[Solved]: gv will not render image files

dynosaw · 2022-11-02 19:18:19

gv worked well when I installed ArchLinux at the beginning of this year. But after a recent general update (pacman -Syu) it stopped working.
Running gv from the command line opens it but then it hangs up, showing a blank screen with no image. The terminal shows the following:

$ gv ~/path/to/file.ps
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Warning: Cannot convert string "-efont-biwidth-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-gnu-unifont-medium-r-normal--16-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1,-adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,-jis-fixed-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-jisx0208.1983-0,-*-*-medium-r-*--16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,*" to type FontSet
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
Warning: Unable to load any usable fontset

The patent remedies I found on internet didn't help.
-- I have checked /etc/locale.conf which seems to be OK,
-- I tried adding extra fonts using xset fp= /usr/share/fonts/...
-- I also tried de-installing and re-installing gv, (now currently version 3.7.4-5)
... but to no avail.

Can anybody help please??
Thanks in advance.
Dynosaw.
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Last edited by dynosaw (2022-11-06 11:44:28)

seth · 2022-11-02 21:04:08

Does

LC_CTYPE=C gv ~/path/to/file.ps

1. rid you of the font warnings?
2. show an image?

I assume the font messages are unrelated and the problem is the ghostscript udpate to 10.0 last month, https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … ostscript/ ?
nb. https://archlinux.org/packages/testing/ … ostscript/ w/ https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-p … 580a569e89

dynosaw · 2022-11-03 07:43:32

Seth,
Thanks for your reply.
I tried several several .ps files and one .eps file.
LC_CTYPE=C gv ~/path/to/file.ps
removes the warnings, but still no image is rendered.
Dynosaw

seth · 2022-11-03 10:32:14

seth wrote:

I assume the font messages are unrelated and the problem is the ghostscript udpate to 10.0 last month, https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … ostscript/ ?
nb. https://archlinux.org/packages/testing/ … ostscript/ w/ https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-p … 580a569e89

dynosaw · 2022-11-06 11:43:11

Following a regular update (pacman -Syu) ghostscript was replaced with version 10.0.0-2 and that solved the problem.
Thanks for your help and advice.
Dynosaw
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[Solved]: gv will not render image files

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