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[Jonathan Kew]

On 26 Nov 2008, at 09:56, Edd Barrett wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Jonathan Kew  
> <jonathan at jfkew.plus.com> wrote:
>> On 26 Nov 2008, at 09:38, Edd Barrett wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I don't know the repro steps on this, but I have had this twice on  
>>> my
>>> editing session this eve:
>>>
>>> Error: PDF file is damaged - attempting to reconstruct xref table...
>>> Error: Couldn't find trailer dictionary
>>> Error: Couldn't read xref table
>>> Error: Couldn't open file
>>> '/home/edd/Documents/bmth-sqt-assm-1a/trunk/doc/sqt1.pdf'
>>> zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped)  ./texworks
>>>
>>> It happens after a CTRL+T
>>>
>>> Sorry I cant provide more details.
>>
>> Can other programs open the PDF file involved?
>
> Yes, XPDF can. Althought the document is incomplete, as tex ran out  
> of memory.

Hmm, interesting. How about evince, if you have it?

>
> I should be able to up the limits of the main memory, but it seems  
> to ignore me:
> x31% kpsewhere texmf.cnf
> /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
> /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
> /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
> /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
> /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
> /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
>
> x31% grep main_memory /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
> % main_memory.hugetex = 20000000
> % main_memory is relevant only to initex, extra_mem_* only to non-ini.
> % Thus, have to redump the .fmt file after changing main_memory; to  
> add
> main_memory = 6000000 % words of inimemory available; also applies  
> to inimf&mp
>
> still complaining about 3000000...
>
> Confused (and frustrated...). This assignment is due in 2 days :(

Did you regenerate the .fmt file you're using? (And are you sure it's  
actually using the new one at runtime, not finding an older one in  
another web2c directory?)

JK