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- From: wrightgr@mwk.uucp (Greg Wright)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
- Subject: Re: dxpsview error
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.075712.1036@mwk.uucp>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 07:57:12 CST
- References: <1992Jul20.182003.20739@sei.cmu.edu>
- Organization: M. W. Kellogg, Houston TX
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- In article <1992Jul20.182003.20739@sei.cmu.edu>, tmenner@sei.cmu.edu (Thomas Menner) writes:
- > Good users of the Poscript Previewer:
- >
- > On a DECstation 5000 w/ a color screen, when trying to load a
- > Postscript file into Postscript Previewer (under DECwindows) we
- > receive the following message:
- >
- > as_root:/> dxpsview test.ps
- > X Error: BadAlloc - insufficient resources
- > Request Major code 53 ()
- > Error Serial #670
- > Current Serial #671
- >
- > The program then immediately crashes (without dumping core). This
- > happens w/ *any* PS file we try and load. On a similarly configured
- > DECstation 5000 (same memory, disk size, etc.) it works fine, and it
- > fact works fine on lesser machines (DS3100, personal DECstations,
- > etc.). The *only* difference is the color screen (the others are
- > grayscale monitors). I haven't been able to track down what resource
- > is insufficient (or hosed, as the case might be). Suggestions/clues?
- > Thanks in advance...!
-
- The only way I've been able to get it to work is to start it up without a
- file on the command line. Then I have to select WATCH PROGRESS under the
- OPTIONS... menu.
-
- Greg Wright
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