[XeTeX] xelatex, hyperref, and new TeXLive

[Herb Schulz]

Howdy,

Sorry for the top post. 

Try \usepackage{hyperref} without the option. The hyperref package detects use of XeTeX and therefore the xdvipdfmx back end. 

Good Luck,
Herb Schulz

> On Jun 15, 2016, at 3:56 PM, maxwell <maxwell at umiacs.umd.edu> wrote:
> 
> We've downloaded and installed the new 2016 TeXLive distribution.  I was all set to be happy...but.  There seems to be an incompatibility between the new xelatex and the new hyperref package.  No matter what I do, I get the error msg:
> ----------------
> ! Package hyperref Error: Wrong DVI mode driver option `ps2pdf',
> (hyperref)                because XeTeX is running.
> ----------------
> 
> We did not of course get this error with the TeXLive 2015 distribution.
> 
> Here's the minimal file to trigger this error (ok, I could take out the word "test", but it's pretty minimal :-)):
> ----------------
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage[dvipdfmx]{hyperref}
> \begin{document}
> test
> \end{document}
> ----------------
> 
> I've tried telling hyperref
>   [driverfallback=dvipdfm]
> instead, and I've tried telling xelatex
>    --output-driver=xdvipdfmx
> and a bunch of other things, with no effect.
> 
> What do I yet lack?
> 
>   Mike Maxwell
>   University of Maryland
> 
> 
> 
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