I have a system which used to have a perfectly working texlive-2008 installed. Recently I upgraded it to texlive-2010, carefully purging all older texlive related packages (I actually tried several approaches and installation subsets). No errors were reported during installation. Problem is, pdflatex, when invoked, won't produce pdf files, defaulting to dvi instead: Case 1: pdflatex test.tex -> test.dvi (incorrectly, should be test.pdf; debug shows, however, that pdflatex.fmt is correctly selected and accessed). Case 2: pdflatex --output-format pdf test.tex -> test.pdf (works correctly, however, command line switch should not be necessary). Besides the inconvenience, this particular shortcoming breaks compilation of some packages which invoke pdflatex to produce documentation, as dvi is produced instead. Any insights to the problem will be much appreciated.
that's definitely not normal (and doesn't happen to me) please attach your '/etc/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf' file also, please update the files in /etc with etc-update and run texmf-update just in case
(In reply to comment #1) > that's definitely not normal (and doesn't happen to me) > > please attach your '/etc/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf' file > > also, please update the files in /etc with etc-update and run texmf-update just > in case > ^^ please reopen with this information
Created attachment 258077 [details] Tex config file I'm sorry for the delay, busy month. I still got this problem on multiple machines.
Required config file now attached.
ok, so let's try to investigate in more details: alexis@portable ~ $ kpsewhich 'pdflatex.ini' /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/pdflatex.ini alexis@portable ~ $ cat $(kpsewhich 'pdflatex.ini') % Thomas Esser, 1998. public domain. \input pdftexconfig.tex \scrollmode \input latex.ltx \endinput alexis@portable ~ $ do you get the same ? alexis@portable ~ $ kpsewhich 'pdftexconfig.tex' /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex alexis@portable ~ $ cat $(kpsewhich 'pdftexconfig.tex') % Set pdfTeX parameters for pdf mode (replacing pdftex.cfg file). % Thomas Esser, 2004. public domain. \pdfoutput=1 \pdfcompresslevel=9 \pdfdecimaldigits=3 \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm \pdfpageheight=297 true mm \pdfhorigin=1 true in \pdfvorigin=1 true in \pdfpkresolution=600 % % As of TeX Live 2010, we output PDF 1.5 by default, so we can enable % more compression. To change this for the installation, comment out or % delete these lines and remake the formats. To change it for a % particular LaTeX document, \RequirePackage{pdf14} early. % \pdfminorversion=5 \pdfobjcompresslevel=2 \endinput and here too ? \pdfoutput=1 should set the output to... heh... pdf :)
ah and also, please attach a document that is compiled into dvi with pdf(la)tex and the .log file associated, to see if something's wrong here
(In reply to comment #5) > ok, so let's try to investigate in more details: > > alexis@portable ~ $ kpsewhich 'pdflatex.ini' > /usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/pdflatex.ini Yes. > alexis@portable ~ $ cat $(kpsewhich 'pdflatex.ini') > % Thomas Esser, 1998. public domain. > \input pdftexconfig.tex > \scrollmode > \input latex.ltx > \endinput > alexis@portable ~ $ > > do you get the same ? Exactly the same. > > alexis@portable ~ $ kpsewhich 'pdftexconfig.tex' > /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex Yes. > alexis@portable ~ $ cat $(kpsewhich 'pdftexconfig.tex') > % Set pdfTeX parameters for pdf mode (replacing pdftex.cfg file). > % Thomas Esser, 2004. public domain. > \pdfoutput=1 > \pdfcompresslevel=9 > \pdfdecimaldigits=3 > \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm > \pdfpageheight=297 true mm > \pdfhorigin=1 true in > \pdfvorigin=1 true in > \pdfpkresolution=600 > % > % As of TeX Live 2010, we output PDF 1.5 by default, so we can enable > % more compression. To change this for the installation, comment out or > % delete these lines and remake the formats. To change it for a > % particular LaTeX document, \RequirePackage{pdf14} early. > % > \pdfminorversion=5 > \pdfobjcompresslevel=2 > \endinput > > and here too ? All the same. > > \pdfoutput=1 should set the output to... heh... pdf :) > It is set.
