From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/13756 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Pawel Jackowski na Onet" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: first attempt to run mp (system error) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:31:27 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <001501c38cdf$b18b06e0$0500a8c0@best> References: <000901c38ca6$8af7a0d0$0500a8c0@best> <6.0.0.22.1.20031007100158.01b32ef0@digitpaint.nl> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065537814 8092 80.91.224.253 (7 Oct 2003 14:43:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 14:43:34 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Tue Oct 07 16:43:32 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A6t3k-0004Zm-00 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 16:43:32 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CED6C10B47; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:43:29 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from smtp1.poczta.onet.pl (smtp1.poczta.onet.pl [213.180.130.31]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C85310B1D for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:36:31 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from pa36.debniki.sdi.tpnet.pl ([213.77.147.36]:31236 "HELO best") by ps1.test.onet.pl with SMTP id ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 16:31:21 +0200 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Errors-To: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.13 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:13756 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:13756 Problem: serious system error while running 'texexec --automprun' Hi Willi! > Pawel wrote: At 09:42 07.10.2003, you wrote: > >Hi all! > > > >I've just made a quick test -- running metapost with ConTeXt. The sample > >code was just: > > > > \starttext > > The simplest metapost code sample > > \startMPgraphic > > fill unitsquare scaled 123 withcolor (.2,.3,.4) ; > > \stopMPgraphic > > \stoptext > > > >which looks ok, right? And of course mpost creates nice navy square from > >that code. But running > > > > texexec --automprun sample.mp > > > >cause a serious system error; ''There is a problem with mpost.exe and bla > >bla bla''. Smart and clever' windows XP try to report that problem to > >microsoft. > >The problem occur just after terminal says > > > > This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2c 7.3.7x) > > (mpgraph.mp > > > >and after that system display an error box. > >As manual says I 've made some changes in texmf.cnf: > > > > openout_any = a > > shell_escape = t > > allow_multiple_suffixes = f > > > >What should I do next to catch 'serious system error' while running metapost > >code included in tex code? > >Is the problem comonly known? > > I am using Windows XP myself. I never experienced the mentioned problem > with metapost. > What I miss in your error message is the used format like > " This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2c 7.3.7x) (mem=metafun 2003.9.25) " > Did you generate the metafun format and placed it in e.g. the > TeX\texmf-var\web2c directory, mktexlsr? I have format properly generated, so that is not the problem. Even if I there weren't metafun format 'serious system error' shouldn't occur... So I have still no idea what is wrong. My friend use similar TeX installation (based on TeXLive7) and has the same problem. Any ideas? Pawe/l