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Description of problem: Whenever I try to open a postscript document gv, I get the following error : Warning: Could not allocate backing pixmap in main window. X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 73 (X_GetImage) Serial number of failed request: 29 Current serial number in output stream: 29 Error: PostScript interpreter failed in main window. I am using Gnome. When I use ggv, it returns with another error message indicating that the document cannot be opened. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gv-3.5.8-22 ggv-1.99.97-2 How reproducible: Every time the above action is attempted Steps to Reproduce: 1. gv filename.ps 2. ggv > Open > filename.ps 3. Actual results: An infoPopup window opens up with the error text, while gv shows a blank page. Expected results: gv ought to show the document properly. Additional info: None that I can think of.
The problem lay with misconfiguration of the X server which assumed an extremely high value of resolution (xdpyinfo | grep "resolution"). Fixed it in /etc/X11/XF86Config.