you should have a console > > Type scribus at the prompt and if that doesn't work, change > directory the the scribus executable and type scribus again > > You should get output which may provide some clues. > > > > Owen > > >> Peter, >> >> version 1.3.3.13 for Win has a menu entry like "Scribus console", >> which >> normally would open the console and the graphical interface. >> >> The "faulty" user will open the black window of the console in a flash >> and close it immediately. >> No time to read anything. >> >> Is there a log file that you know of? >> >> -Gian >> >> Peter Nermander wrote: >> >>>> From command line with console - no way, doesn't even open the >>>> console >>>> >>>> >>> This is where I got puzzled. >>> >>> What do you mean with "doesn't even open the console"? >>> >>> What you were supposed to to was: >>> >>> Start -> Run >>> >>> type "cmd" and hit Enter >>> >>> and from the command line run Scribus (maybe first cd to the right >>> directory) >>> >>> Because when Scribus starts it writes a lot of useful information to >>> stdout, whic windows unders normally don't see. And also, if an >>> executable can't be started, Windows will give a more useful error >>> message when run from the command line. >>> >>> But you mean you didn't manage to get a command line? >>> >>> /Peter >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> scribus mailing list >>> scribus at lists.scribus.info >>> http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >>> >>> >>> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20090729/2c483a17/attachment.htm> >> _______________________________________________ >> scribus mailing list >> scribus at lists.scribus.info >> http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> >> > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20090730/f1db8df0/attachment.htm>
