Package: pgf Version: 2.00-1 Severity: normal [ Sorry for the vague subject, if you can think of a better one, please ] [ change it... ]
I had a strage error of dvipdf refusing to work and cooked it down to this:
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate (dune) at (5, 0);
\node (gmshreader) at (0, 0) {gmsh};
\draw[shading=axis]
(gmshreader.east) -- (dune);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
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My primary test was creating a .pdf file with the help of latex and dvipdf.
With the code above, dvipdf would fail (see below for error message).
Removing "[shading=axis]" would make it work.
I also tried pdflatex and viewing the .pdf with evince. That worked fine,
however evince gave some "matrix not invertible" warnings, which suggests a
division by zero somewhere (the gs error messages might suggest that as well,
but sadly I don't speak a single word of postscript). The test case tries to
vertically shade a path consisting of a horizontal line, I can imagine that
can lead to a division by zero.
OK, so this is probably an error by the author of the document above, but a
good error message would really be nice, if that is possible. Preferably at
the time latex/pdflatex is run.
Thanks,
Jö.
Here are several things I tried and their results:
When I run that through "latex test.tex" I get test.dvi with no problem.
Running dvipdf yields:
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j...@paranoia:/tmp$ dvipdf test.dvi
Error: /undefinedresult in --currentpoint--
Operand stack:
--nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- pgfx
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1878 1 3 %oparray_pop
1877 1 3 %oparray_pop 1861 1 3 %oparray_pop 1755 1 3
%oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval--
--nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval--
--nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
--dict:1156/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:1/20(G)-- --dict:79/200(L)--
--dict:177/300(L)-- --dict:58/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
GPL Ghostscript 8.71: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
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xdvi shows the "gmsh" node, but not the line, and spews the following
error messages from gs:
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j...@paranoia:/tmp$ xdvi test.dvi
gs: Error: /undefinedresult in --execute--
gs: Operand stack:
gs: --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval--
pgfx
gs: Execution stack:
gs: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval--
gs: 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval--
fals
gs: e 1 %stopped_push 1878 1 3 %oparray_pop 1877 1 3
%oparray_pop
gs: 1861 1 3 %oparray_pop 1755 1 3 %oparray_pop
--nostringval--
gs: %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval--
gs: 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %loop_continue
--nost
gs: ringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push
1769
gs: 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1
%stopped
gs: _push --nostringval-- --nostringval--
gs: Dictionary stack:
gs: --dict:1157/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:1/20(G)-- --dict:107/200(L)--
--dict:25
gs: /250(L)-- --dict:34/200(L)--
gs: Current allocation mode is local
gs: Last OS error: 11
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dvips actually works without complaints:
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j...@paranoia:/tmp$ dvips test.dvi
This is dvips(k) 5.98 Copyright 2009 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2010.03.21:2301' -> test.ps
</usr/share/texmf-texlive/dvips/base/tex.pro>
</usr/share/texmf-texlive/dvips/base/texps.pro>
</usr/share/texmf-texlive/dvips/base/special.pro>
</usr/share/texmf-texlive/dvips/base/color.pro>.
</usr/share/texmf-texlive/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb>[1]
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gv, when applied to the resulting .ps file will display the "gmsh" node but
not the line, and display a window with the following error messages:
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Error: /undefinedresult in --currentpoint--GPL Ghostscript 8.71: Unrecoverable
error, exit code 1
Operand stack:
--nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- pgfx
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1878 1 3 %oparray_pop
1877 1 3 %oparray_pop 1861 1 3 %oparray_pop 1755 1 3
%oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval--
--nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval--
--nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
--dict:1157/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:1/20(G)-- --dict:79/200(L)--
--dict:177/300(L)-- --dict:58/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 11
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pstopdf results in an error as well:
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j...@paranoia:/tmp$ pstopdf test.ps
MTXrun | kpse fallback with progname 'context' initialized in 0.04 seconds
PsToPdf | converting ps (ps) into pdf
PsToPdf | conversion method 2
PsToPdf | converting test.ps bounded
Error: /undefinedresult in --currentpoint--
Operand stack:
--nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- pgfx
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1878 1 3 %oparray_pop
1877 1 3 %oparray_pop 1861 1 3 %oparray_pop 1755 1 3
%oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval--
--nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval--
--nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
--dict:1158/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:1/20(G)-- --dict:79/200(L)--
--dict:177/300(L)-- --dict:58/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
GPL Ghostscript 8.71: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
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So does ps2pdf:
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j...@paranoia:/tmp$ ps2pdf test.ps
Error: /undefinedresult in --currentpoint--
Operand stack:
--nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- pgfx
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval--
--nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1878 1 3 %oparray_pop
1877 1 3 %oparray_pop 1861 1 3 %oparray_pop 1755 1 3
%oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval--
--nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval--
--nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
--dict:1157/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:1/20(G)-- --dict:79/200(L)--
--dict:177/300(L)-- --dict:58/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
Current file position is 37314
GPL Ghostscript 8.71: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
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The only possible way to get a working document seems to be "pdflatex
test.tex". If I view the resulting document with evince, it displays fine,
showing the "gmsh" node and the line. Evince writes some warnings/error
messages to the terminal however:
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j...@paranoia:/tmp$ evince test.pdf
** (evince:4842): WARNING **: Failed to create dbus proxy for
org.gnome.SettingsDaemon: Could not get owner of name
'org.gnome.SettingsDaemon': no such name
** (evince:4842): WARNING **: Error registering document: Failed to execute
program /usr/lib/evince/evinced: Success
matrix not invertible
matrix not invertible
matrix not invertible
matrix not invertible
** (evince:4842): WARNING **: Error unregistering document: Failed to execute
program /usr/lib/evince/evinced: Success
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
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