Created attachment 258149 [details] pdflatex output Output for basic latex file: --- \documentclass[12pt, a4]{article} \begin{document} bla-bla-bla-bla \end{document} --- /usr/bin/pdflatex links to /usr/bin/pdftex, which in turn links to /usr/bin/pdftex-texlive-core-2010
(In reply to comment #8) > Created an attachment (id=258149) [details] > pdflatex output > > Output for basic latex file: > --- > \documentclass[12pt, a4]{article} > > \begin{document} > bla-bla-bla-bla > \end{document} > --- this is _really_ weird. Do you get the same if you add '\pdfoutput=1' at the beginning of your tex document?
please attach the output of the command 'fmtutil-sys --byfmt pdflatex' (as root) also
> this is _really_ weird. Do you get the same if you add '\pdfoutput=1' at the > beginning of your tex document? > Then it works correctly. Command line format selector also works correctly, as described in the original report.
Created attachment 259113 [details] "fmtutil-sys --byfmt pdflatex" output
again, everything seems sane, please attach the ouput of 'texconfig conf'
(In reply to comment #13) > again, everything seems sane, please attach the ouput of 'texconfig conf' > If this is of any help, I shall mention that xetex worked correctly all the time. The problem somehow affects only pdftex. Is it possible that the problem occurs in the pdftex binary, as a result of "configure" picking up some wrong defines? The output of texconfig: =========================== version information ========================== ==================== binaries found by searching $PATH =================== PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.1:/usr/lib64/subversion/bin:/home/netroot/amd64/powerpc-gnuspe/bin kpsewhich: /usr/bin/kpsewhich updmap: /usr/bin/updmap fmtutil: /usr/bin/fmtutil texconfig: /usr/bin/texconfig tex: /usr/bin/tex pdftex: /usr/bin/pdftex mktexpk: /usr/bin/mktexpk dvips: /usr/bin/dvips dvipdfm: /usr/bin/dvipdfm =========================== active config files ========================== //etc/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps //etc/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf //etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/config /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/XDvi ============================= font map files ============================= psfonts.map: //var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/psfonts.map pdftex.map: //var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map ps2pk.map: //var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap/ps2pk.map dvipdfm.map: //var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvipdfm/updmap/dvipdfm.map =========================== kpathsea variables =========================== TEXMFMAIN=/usr/share/texmf TEXMFDIST=/usr/share/texmf-dist TEXMFLOCAL=/usr/local/share/texmf TEXMFSYSVAR=//var/lib/texmf TEXMFSYSCONFIG=//etc/texmf TEXMFVAR=/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var TEXMFCONFIG=/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config TEXMFHOME=/root/texmf VARTEXFONTS=//var/cache/fonts TEXMF={/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!//etc/texmf,!!//var/lib/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf-site,!!/usr/share/texmf-dist} SYSTEXMF=//var/lib/texmf:/usr/share/texmf:/usr/local/share/texmf:/usr/share/texmf-site:/usr/share/texmf-dist TEXMFDBS={!!//etc/texmf,!!//var/lib/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf-site,!!/usr/share/texmf-dist} WEB2C={/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!//etc/texmf,!!//var/lib/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf-site,!!/usr/share/texmf-dist}/web2c TEXPSHEADERS=.:{/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!//etc/texmf,!!//var/lib/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf-site,!!/usr/share/texmf-dist}/{dvips,fonts/{enc,type1,type42,type3}}// TEXCONFIG={/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!//etc/texmf,!!//var/lib/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf-site,!!/usr/share/texmf-dist}/dvips// ENCFONTS=.:{/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!//etc/texmf,!!//var/lib/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf-site,!!/usr/share/texmf-dist}/fonts/enc// TEXFONTMAPS=.:{/root/.texlive2010/texmf-config,/root/.texlive2010/texmf-var,/root/texmf,!!//etc/texmf,!!//var/lib/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf,!!/usr/local/share/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf-site,!!/usr/share/texmf-dist}/fonts/map/{kpsewhich,pdftex,dvips,}// ==== kpathsea variables from environment only (ok if no output here) ==== TEXINPUTS=/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamldoc:
seems sane again, could you try as different users ? and give me the output of the 'env' command with a failing user.
