Re: xpdf(1) doesn't read ~/.xpdfrc
On Sun 09 Nov 2014 at 17:31:04 +0100, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:
>
> > By "desktop environment" I meant GNOME, KDE etc.
>
> Yes, I know that GNOME and KDE are DEs but I don't
> know what I use.
>
> The only thing process-wise I have is this
>
> $ ps -e | egrep -i '(gnome|kde)'
> 17 ? 00:00:00 kdevtmpfs
>
> which I don't think is KDE related.
>
> Do you know how to make a more to-the-point query as
> to find out?
It isn't important in the context of xpdf's behaviour and it doesn't
appear you have any of them. But you could try 'dpkg - | grep -i xfce',
for example.
> > Your .xpdfrc works fine in Wheezy but is not in
> > testing or unstable. It looks like #739271.
> >
> > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=739271
>
> OK! It seems I have got Sid according to these lines
>
> deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
>
> in /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> 'uname -r' says "3.16-2-amd64", and aptitude says
> linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64 is installed, so that means
> I have the right kernel for "xpdf version 3.03" (xpdf
> -v), right?
>
> So you are suggesting I downgrade xpdf in particular
> to the Wheezy version?
I am not; I was just pointing to a possible bug you have met. Actually,
it is very unlikely Wheezy's xpdf will install on unstable.
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