Hi,

After playing around with the current version a little bit, I have found
some more bugs/problems:

*) No Scripts are displayed for me in the Scripts menu (should they?),
so there is also nothing like Window Redraw mapped to F10 or similar

*) If I try to add a script,I can enter something, but after I press ok
the window just start to get bigger and bigger resulting in having to
kill the process

*) Adding scripts won't be possible for normal users if you don't
install PageStream in user space (because you are normally not allowed
to write to /opt/PageStream4). So it would be good to have some
possibility to save your personal Scripts under ~/.PageStream4. Also I
think it would make more sense to don't have the paths (documents, pix
and so on) relative to install dir but to user home by default.

*) The install instructions state that "Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the
path of the PageStream libraries is not necessary if PageStream is
installed at /opt/PageStream4 or /usr/local/PageStream4"

That is not true, no signs of looking for either of the paths in strace
output.

that's enough for now
suka

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On Wednesday 24 December 2003 03:59 am, suka wrote:
> Hi,
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> *) Adding scripts won't be possible for normal users if you don't
> install PageStream in user space (because you are normally not
> allowed to write to /opt/PageStream4). So it would be good to have
> some possibility to save your personal Scripts under ~/.PageStream4.

You can change the path in preferences

> Also I think it would make more sense to don't have the paths
> (documents, pix and so on) relative to install dir but to user home
> by default.

They only default to paths relative to the install, check preferences.

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See ya

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I have a friend who does linus consulting. i gave myself an early
holiday present and got him over here to work on my installation.

the new red had 9.0 cd's that arrived were defective but he got the
mandrake 9.0 xwindows installation running.

on a basic mandrake 9.0 system that has not had anything added to it the
following error occurs when pagestream is launched from the command line:

PageStream4: error while loading shared
libraries: libfontconfig.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such
file or directory

We tried a couple of downloaded libfontconfig.so.1 packages that were
specific to Mandrake and then got an error in trying to install the
packages that libfontconfig.so.1 needed a different version of libc.

At this point my friend said that I needed to ask where a package that
was compatible with the Mandrake 9.0 libc could be found as that is a
serious library to change.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bonnie Dalzell, MA
mail:5100 Hydes Rd ---- Hydes MD USA 21082-----EMAIL:bdalzell@qis.net

freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog
breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com.

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Well, before I would give up, I would download and install the source
package. I had an older version of Mandrake, and that is what I did.

http://freedesktop.org/Software/FontConfig2_2

>I have a friend who does linus consulting. i gave myself an early
>holiday present and got him over here to work on my installation.
>
>the new red had 9.0 cd's that arrived were defective but he got the
>mandrake 9.0 xwindows installation running.
>
>on a basic mandrake 9.0 system that has not had anything added to it the
>following error occurs when pagestream is launched from the command line:
>
>PageStream4: error while loading shared
>libraries: libfontconfig.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such
>file or directory
>
>
>We tried a couple of downloaded libfontconfig.so.1 packages that were
>specific to Mandrake and then got an error in trying to install the
>packages that libfontconfig.so.1 needed a different version of libc.
>
>At this point my friend said that I needed to ask where a package that
>was compatible with the Mandrake 9.0 libc could be found as that is a
>serious library to change.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Bonnie Dalzell, MA
>mail:5100 Hydes Rd ---- Hydes MD USA 21082-----EMAIL:bdalzell@qis.net
>
>freelance anatomist, vertebrate paleontologist, writer, illustrator, dog
>breeder, computer nerd & iconoclast... Borzoi info at www.borzois.com.

Deron Kazmaier - support@grasshopperllc.com
Grasshopper LLC Publishing -http://www.grasshopperllc.com
PageStream DTP for Amiga, Linux, Macintosh, and Windows

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Bonnie Dalzell wrote:
> I have a friend who does linus consulting. i gave myself an early
> holiday present and got him over here to work on my installation.
>
> the new red had 9.0 cd's that arrived were defective but he got the
> mandrake 9.0 xwindows installation running.
>
> on a basic mandrake 9.0 system that has not had anything added to it the
> following error occurs when pagestream is launched from the command line:
>
> PageStream4: error while loading shared
> libraries: libfontconfig.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such
> file or directory
>
>
> We tried a couple of downloaded libfontconfig.so.1 packages that were
> specific to Mandrake and then got an error in trying to install the
> packages that libfontconfig.so.1 needed a different version of libc.
>
> At this point my friend said that I needed to ask where a package that
> was compatible with the Mandrake 9.0 libc could be found as that is a
> serious library to change.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Bonnie Dalzell, MA
================

Bonnie,
You might do well to get a more recent version of Mandrake 9.x as there
were many problems & bugs with 9.0 & 9.1 MDK. The problems can be fixed
by updating several files, but you would be better off to just go to 9.2
instead. Also, SuSE 8.2 or above would give you better results. You
can actually do an FTP install of SuSE 9.0, if you have a good broadband
connection. There too, you might want to just download all the files
instead to your hard drive to install or burn CDs.

Did you do the "export" commands specified in the text files included
with Pagestream4? Those are important in getting things to work
correctly also.

Patrick

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