General ⇒ Problem compiling. TXC can't find .aux file

[hendreyth]

Hi,

I'm very new to TeX and haven't done any programming, so I hope I've placed this query in the right place. I just downloaded miktex 2.8 as well as texniccentre but I can't get documents to compile. When I try to compile the test document:

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\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
test
\end{document}

I get the following output:

This is pdfTeX, version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (MiKTex 2.8)
Entering extended mode
(C:/Users/Thomas/Desktop/MiKTex2.8/miktex/bin/test.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
Babel <v3.81> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, german, ngerman, german-x-2009-06-19, ngerman-x-2009-06-19, french, loaded.
(C:\Users\Thomas\Desktop\MiKTeX2.8\tex\latex\base\article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.9h Standard LaTeX document class
(C:\Users\Thomas\Desktop\MiKTeX2.8\tex\latex\base\size10.clo))
No file test.aux.
[1{C:/ProgramData/MiKTeX/2.8/pdftex/config/pdftex.map}]
! I can't find file 'test.aux'.
\enddocument ...makeatletter \input \jobname .aux
\fi \@dofilelist \ifdim \f...
1.4 \end{document}

Pleas type another input file name
! Emergency stop.
\enddocument ...makeatletter \input \jobname .aux
\fi \@dofilelist \ifdim \f...
1.4 \end{document}

! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output file produced!

I can find the file test.aux (C:\Users\Thomas\Desktop\MiKTeX2.8\miktex\bin\test.aux)
and have tried moving it to slightly different location but that hasn't helped. I'm running Windows Vista and have Adobe Reader 8 (in case that's relevant). I also have similar problems with my other output profiles. Any suggestions regarding what might be causing this would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

[frabjous]

There's no reason for it to be looking for an .aux file at all. Is TXC configured to run BibTeX? Your file does not have a bibliography or citations, so it shouldn't be calling BibTeX. Double check your configuration and make sure BibTeX is not selected.

[hendreyth]

Thanks for your reply. I selected "Do not use BibTex in this profile" in the LaTeX=>PDF output profile and got exactly the same output when I tried to build again. Also contrary to what I said earlier when I try to build to DVI I get the error: "latex.exe GUI cannot be initialized"

[frabjous]

As for that error, see here.

[hendreyth]

thanks again. I actually just found that page myself. Now after I changing my miktex settings I get a massive output listing 105 errors mostly complaining about undefined control sequences (I have attached the log) when going to DVI, but get exactly the same output when trying to build to PDF.

[frabjous]

The file is really just as simple as what you posted earlier?

Can you compile from the command prompt? Or with a different editor like TeXworks or TeXmaker?

[hendreyth]

Yes, the file is really as I posted earlier. When I try to compile with TeXworks i get the following output:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (MiKTeX 2.8)
entering extended mode
(C:\Users\Thomas\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.8\tex\plain\vertex\test.tex
LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, ge
rman, ngerman, german-x-2009-06-19, ngerman-x-2009-06-19, french, loaded.
! Undefined control sequence.
l.1 \topmatter

?

Starting the test.tex file with the command prompt opens Techworks.

[localghost]

I'm wondering about this path.

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C:/Users/Thomas/Desktop/MiKTex2.8/miktex/bin

Can you clarify what this path exactly is and where you installed your MiKTeX system?


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[hendreyth]

Hi Thorsten, thanks for your reply. I installed MiKTeX2.8 to my desktop ('Thomas' is my username on this computer) for ease of access. The rest of the path is simply where .tex files appeared to be located in the MiKTeX2.8 folder after installation

[localghost]

[…] I installed MiKTeX2.8 to my desktop ('Thomas' is my username on this computer) for ease of access. […]

So my assumptions have been confirmed. I don't understand why you did this. Perhaps you can explain »ease of access« in this context. What do you want to access easy? However, never ever put LaTeX source files into the installation tree of the TeX system. That's a very uncommon practice and causes trouble. Don't you have a separate hard disk partition for private data where you can put your documents?