[XeTeX] First message: Xelatex, pstricks and Mountain Lion

Joseph Wright joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk
Mon Jan 14 17:43:30 CET 2013


On 14/01/2013 15:10, François Boone wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am on Macbook pro, 2012, with Mountain Lion, 10.8.2.
> My texlive 2012 is up to date : i update it with Tex Live Utility.
> 
> I have a problem:
> This is my document:
> 
> \listfiles
> \documentclass{minimal}
> \usepackage{pstricks}
> \begin{document}
> \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(10cm,2cm)
> \psline[linewidth=2pt,linecolor=red](0,0)(10,2)
> \end{pspicture}
> \end{document}
> 
> When I xelatex this simple example, I obtain a one blank page pdf file.
> 
> In console, I have this message:
> (./ecm.aux) [1] (./ecm.aux)gs requires X11.  Please visit http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5293 for more information.
> 
> ** WARNING ** Filtering file via command -->rungs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dNOSAFER -sPAPERSIZE=a0 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.5 -dAutoFilterGrayImages=false -dGrayImageFilter=/FlateEncode -dAutoFilterColorImages=false -dColorImageFilter=/FlateEncode -sOutputFile='/var/folders/tx/jz3ygk150jldyb_xjg26tbr40000gn/T//dvipdfmx.yQDiuc2o' '/var/folders/tx/jz3ygk150jldyb_xjg26tbr40000gn/T//dvipdfmx.Y8pRsQwx' -c quit<-- failed.
> ** WARNING ** Image format conversion for PSTricks failed.
> ** WARNING ** Interpreting special command pst: (ps:) failed.
> ** WARNING ** >> at page="1" position="(91.9253, 663.307)" (in PDF)
> ** WARNING ** >> xxx "pst:  tx at Dict begin STP newpath /ArrowA { moveto } def /ArrowB "
> ** WARNING ** 5 memory objects still allocated
> You may want to report this to tex-k at tug.org
> 
> I had a long talk with Herbert Voss this last WE and we don't find a solution. Herbert works on PC, so it is difficult to find the problem on Mac.
> I someone can help me...
> 
> Thank-you
> François

Have you tried installing XQuartz? (Apple no longer include X11 with ML,
so you have to get your own from the community spin-out.)
-- 
Joseph Wright


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