[XeTeX] XeTeX error, no PDF

[James Crippen]

On Dec 31, 2007 3:44 PM, Stephen Moye <stephenmoye at mac.com> wrote:
> I have been using XeTeX 0.997 (on a Mac G5 DP) without any problems to speak of -- until tonight.
>
> I typeset a file and got this error message:
>
> This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.997 (Web2C 7.5.6)
>  %&-line parsing enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./Hanover-new.tex [2] [3]
> Output file removed.
>  )
> Error 256 (driver return code) generating output;
> file Hanover-new.pdf may not be valid.
> Transcript written on Hanover-new.log.
>
> %%%%%
>
> This file uses a fmt file that I have regenerated. The file uses Hoefler Text. Oh, and I just upgraded to Leopard.
>
> Other similar files are OK -- there are just a handful that show this problem.
>
> Where do I start looking for problems?

This appears to be command line output from XeTeX. Start by reading
through the .log file, since much more information is available in
there. I'm not sure what the error might be, but I recall a similar
situation which was caused by broken glyphs in a font I was using.

James