gv doesn't read ~/.gv at startup

[Christian Mondrup]

Binary package hint: gv

Changes to gv (ghostview) entered at runtime are duely written to the user level resource file, ~/.gv. however, at startup gv doesn't read the settings from this file.

;y workaround is to set up the required changes in the global X resources file /etc/X11/app-defaults/GV

gv, version 3.6.2 as installed from gv_1%3a3.6.2-3ubuntu1_i386.deb

[Saurabh Rindani (sdrindani)]

I also had this problem with gv version 3.6.2 installed with feisty. After reading the above, I tried out the suggestion of making the changes in the file /etc/X11/app-defaults/GV, and it works.

[Christian Mondrup (reccmo)]

My point is that it is a bug that gv doesn't read setup data from ~/.gv. Editing /etc/X11/app-defaults/GV requires root/sudo access. On another linux box I'm using (Redhat Fedora core 5) my local ~/.gv does work as intended.

[Markus Steinborn (upstream maintainer of GNU gv) (msteinbo)]

This bug is well known in release 3.6.2. It has been fixed in release 3.6.3 - please update.