General ⇒ TechnicCenter Latex to DVI doesn't work

[peter_bh]

The MikTex yap.exe in my Techniccenter does not produce any DVI, only an error message (I have no problems with PDF). I have tried to remedy this problem by reinstalling both MikTex and TechnicCenter but this doesn't remedy the problem. Any suggestions to get DVI working again? Any ideas about the possible cause of this malfunction? (I work on a computer with Windows Vista).

[localghost]

You should at least give the exact wording of the error message and where you get it (Yap itself or log file).


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten¹

[peter_bh]

The following error message appears when trying to execute Latex to DVI on Techniccenter.

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Error: /syntaxerror in -file-
Operand stack:
   40258437   52099151   1000   600   600
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1893   1   3   %oparray_pop   1892   1   3   %oparray_pop   1876   1   3   %oparray_pop   1755   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1155/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:73/200(L)--   --dict:170/300(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: No such file or directory
MiKTeX GPL Ghostscript 8.60: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

[localghost]

Open a command prompt, move to the directory where your source file is located and start a latex run manually.

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latex filename

If you get the same error, there may be a systematical failure. In every case post the log file as attachment to your next post.

[peter_bh]

I have latex-ed the document in a command prompt and this seemed to go through without any problems, but when I try and open the DVI file I get the same error message from Yap:

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Error: /syntaxerror in -file-
Operand stack:
   40258437   52099151   1000   600   600
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1893   1   3   %oparray_pop   1892   1   3   %oparray_pop   1876   1   3   %oparray_pop   1755   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1155/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:73/200(L)--   --dict:170/300(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: No such file or directory
MiKTeX GPL Ghostscript 8.60: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

[localghost]

Attach the source and the log file (in a ZIP archive) to your next post.

[peter_bh]

Here are three files in .7z format: the source file, the latex log and the file log

[localghost]

I can't comprehend the problem neither with TeXnicCenter (TXC) nor on the command prompt. I only get a warning from hyperref about a wrong value for the backref option and two about "Overfull hboxes". Insert as very first line the \listfiles command to your code and compare to my list (see below). You will find this section in the log file. Perhaps you need a system update. If so, start the MiKTeX Update from the Start menu.

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 *File List*
 article.cls    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
  size12.clo    2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
 amsmath.sty    2000/07/18 v2.13 AMS math features
 amstext.sty    2000/06/29 v2.01
  amsgen.sty    1999/11/30 v2.0
  amsbsy.sty    1999/11/29 v1.2d
  amsopn.sty    1999/12/14 v2.01 operator names
 amssymb.sty    2002/01/22 v2.2d
amsfonts.sty    2001/10/25 v2.2f
   eucal.sty    2001/10/01 v2.2d Euler Script fonts
   color.sty    2005/11/14 v1.0j Standard LaTeX Color (DPC)
   color.cfg    2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
   dvips.def    1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)
dvipsnam.def    1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)
hyperref.sty    2009/02/22 v6.78p Hypertext links for LaTeX
  keyval.sty    1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
   ifpdf.sty    2007/12/12 v1.6 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO)
  ifvtex.sty    2008/11/04 v1.4 Switches for detecting VTeX and its modes (HO)
 ifxetex.sty    2009/01/23 v0.5 Provides ifxetex conditional
 hycolor.sty    2008/09/08 v1.4 Code for color options of hyperref/bookmark (HO
)
xcolor-patch.sty    2008/09/08 xcolor patch
  pd1enc.def    2009/02/22 v6.78p Hyperref: PDFDocEncoding definition (HO)
etexcmds.sty    2007/12/12 v1.2 Prefix for e-TeX command names (HO)
infwarerr.sty    2007/09/09 v1.2 Providing info/warning/message (HO)
hyperref.cfg    2002/06/06 v1.2 hyperref configuration of TeXLive
kvoptions.sty    2007/10/18 v3.0 Keyval support for LaTeX options (HO)
 backref.sty    2006/09/05 v1.28 Bibliographical back referencing
     url.sty    2006/04/12  ver 3.3  Verb mode for urls, etc.
  bitset.sty    2007/09/28 v1.0 Data type bit set (HO)
 intcalc.sty    2007/09/27 v1.1 Expandable integer calculations (HO)
bigintcalc.sty    2007/11/11 v1.1 Expandable big integer calculations (HO)
pdftexcmds.sty    2007/12/12 v0.3 LuaTeX support for pdfTeX utility functions (
HO)
kvsetkeys.sty    2007/09/29 v1.3 Key value parser with default handler support 
(HO)
atbegshi.sty    2008/07/31 v1.9 At begin shipout hook (HO)
  hdvips.def    2009/02/22 v6.78p Hyperref driver for dvips
 pdfmark.def    2009/02/22 v6.78p Hyperref definitions for pdfmark specials
 nameref.sty    2007/05/29 v2.31 Cross-referencing by name of section
refcount.sty    2008/08/11 v3.1 Data extraction from references (HO)
Source*file.out
Source*file.out
    umsa.fd    2002/01/19 v2.2g AMS font definitions
    umsb.fd    2002/01/19 v2.2g AMS font definitions
    ueus.fd    2002/01/19 v2.2g AMS font definitions
    ueuf.fd    2002/01/19 v2.2g AMS font definitions
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With putting the files into an archive I didn't mean to take one archive per file. All files in one archive would have done better.