Document Classes ⇒ Problem with beamer

[sycats]

Hello i just switched from prosper to beamer. But i can't even get the example codes in the package working. I use the package downloaded from ctan a suse-Linux machine. With the latest beamer version 3.10, running pdflatex on any example codes gives the error:

/latex/base/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-common-pdf.def)
! Missing { inserted.
<to be read again>
r
l.49 \pdfobj r
eserveobjnum

Running latex on the same code generates the following error:

No file beamerexample-lecture-beamer-version.nav.
! Undefined control sequence.
\beamer@frameslide ...duration=}\thispdfpagelabel
{\insertframenumber } \xde...
l.29 \end{frame}

I also tried the packages from Sourceforge, from the 3.10 to the very old 2.99, and with different compressing formats. None of them worked, and most of them ran into the same compiling errors.

I wonder if someone can help me. Is it a problem with pgf or accessory packages (I have made sure to download the latest editions)?

Thank you.

[frabjous]

The first error looks like the one discussed here, which, at least in that discussion, seems to result from using an old version of pdftex which is incompatible with newer versions of PGF. Do you know which version of pdftex you're using? (Try pdftex -v on the commandline to find out.) It seems pretty unlikely that you're using a version from 2003 or before, but who knows?

[sycats]

The first error looks like the one discussed here, which, at least in that discussion, seems to result from using an old version of pdftex which is incompatible with newer versions of PGF. Do you know which version of pdftex you're using? (Try pdftex -v on the commandline to find out.) It seems pretty unlikely that you're using a version from 2003 or before, but who knows?

Thank you. It does seem our machine has the older pdflatex. i will see if the administrator will upgrade to the latex repertoire, and if the errors still show up. Thanks again.