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Article #436Re: Problem with Gswin.exe 2.5.2 for Windows 3.1
From: Peter Mckinney
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:37
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:37
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In article <Sep28.172037.59259@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>, pm860605@longs.lance.colostate.edu (Peter Mckinney) writes: |> In article <1a5imiINNeov@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, bz223@cleveland.FReenet.EDU (Danny Guy Frezza) writes: |> |> As the title suggest, since I loaded Gswin.exe 2.5.2 and the accompanied |> |> files for it, when I attempt to run it in Windows 3.1 (Enhanced mode), |> |> it appears to start loading for a moment and then flips right out. Tried |> |> loading several times, but for a brief moment, it says something about not |> |> initializing for 256? Now, Gswin.exe for 2.5.1 worked with its accompanied |> |> files, but this version won't. My windows setup is for 800x600x16. |> |> Can anyone suggest what is suddenly happening in 2.5.2 that didn't in 2.5.1? |> |> Try changing the string near the top of the gs_init.ps file that |> reads "252" to "251". I think the GSWIN.EXE binary is still looking |> for a version 2.5.1 init file. This fixed the problem for me. Note, |> howver that this will create the same problem for the DOS binaries |> GS386.EXE, etc. because they correctly look for the "252" string. According to a post on comp.binaries.ibm.pc.archives dated Mon, 28 Sep 92 00:09:12 GMT-)1:44, a corrected archive of the GSWIN.EXE binary has been upoaded to simtel20. - Pete McKinney ____________________________________________________________________________ | Peter J. McKinney pm860605@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu | | Electrohydrodynamic Laboratory | | Fluid Mechanics and Wind Engineering Program | | Civil Engineering Department | | Colorado State University | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!longs.lance.colostate.edu!pm860605 From: pm860605@longs.lance.colostate.edu (Peter Mckinney) Subject: Re: Problem with Gswin.exe 2.5.2 for Windows 3.1 Message-ID: <Sep28.173713.39404@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: Colorado State U. Engineering College, Ft. Collins, CO 80523 References: <1a5imiINNeov@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> Distribution: gnu Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 17:37:13 GMT Approved: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 29