From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/64905 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rebecca Searls Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.metapost,gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Question: [mpost .. texnum.mpfatal: Command failed] Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 08:35:51 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1506590504==" X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1294066773 5916 80.91.229.12 (3 Jan 2011 14:59:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:59:33 +0000 (UTC) To: metapost@tug.org, ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: metapost-bounces@tug.org Mon Jan 03 15:59:27 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctm-metapost-5@gmane.org Original-Received: from tug.org ([130.225.2.178]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PZlsX-00026r-FP; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:59:21 +0100 Original-Received: from tug.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tug.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p03Ex3uf002282; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 15:59:04 +0100 X-Envelope-From: rsearls@gmail.com X-Envelope-To: Original-Received: from smtp.nfit.au.dk (nfitmail.nfit.au.dk [130.225.31.129]) by tug.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p03DZvSj030578 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:36:00 +0100 Original-Received: from smtp.nfit.au.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.nfit.au.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7C0B212524 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:35:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-qw0-f52.google.com (mail-qw0-f52.google.com [209.85.216.52]) by smtp.nfit.au.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57007212518 for ; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 14:35:52 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by qwi4 with SMTP id 4so13802505qwi.11 for ; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:35:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=v16qOCzaYIsV/NMH3E4tOFtTMGSdZ7FUJWXc1lf3VIQ=; b=aYujjHV9MKC/5m+YiPzyW1jF3QUbwM6APGgzQcQpfwqUURFMSpwTE0tkf0R7QGsECF fcaVzyWilwG19XXuMzCX0XWoYwEIkQkSo3a2uCGKCBFSK02Fuzr4jYbpDWXvEzzLVaju nLzVt9abvAYk+DYp8VA0O5V4ei8TLVXyLaWDc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=gfLj9ylwoA7o/LlpRq8HUmrd8odM/b7BcEnbvfZTje4d6x+r4zgrigtoKuwQjdWfr8 NQA2bdfTSIviluu3OdvZ5B7ri9+hyJcDtQWdCGPro966S0hOCFDElUH5z6hr2Ci8zVdS lSRqDpcbeKmZODE1wixfwAClXrx4ahZ4N56C4= Original-Received: by 10.229.189.194 with SMTP id df2mr16721120qcb.232.1294061751385; Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:35:51 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.229.39.138 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Jan 2011 05:35:51 -0800 (PST) X-NFIT-ADSL: 0 X-NFIT-RelayAddr: 209.85.216.52 X-NFIT-MX: True X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on 10.19.8.13 X-Sim: 4fd22da08a18a9c7e24a04d4fee22433c72dc969c96275a7a4b906185e047d68 3094 X-NFIT-Solido-Score: 2. X-NilSimsa-Score: 67/203 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.71 on 10.19.8.13 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:56:44 +0100 X-BeenThere: metapost@tug.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "MetaPost discussion." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: metapost-bounces@tug.org Original-Sender: metapost-bounces@tug.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.metapost:1731 gmane.comp.tex.context:64905 Archived-At: --===============1506590504== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016363b8520023fbc0498f13b24 --0016363b8520023fbc0498f13b24 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello, I am using the default implementation of TeXLive 2010 which provides MetaPost 1.211 on Windows 7. I'm getting a fatal error on texnum.mp on the simplest possible use of graph. Here is the simplest possible test case that shows the error: input graph end Here is the error message I get. C:\texlive\2010\bin\win32\mpost xtest This is MetaPost, version 1.211 (Web2C 2010) (kpathsea version 6.0.0) (./xtest.mp (c:/TeXLive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/graph.mp (c:/TeXLive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/marith.mp (c:/TeXLive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/string.mp)) (c:/TeXLive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/format.mp (c:/TeXLive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/string.mp) (c:/TeXLive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/texnum.mpfatal: Command failed: etex - -parse-first-line --interaction=nonstopmode mpa05524.tex; see mpxerr.log >> texnum.mp >> texnum.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.17 init_numbers(btex $-$etex, btex$1$etex, btex${\times}10$etex, Transcript written on xtest.log. Here is the information I get when running etex. C:\texlive\2010\bin\win32\etex --parse-first-line --interaction=nonstopmode mpxerr.tex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (Web2C 2010) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./mpxerr.tex [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] ) Output written on mpxerr.dvi (6 pages, 672 bytes). Transcript written on mpxerr.log. Is there something I need to configure in TeXLive or my .mp file in order to get this to work? Or is there some other debugging I can do to determine how to resolve this problem? --0016363b8520023fbc0498f13b24 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello,

I am using the default implementation of TeXLive 2010 which p= rovides MetaPost 1.211
on Windows 7.=A0 I'm getting a fatal error on= texnum.mp on the simplest possible use of graph.=A0 Here is the simplest possible test case that shows the error:<= br>
=A0 =A0=A0=A0 input graph
=A0 =A0=A0=A0 end


Here is th= e error message I get.

=A0=A0=A0 C:\texlive\2010\bin\win32\mpost xte= st
=A0=A0=A0 This is MetaPost, version 1.211 (Web2C 2010) (kpathsea vers= ion 6.0.0)
=A0=A0=A0 (./xtest.mp (c:/TeXLive/2010/texm= f-dist/metapost/base/graph.mp
=A0=A0=A0 = (c:/TeXLive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/mari= th.mp
=A0=A0=A0 (c:/TeXLive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/string.mp))
=A0=A0=A0 (c:/TeXLive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/format.mp
=A0=A0=A0 (c:/TeXLive/2010/texmf-dist/metapost/base/= string.mp)
=A0=A0=A0 (c:/TeXLive/2010/t= exmf-dist/metapost/base/texnum.mpfatal: Command failed: etex -
=A0=A0=A0 -parse-first-line --interaction=3Dnonstopmode mpa05524.tex; see m= pxerr.log
=A0=A0=A0 >> texnum.mp<= br>=A0=A0=A0 >> texnum.mpx
=A0=A0=A0 ! Unable to make mpx file.=A0=A0=A0 l.17 init_numbers(btex
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 $-$etex, bt= ex$1$etex, btex${\times}10$etex,
=A0=A0=A0 Transcript written on xtest.l= og.


Here is the information I get when running etex.

=A0= =A0=A0 C:\texlive\2010\bin\win32\etex --parse-first-line --interaction=3Dno= nstopmode mpxerr.tex
=A0=A0=A0 This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (Web2C 2010)
=A0=A0= =A0=A0 restricted \write18 enabled.
=A0=A0=A0 entering extended mode
= =A0=A0=A0 (./mpxerr.tex [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] )
=A0=A0=A0 Output writt= en on mpxerr.dvi (6 pages, 672 bytes).
=A0=A0=A0 Transcript written on mpxerr.log.

Is there something I nee= d to configure in TeXLive or my .mp file in
order to get this to work?= =A0 Or is there some other debugging I can do to determine
how to resolv= e this problem?

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