[PLUG] gv + xrandr misbehavior

[Keith Lofstrom]

The following is more of a "curious observation" than
a request for help.  I plan to make big changes on the
machine where this problem occurs, but for now it is
"interesting".

The "gv" (ghostview) program displays postscript pages
on the desktop ... except in this case the displayed
postscript image is COMPRESSED HORIZONTALLY BY A FACTOR
OF APPROXIMATELY 3.  gv works normally when displayed
remotely on another machine connected by an SSH session.

The gv (version 3.7.4) misbehavior is on an "old"
Scientific Linux 7.3 LTS system, with two 5x4 screens
rotated +90/-90 degrees with xrandr.  If I turn off
xrandr and un-rotate my screens, gv displays normally.

That system will eventually be migrated to Mate-Ubuntu
20.04 LTS (same displays and xrandr arrangement, but
with gv version 9.50) after I migrate 20 years of
redhat-family custom software and my aging Redhat-
trained brain.  

Since the migration often requires reading postscript
documentation on the old system (on the right-side
desktop screen, tales of KVM complications omitted),
I will convert them to pdf, or print them out, before
viewing.  

Anyway, if there is a quick fix, it might save me some
conversion efforts (mostly mental) and a tree or two. 
For now, back to distro migration ...

Keith

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Keith Lofstrom          keithl at keithl.com