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- Subject: Re: (IBM PC) dvivga shows blank screen
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- From: dennis_c@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 20:22:09 GMT
- Reply-To: dennis_c@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- References: <18371@borg.cs.unc.edu>
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- In article <18371@borg.cs.unc.edu>, wagner@ives.cs.unc.edu (Michael Wagner) writes:
- >...
- >I down loaded a .dvi file from school, and tried to run dvivga
- >on that file. I get a white screen w/no print visible. However,
- >the program doesn't appear to be hung-- if I push the up arrow or
- >down arrows keys or the PageUp PageDn keys, the hard drive
- >access light comes on...
- >
- > 2) dvivga can't find the right font files.
- > I see any error messages, but I'm not quite sure how
- > to look for them. I saw a -q option, but I didn't
- > see the opposite, if that's what I need.
- >...
-
- Option 2) seems more likely. Try
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- dvivga -d24 thingy.dvi
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- to see what files (including font files) dvivga is trying to open. That
- will tell you if you've got the right fonts in the right places.
-
- regards,
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- Chris Dennis dennis_c@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- Wellington, New Zealand
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