"J.S. Plant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I have a problem with dvips(k) 5.86 of tetex-1.0.7-57 under linux
> Redhat 8.
> 
> Everything is OK if I type..
>   dvips file.dvi -o
>   lpr file.ps
> 
> However, if I type the (more normal) command for this..
>   dvips file.dvi
> I get the error message..
>   'TeX output 2003..........' -> |lpr
>   dvips: ! couldn't open output pipe
> 
> Running a trace on this, gives the last executable command as..
>   stat64 |lpr
> and, as I understand it, stat64 is for checking the status of a file
> not a pipe(?)
> 
> Any ideas?

RedHat has goofed.  Install the dvips package from Psyche or Rawhide.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

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