General ⇒ Error using multicol package

[mateovasco]

Hi!...

When I declare the multicol package using in the preamble (without using the multicols enviroment into the document doby), LaTeX sohws me an error.


! No room for a new \dimen .
\ch@ck ...\else \errmessage {No room for a new #3}
\fi
l.1253 \newdimen\MPscratchDim
% will be assigned global
This error message was generated by an \errmessage
command, so I can't give any explicit help.
Pretend that you're Hercule Poirot: Examine all clues,
and deduce the truth by order and method.

\MPscratchDim=\dimen234
\MPnumerator=\count141
\everyMPtoPDFconversion=\toks31
) [1

Have you an idea of wht's happening???


If it helps, this is my preamble:

\documentclass[10pt]{book}

\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\DeclareFixedFont{\fiverm}{OT1}{cmr}{m}{n}{5pt}
\input{prepictex}
\input{pictex}
\input{postpictex}
\usepackage{enumerate}%para viñenas y numeraciones
\usepackage{amsmath}%para ecuaciones alineadas y demás simbolos
\usepackage{numprint}%para separadores de miles
\usepackage{color}%para cajas de colores
\usepackage{multicol}%para las columnas
\definecolor{gris-claro}{cmyk}{0,0,0,0.30}
\newcommand{\solucion}{\colorbox{gris-claro}{Solución:}}

\npthousandsep{.}\npthousandthpartsep{}\npdecimalsign{,}
\usepackage{eco}%% old style numbers




\title{\textbf{Ejercicios Resueltos de Matemáticas Financieras\\Universidad EAFIT}}
\author{Mateo Vasco Correa\thanks{Monitor del Departamento de Finanzas de la Universidad EAFIT}}
\date{}

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

I wouldn't use pictex, it requires too much resources, that's why the error No room for a new \dimen could occur easily.

Stefan