Re: apsfilter V6.0; dvips and pdf problem

[Andreas Klemm <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 07:34:56PM +0100, Bernd Speiser wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed the new apsfilter V6.0 and LPRng on a Linux machine
> (DLD 6.0). I print to a HP Laserjet 4
> or a HP DeskJet 1600 CM (on a remote NT machine),  both with postscript
> capabilities and both work ok for ASCII, jpg, tiff, and postscript.
> 
> If I try to print pdf files (Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 installed) or dvi
> files, after enabling debug information, I get errors like
> 
> (1) for pdf:
> 
> IF filter 'apsfilter' filter msg - '/usr/bin/acroread: /root: Permission
> denied' at 2001-01-02-19:30:53.115 ## A=bs@echem9+758 number=758
> process=27760

Could you please insert 

	echo "permission test" > /tmp/xxx

at the beginning of apsfilter script 
(/usr/local/share/apsfilter/bin/apsfilter)

Then please do

	ls -ld /tmp
	ls -l /tmp/xxx
	ls -ld /root

> (2) for dvi
> 
> IF filter 'apsfilter' filter msg - '/root/.dvipsrc: Permission denied'
> at 2001-01-02-19:06:08.068 ## A=bs@echem9+520 number=520 process=27522
> IF filter 'apsfilter' filter msg - '/root/.dvipsrc: Permission denied'
> at 2001-01-02-19:06:08.068 ## A=bs@echem9+520 number=520 process=27522

	ls -ld /root/.dvipsrc

> Note, that I am logged in as a normal user.

Please enable debugging in apsfilter script (set -x)
and send the complete log of one print session to this list.,

> Furthermore, there is another problem with dvi files. I don't know if is
> related to the above problem:
> 
> postscript files to be included are NOT found, even if I set TEXINPUTS
> in the apsfilterrc file. I have checked the permissions of all the
> directories necessary to access the ps-file to be world redable and
> executable. The ps file itself is world readable.

Maybe trouble with the installed TeX ...
I personally prefer teTeX.

> Does anyone have a suggestion what's wrong?

Any DLD user around ?
I personally wouldn't use DLD.
Reason is, that I had bad experiences from my short ISP
time. DLD didn't have good update paths and new versions
looked _completely_ different to old versions (this makes
administration of different boxes an administrational
nightmare).



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