Unknown device: x11alpha

[llpamies]

Unknown device: x11alpha

This is the message that appears every time that I try to open a PS o EPS file with evince o gv.

Thanks for all.

$ evince --version
GNOME evince 0.7.1

I'm on last feisty up to date.

[didier (did447-deactivatedaccount)]

add both gs-esp and evince.
Now evince (and many other packages) need gs-esp-x for x11 output.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

gs-esp was intendedly changed to have the X support in the extra package gs-esp-x, so that gs-esp can also be installed on X-less servers. The packages which need to be modified now are all PostScript/PDF screen viewers which use GhostScript (gv, kghostview, ...).

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

That upload fixes the bug:

 evince (0.7.1-0ubuntu3) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * debian/control.in:
     - updated Depends on gs-esp to gs-esp-x (Ubuntu: #83597)

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

I have added gv, kdebase (preview of KDE Print), and kdegraphics (kghostview) as packages affected by this bug. They all need to require gs-esp-x to allow screen display of PostScript files.

Please anyone who knows more GhostScript-based PostScript/PDF viewers, add these to this bug report. Thanks.

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

working on gv.

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

Format: 1.7
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:56:46 +0100
Source: gv
Binary: gv
Architecture: source
Version: 1:3.6.2-2ubuntu1
Distribution: feisty
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Christoph Berg <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Stefan Potyra <email address hidden>
Description:
 gv - PostScript and PDF viewer for X
Changes:
 gv (1:3.6.2-2ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * Update depends from gs-gpl | gs to a hardcoded gs-esp-x. See
     lp #83597 for details.
Files:
 9aa55fc7e8c9fbb747e0635136f13fc8 581 text optional gv_3.6.2-2ubuntu1.dsc
 cc7c39cd99f263e375c971619fab976c 12519 text optional gv_3.6.2-2ubuntu1.diff.gz

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

nice... upload of gv was rejected due to bug #85201 :(

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

Format: 1.7
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 01:23:32 +0100
Source: gv
Binary: gv
Architecture: source
Version: 1:3.6.2-2ubuntu1
Distribution: feisty
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Ubuntu universe developers <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Stefan Potyra <email address hidden>
Description:
 gv - PostScript and PDF viewer for X
Changes:
 gv (1:3.6.2-2ubuntu1) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * Update depends from gs-gpl | gs to a hardcoded gs-esp-x. See
     lp #83597 for details.
   * Set maintainer to ubuntu universe developers, see
     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebianMaintainerField.
Files:
 ba63d836d7e62b4de44fab3c425f7485 660 text optional gv_3.6.2-2ubuntu1.dsc
 f2171a927ba32d0bfec1909ecf7770c8 12602 text optional gv_3.6.2-2ubuntu1.diff.gz
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Berg <email address hidden>

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

gv built on all arches.

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

from apt-cache rdepends gs-esp, here some candidates (I already filtered some), though I don't know for sure which one qualify:

raster3d
scribus-ng
mgetty-fax
mediawiki1.7-math
mediawiki1.5-math
ichthux-desktop
hylafax-client
flpsed
epstool
scribus

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

not affected:
raster3d
mediawiki1.{5,7}
epstool

not exactly sure, but I guess not affected:
hylafax-client: not sure, but I guess no.
scribus-ng (at least I couldn't find any errors while playing with it for a minute)
scribus (same as scribus-ng)
mgetty-fax (only read manpages, doesn't look like it)

affected:
ichthux-desktop (kinda, it's a meta package)
flpsed

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

confirming on flpsed

[StefanPotyra (sistpoty)]

Format: 1.7
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:26:09 +0100
Source: flpsed
Binary: flpsed
Architecture: source
Version: 0.3.7-1.1ubuntu2
Distribution: feisty
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Stefan Potyra <email address hidden>
Description:
 flpsed - a WYSIWYG pseudo PostScript editor
Launchpad-Bugs-Fixed: 83597
Changes:
 flpsed (0.3.7-1.1ubuntu2) feisty; urgency=low
 .
   * Change depends from gs-esp to gs-esp-x. Closes: LP: #83597.
   * Update maintainer field, see
     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebianMaintainerField .
Files:
 83c0b4cc5dde23a889e41f66066ea569 705 graphics extra flpsed_0.3.7-1.1ubuntu2.dsc
 b894a5e4bb9a1bdc4591e087867dab91 4965 graphics extra flpsed_0.3.7-1.1ubuntu2.diff.gz
Original-Maintainer: Morten Brix Pedersen <email address hidden>

[vandal47 (farrowch)]

I also had this problem with kdvi and xdvi. Installing gs-esp-x fixed the problem.

[Björn Streicher (bstreicher)]

I got the error message "Unknown device: x11" when I was trying to view the print preview in kPDF. Installing gs-esp-x fixed the problem for me.

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

kdebase (4:3.5.7-1ubuntu10) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Added kubuntu_99_kate_crashfix_from_svn.diff. (LP: #122296)
  * Committed into Bzr.
  * Added gs-esp-x to kdeprint depends and konqueror depends. (LP: #83597)
  * Added konqueror Recommends: libxine1-ffmpeg, so that the thumbnail
    generation no longer fails on video files. (LP: #51024)
  * Added konqueror Recommends: libarts1-mpeglib, so that the thumbnail
    generation no longer fails on video files. (LP: #103972)

 -- Sarah Hobbs <email address hidden> Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:37:31 +1000

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

This is not an ichthux issue and it was already fixed