<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small">Howdy,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small">certainly. Even a simple .tex file as the one attached is properly processed by latex, but then dvips fails with the error already presented.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small">Thanks.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:small">Florian</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Am Sa., 22. Juli 2023 um 13:25 Uhr schrieb Herbert Schulz <<a href="mailto:herbs2@mac.com">herbs2@mac.com</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> On Jul 22, 2023, at 5:05 AM, Florian Colbatzky <<a href="mailto:colbatzkyfa@gmail.com" target="_blank">colbatzkyfa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Hello, and thank you for the first responses.<br>
> <br>
> Here is some more information:<br>
> - both Linux (Debian and Kali) installations of TexLive have been done by using either apt install or just by using the Synaptic package manager. On my Mac, I have used the latest MacTeX and regularly updated it with the TeX Live Utility.<br>
> - the .tex files process without errors using pdflatex<br>
> - I call dvips either out of the editor like Kile in Linux or TeXStudio on the Mac; I have also tried "dvips name_of_dvifile" in a terminal after changing into the directory with the .dvi file<br>
> - attached is a text file created in the MacTeX installation with the command "dvips -d -1 name_of_dvifile.dvi > dvips_test_a.txt 2>&1"; a .ps file was not created<br>
> - the error message in the Linux distributions is:<br>
> Prozess gestartet: dvips -o "Liste_fuer_CuP".ps "Liste_fuer_CuP".dvi<br>
> *** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated<br>
> Kommando abgestürzt: dvips -o "Liste_fuer_CuP".ps "Liste_fuer_CuP".dvi<br>
> Prozess endete mit Fehler(n)<br>
> <br>
> Thanks for any help!<br>
> Kindest regards,<br>
> Florian<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Am Fr., 21. Juli 2023 um 08:42 Uhr schrieb Alois Steindl <<a href="mailto:Alois.Steindl@tuwien.ac.at" target="_blank">Alois.Steindl@tuwien.ac.at</a>>:<br>
> Hello, <br>
> you need to provide much more informations about the problem: what happens, when you call dvips? Doesn't it run at all, do you get any error messages from it? Dvips can be called with a debug option, what does it say?<br>
> Are you sure, that the right dvips is called? How do you call it?<br>
> Good luck<br>
> Alois<br>
> <br>
> ------ Originalnachricht------<br>
> Von: Florian Colbatzky<br>
> Datum: Do., 20. Juli 2023 23:30<br>
> An: <a href="mailto:tex-live@tug.org" target="_blank">tex-live@tug.org</a>;<br>
> Cc: <br>
> Betreff:Dvips fails in texlive 2022, texlive 2023 and MacTeX<br>
> <br>
> Dear texlive list members,<br>
> <br>
> Just per chance (texlive system check with Kile in one Linux distribution) I have realised that drips does not work anymore, but crashes. I have then checked it in two other Linux distributions and in MacTeX with the same result. I have used different tex (transforming them via LaTeX) and dvi files. Dvipdf works well. The system check of Kile does not complain about other failures .<br>
> <br>
> On the Internet, I have not found any information for this problem.<br>
> <br>
> Thus, I have decided to make you aware of it. Maybe you even know the reason.<br>
> <br>
> With kind regards,<br>
> Florian Colbatzky<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Dr. Florian Colbatzky<br>
> Matthias-Erzberger-Str. 7/2<br>
> 88400 Biberach / Riss<br>
> Germany<br>
> Tel.: +49 (7357) 91033<br>
> Fax: +49 (7357) 91035<br>
> Mail: <a href="mailto:colbatzkyfa@gmail.com" target="_blank">colbatzkyfa@gmail.com</a> <br>
> <br>
> -- <br>
> Dr. Florian Colbatzky<br>
> Matthias-Erzberger-Str. 7/2<br>
> 88400 Biberach / Riss<br>
> Germany<br>
> Tel.: +49 (7357) 91033<br>
> Fax: +49 (7357) 91035<br>
> Mail: <a href="mailto:colbatzkyfa@gmail.com" target="_blank">colbatzkyfa@gmail.com</a><br>
> <dvips-test_a.txt><br>
<br>
Howdy,<br>
<br>
I have a simple file, Fig2.tex, that includes an eps graphic, stupid.eps. Compiling with `latex Fig2.tex` I get Fig2.dvi. Then<br>
<br>
% dvips -o "Fig2".ps "Fig2".dvi<br>
This is dvips(k) 2023.1 (TeX Live 2023) Copyright 2023 Radical Eye Software (<a href="http://www.radicaleye.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.radicaleye.com</a>)<br>
' TeX output 2023.07.22:0619' -> Fig2.ps<br>
</usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/dvips/base/<a href="http://tex.pro" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">tex.pro</a>><br>
</usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/dvips/l3backend/<a href="http://l3backend-dvips.pro" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">l3backend-dvips.pro</a>><br>
</usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/base/8r.enc><br>
</usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/dvips/base/<a href="http://texps.pro" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">texps.pro</a>><br>
</usr/local/texlive/2023/texmf-dist/dvips/base/<a href="http://special.pro" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">special.pro</a>>. </usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/type1/bh/lucida/lbms.pfb><br>
</usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/fonts/type1/bh/lucida/lbr.pfb>[1<br>
<./figs/stupid.eps>] <br>
<br>
and there is no problem producing Fig2.ps.<br>
<br>
Could you please provide a .tex file that gives rise to your problem.<br>
<br>
Good Luck,<br>
<br>
Herb Schulz<br>
<a href="mailto:herbs2@mac.com" target="_blank">herbs2@mac.com</a><br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="1">Dr. Florian Colbatzky</font><div><font size="1">Matthias-Erzberger-Str. 7/2</font></div><div><font size="1">88400 Biberach / Riss</font></div><div><font size="1">Germany</font></div><div><font size="1">Tel.: <span style="white-space:nowrap">+49 (7357) 91033</span></font></div><div><font size="1">Fax: <span style="white-space:nowrap">+49 (7357) 91035</span></font></div><div><font size="1">Mail: </font><a href="mailto:colbatzkyfa@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font size="1">colbatzkyfa@gmail.com</font></a></div></div></div></div></div></div>