[OS X TeX] Beamer problem with simpdflatex/dvips

[Ross Moore]

Hello Nathan,

On 11/02/2010, at 9:26 AM, ludling wrote:

> I recently decided to try out Beamer, and I encountered a problem  
> when compiling with the default TeXShop settings for "tex and  
> dvi" (simpdftex latex --maxpfb).  The output contains everything it  
> is supposed to, but each slide is located in the lower left corner  
> of the page, with the page itself being in portrait mode and with  
> the default size of a regular document.
>
> This problem does not occur with pdflatex, which creates slides of  
> the correct orientation and size, and with the slide contents  
> taking up the entire page as expected.
>
> Here is a minimal example that displays this behavior for me:
>
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \documentclass{beamer}

Does your log-file (i.e., the Console Window) show whether or not
the hyperref package is being loaded?

If not, then try putting  \usepackage{hyperref}  in here.

>
> \title{Beamer Problem}
> \author{Nathan Sanders}
> \date{\today}
>
> \begin{document}
>
> \begin{frame}{Title Frame}
> \maketitle
> \end{frame}
>
> \end{document}
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
>
> I've done some searching around the internet and found references  
> to similar problems caused by a misconfiguration of dvips in  
> TeXLive 2008.  I'm using TL 2009 with all the latest updates  
> provided by TLU, but the problem apparently still exists.  Is there  
> a known solution within TeXShop itself (i.e., by adding some option  
> to simpdflatex in the preferences to work around the dvips  
> misconfiguration)?
>
> For completeness, here are a few selected lines from the console  
> output:
>
> ### This is /usr/texbin/simpdftex, Version 20070809
> [...]
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/beamer/beamer.cls
> (/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/tex/latex/beamer/ 
> beamerbasercs.sty)
> Document Class: beamer 2007/03/11 cvs version 3.07 A class for  
> typesetting pres
> entations (rcs-revision 1.70)
> [...]
> ### /usr/texbin/dvips -R -Poutline  -o /tmp/altpdflatex. 
> 45046-1265840502/Untitled.ps Untitled.dvi
> This is dvips(k) 5.98 Copyright 2009 Radical Eye Software  
> (www.radicaleye.com)
>
>
> Thanks!
> Nathan

Hope this helps,

	Ross

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