[pstricks] Problem with compiling beamer document containing pstricks code

[Herbert Voss]

Am 04.01.2017 um 19:51 schrieb Bruce Burlton:
> I have been using pstricks and Miktex for many years, quite
> successfully.  Earlier today I was successfully compiling a slide
> presentation based on beamer for my upcoming lecture.  The document is
> several years old, with only a few recent modifications.  Before noon, I
> was able to compile successfully using XeLaTeX.  Over the lunch hour I
> update MikTex, in two steps, as indicated: first removing “old” packages
> and second installing the new ones.  Now pstricks based “graphics” are
> no longer render properly:  lines, circles and other pstricks based
> constructs are missing, while text is shown.

I updated MikTeX (Windows 7) and now it is also not possible
to run any program. It looks like a MiKTeX bug. What happens
if you run a file without using PSTricks?

Herbert






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> There is an error message in the log, namely
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> Xdvipdfmx: warning: image format conversion for Pstricks failed
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> Xdvipdfmx: interpreting special command pst:  (ps:) failed
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> These lines are repeated several times through the log, presumable once
> per “pstricks” diagram
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> Not sure if the is a PSTRICKS or N=Miktex problem
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> Thanks for any assistance
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> Bruce Burlton, FCAE
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> Adjunct Professor
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> Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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> Carleton University
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