From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/13757 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Willi Egger Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: first attempt to run mp (system error) Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 17:40:08 +0200 Sender: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.1.20031007173555.01ba1020@digitpaint.nl> References: <000901c38ca6$8af7a0d0$0500a8c0@best> <6.0.0.22.1.20031007100158.01b32ef0@digitpaint.nl> <001501c38cdf$b18b06e0$0500a8c0@best> Reply-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1065541638 17303 80.91.224.253 (7 Oct 2003 15:47:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 15:47:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-admin@ntg.nl Tue Oct 07 17:47:15 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from ref.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.13] helo=ref.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A6u3P-0000fz-00 for ; Tue, 07 Oct 2003 17:47:15 +0200 Original-Received: from ref.ntg.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C6BE10B47; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:47:13 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl (smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.141]) by ref.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5FB310B1D for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:40:08 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from vademecum.boede.nl (a80-126-172-1.adsl.xs4all.nl [80.126.172.1]) by smtpzilla5.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h97Fe6Ij086970 for ; Tue, 7 Oct 2003 17:40:07 +0200 (CEST) X-Sender: boedenl01@digitpaint.nl X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Original-To: ntg-context@ntg.nl In-Reply-To: <001501c38cdf$b18b06e0$0500a8c0@best> Original-References: <000901c38ca6$8af7a0d0$0500a8c0@best> <6.0.0.22.1.20031007100158.01b32ef0@digitpaint.nl> <001501c38cdf$b18b06e0$0500a8c0@best> 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:13757 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:13757 Hi Pawel, >Pawel wrote: >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? I have really no clue, my metapost.exe and metapost.dll are from the distribution TeXlive7 May be this should also be asked to Fabrice Popineau. Unfortunately I lost a lot of mail-addresses due to a crash, so I can't hint you on his addres. Willi