evince post install launch tweaks help needed

Kenneth Wolcott kennethwolcott at gmail.com
Mon Dec 19 19:44:57 UTC 2022


Thank you!

Now the remaining problem is the flashing between the nice display of
the pdf and a black screen.

Thanks,
Ken Wolcott

On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 10:27 AM chilli.namesake at gmail.com
<chilli.namesake at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>> sudo port load dbus
> >>>>>
> >>>>> and log out and back in again.
>
>
>
> > On Dec 19, 2022, at 12:40, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > HI again;
> >
> >  I removed evince and reinstalled thinking that the behavior might
> > improve if it knew that there was an org-server package already
> > installed.
> >
> >  I get these warnings near the end of the install of evince:
> >
> > Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.locale” has path “/system/locale/”.
> > Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are
> > deprecated.
> > Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy” has path “/system/proxy/”.
> > Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are
> > deprecated.
> > Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.http” has path
> > “/system/proxy/http/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
> > “/system/” are deprecated.
> > Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.https” has path
> > “/system/proxy/https/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
> > “/system/” are deprecated.
> > Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp” has path
> > “/system/proxy/ftp/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
> > “/system/” are deprecated.
> > Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.socks” has path
> > “/system/proxy/socks/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
> > “/system/” are deprecated.
> >
> > Also when invoking evince, I still get the flashing between the black
> > screen and the postscript file display.
> >
> > I also still get the following bus warning:
> > dbus[99099]: Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did
> > not provide a socket path, verify that
> > org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ken Wolcott
> >
> >> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 9:33 AM Kenneth Wolcott
> >> <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thank you all for the help.
> >>
> >> I removed xQuartz from the homebrew installation.
> >>
> >> I then installed org-server using MacPorts.
> >>
> >> I logged out and logged back in.
> >>
> >> When running evince with a Postscript file I still get the flashing
> >> and I get the following:
> >>
> >> dbus[66621]: Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did
> >> not provide a socket path, verify that
> >> org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
> >>
> >> Ken
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 5:52 AM Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On 19 Dec 2022, at 12:31 pm, chilli.namesake at gmail.com wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> oops, probably want to add
> >>>>
> >>>> sudo port install xorg-server
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> so, altogether,
> >>>>
> >>>> sudo port install xorg xorg-server; sudo port load dbus
> >>>
> >>> If all you need is a X server, then installing everything brought in by ‘xorg’ is completely unnecessary. Just install xorg-server.
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Log out. Log in.
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Dec 19, 2022, at 07:03, chilli.namesake at gmail.com wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I just went through this on Mountain Lion and Mojave. I believe it's
> >>>>>
> >>>>> sudo port install xorg
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Installs XQuartz X11.app in /Applications/MacPorts
> >>>>> but I think also may need to
> >>>>>
> >>>>> sudo port load dbus
> >>>>>
> >>>>> and log out and back in again.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> IMO, Homebrew is a bloody mess. Good luck uninstalling it. Probably easier to reformat and reinstall the system. I don't understand the attraction to it. It's an exceptionally poor implementation of a package management system.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Dec 18, 2022, at 23:46, Kenneth Wolcott <kennethwolcott at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi;
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I running MacPorts with MacOS Ventura 13.1 w/ M1 CPU.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I had previously installed evince but was getting periodic flashing
> >>>>>> on-and-off when trying to view a postscript file.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So I re-installed evince from source and the following is the output
> >>>>>> from the install.  I don't know how to make certain that evince will
> >>>>>> launch properly.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I installed xQuartz from homebrew, I'm not certain how to get an
> >>>>>> XWindows environment properly set up using MacPorts.  Perhaps that is
> >>>>>> part of my problem.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> Ken Wolcott
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.locale” has path “/system/locale/”.
> >>>>>> Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are
> >>>>>> deprecated.
> >>>>>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy” has path “/system/proxy/”.
> >>>>>> Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or “/system/” are
> >>>>>> deprecated.
> >>>>>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.http” has path
> >>>>>> “/system/proxy/http/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
> >>>>>> “/system/” are deprecated.
> >>>>>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.https” has path
> >>>>>> “/system/proxy/https/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
> >>>>>> “/system/” are deprecated.
> >>>>>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp” has path
> >>>>>> “/system/proxy/ftp/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
> >>>>>> “/system/” are deprecated.
> >>>>>> Warning: Schema “org.gnome.system.proxy.socks” has path
> >>>>>> “/system/proxy/socks/”.  Paths starting with “/apps/”, “/desktop/” or
> >>>>>> “/system/” are deprecated.
> >>>>>> --->  Cleaning evince
> >>>>>> --->  Removing work directory for evince
> >>>>>> --->  Scanning binaries for linking errors
> >>>>>> --->  No broken files found.
> >>>>>> --->  No broken ports found.
> >>>>>> ~: evince ~/Blowin_in_the_Wind.ps
> >>>>>> dbus[29961]: Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did
> >>>>>> not provide a socket path, verify that
> >>>>>> org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!


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