R help - Sep 2000 - poscrscript() call returns an error on alphaev56-dec-osf4.0

On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Marcus Eger wrote:
> 
> I have some slight problems getting R to run smoothly on our alpha...
> What might be the reason for the following error message?
> 
> > postscript()
> Error in PS(file, old$paper, old$family, old$bg, old$fg, old$width,
> old$height,  : 
>         unable to start device PostScript
Usually, that the afm files are not installed (properly).  That error
message comes from PS_Open, and the other possible cause is that the
file argument cannot be opened for writing.

I've added some extra warning messages in these cases to distinguish them.

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I have some slight problems getting R to run smoothly on our alpha...
What might be the reason for the following error message?
> postscript()
Error in PS(file, old$paper, old$family, old$bg, old$fg, old$width,
old$height,  : 
        unable to start device PostScript


I have compiled R-1.1.1 and it starts without complaint.
  
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