Herb,<br><br>You are correct; after using that option, the log no longer says "restricted" before "\write 18 enabled," but the "Non-PDF special ignored!" errors persist. (While with sudo, the log still shows restricted, but everything works.)<br>
<br>Rick<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Herbert Schulz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:herbs@wideopenwest.com">herbs@wideopenwest.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
On Sep 22, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Rick Chartrand wrote:<br>
<br>
> After comparing my .log file with Dick Koch's for a Beamer file with one<br>
> empty frame, I found 4 relevant differences:<br>
> (1) his says "\write18 enabled", mine says "restricted \write18 enabled".<br>
> This prompted me to try compiling with sudo pdflatex, and this actually<br>
> works, for the empty file and for full presentations. But compiling with<br>
> sudo seems like a bad long-term idea. The following are the other relevant<br>
> differences (that I get if I compile *without* sudo; with sudo the only<br>
> difference is the "restricted \write18 enabled").<br>
> (2 & 3) His:<br>
> ______________<br>
> Package pgfsys Info: Driver file for pgf: pgfsys-pdftex.def on input line<br>
> 885.<br>
><br>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-pdftex.d<br>
> ef<br>
> File: pgfsys-pdftex.def 2007/12/20 (rcs-revision 1.20)<br>
><br>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-common-p<br>
> df.def<br>
> File: pgfsys-common-pdf.def 2007/12/17 (rcs-revision 1.8)<br>
> )))<br>
> _______________<br>
> Mine:<br>
> _______________<br>
> Package pgfsys Info: Driver file for pgf: pgfsys-dvips.def on input line<br>
> 885.<br>
><br>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/<br>
> <a href="http://pgfsys-dvips.de" target="_blank">pgfsys-dvips.de</a><br>
> f<br>
> File: pgfsys-dvips.def 2007/12/12 (rcs-revision 1.19)<br>
><br>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/generic/pgf/systemlayer/pgfsys-common-p<br>
> ostscript.def<br>
> File: pgfsys-common-postscript.def 2008/02/07 (rcs-revision 1.18)<br>
> \pgf@objectcount=\count109<br>
> )))<br>
> ________________<br>
> It's as though mine wants ps output instead of pdf.<br>
> (4) His has<br>
> ________________<br>
> (/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/epstopdf-sys.cfg<br>
> File: epstopdf-sys.cfg 2010/07/13 v1.3 Configuration of (r)epstopdf for TeX<br>
> Liv<br>
> e<br>
> ))<br>
> ________________<br>
> and mine doesn't, consistent with the idea that something in my setup thinks<br>
> it doesn't want pdf output, though in the end it does output a pdf (after<br>
> all the Non-PDF special ignored! messages).<br>
><br>
> Anybody know what might cause this, and how to fix it?<br>
><br>
> Rick<br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>Howdy,<br>
<br>
No need for `sudo` to enable write18 for the compile. Add the --shell-escape option to the pdflatex command line for that file.<br>
<br>
As to why it wants to output ps rather than pdf I haven't a clue. Sigh...<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
Good Luck,<br>
<br>
Herb Schulz<br>
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)<br>
<br>
<br>
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