(In reply to comment #15) > seems sane again, could you try as different users ? > I tried some, it does not seem to affect anything (all users got the same problem). > and give me the output of the 'env' command with a failing user. > MANPATH=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.21.51.0.1/man:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.1/man:/etc/java-config/system-vm/man/:/usr/lib64/php5/man/:/usr/share/postgresql-9.0/man TERM=xterm SHELL=/bin/bash XDG_SESSION_COOKIE=94740ec8bda02e67b3b2bd2248a5564d-1296442478.975785-947379441 SSH_CLIENT=192.168.1.7 43540 22 GNOME_KEYRING_CONTROL=/tmp/keyring-TQUVSb SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/15 LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 ANT_HOME=/usr/share/ant SBCL_HOME=/usr/lib64/sbcl SGML_CATALOG_FILES=/etc/sgml/sgml-ent.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.1.2.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.2.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-3.0.cat:/etc/sgml/dsssl-docbook-stylesheets.cat:/etc/sgml/openjade-1.3.2.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.1.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.0.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-3.1.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-simple-docbook-4.1.2.4.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-simple-docbook-1.0.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-docbook-4.2.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.4.cat:/etc/sgml/sgml-lite.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.3.cat:/etc/sgml/xml-docbook-4.5.cat USER=oak LS_COLORS=no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.svgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36: PRELINK_PATH_MASK=/usr/lib64/libfreebl3.so:/usr/lib64/libnssdbm3.so:/usr/lib64/libsoftokn3.so LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH=/usr/lib64/dri:/usr/lib32/dri GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/usr/share/guile/1.8 GDK_USE_XFT=1 PAGER=/usr/bin/less CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK=/etc/gentoo-release /etc/sandbox.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/php/cli-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5/ext-active/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/eselect/postgresql /etc/texmf/web2c /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/revdep-rebuild XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg FLTK_DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/fltk-1.1.10-r1/html SBCL_SOURCE_ROOT=/usr/lib64/sbcl/src MAIL=/var/mail/oak PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.1:/usr/lib64/subversion/bin:/usr/games/bin HG=/usr/bin/hg DISTCC_LOG= PWD=/home/oak JAVA_HOME=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK=1 JAVAC=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm/bin/javac EDITOR=/bin/nano LANG=en_US.utf8 GNOME_KEYRING_PID=31576 PYTHONDOCS_3_1=/usr/share/doc/python-docs-3.1.1/html/library PBS_SERVER_HOME=/var/spool/torque DISTCC_VERBOSE=0 DCCC_PATH=/usr/lib/distcc/bin KRB5CCNAME=FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_10025 TEXINPUTS=/usr/lib64/ocaml/ocamldoc: DISTCCD_PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/powerpc-gnuspe/bin CCL_DEFAULT_DIRECTORY=/usr/lib64/clozurecl JDK_HOME=/etc/java-config-2/current-system-vm SHLVL=1 HOME=/home/oak LANGUAGE=en_US.utf8 JAVACC_HOME=/usr/share/javacc/ LESS=-R -M --shift 5 LOGNAME=oak GCC_SPECS= CVS_RSH=ssh XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/share/gdm SSH_CONNECTION=192.168.1.7 43540 192.168.1.14 22 LESSOPEN=|lesspipe.sh %s R_HOME=/usr/lib64/R INFOPATH=/usr/share/info:/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.21.51.0.1/info:/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.1/info:/usr/share/info/emacs-23 DISPLAY=localhost:14.0 USB_DEVFS_PATH=/dev/bus/usb RUBYOPT=-rauto_gem OPENGL_PROFILE=xorg-x11 LADSPA_PATH=/usr/lib64/ladspa SANE_CONFIG_DIR=/etc/sane.d CONFIG_PROTECT=/opt/openjms/config /usr/share/X11/xkb /var/spool/torque /usr/share/config /usr/share/openvpn/easy-rsa _=/usr/bin/env
really, really, really, i dont understand what the problem may be... and you seem to be the only one to have it which doesnt make it easy to understand :( could you please try with texlive-core-2010-r2 ? there's no change related to this but who knows... also please try with dev-tex/pdftex, eselect it via 'eselect pdftex set 1' if it fails, please attach the build log of pdftex (which should be easier to read than texlive's one)
