I when I run latex it doesn't produce a dvi file instead I get a pdf file.

[sonmez]

I when I run latex it doesn't produce a dvi file instead I get a pdf file. Here is what I get :
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sonmez@ubuntu:~/D/scvw/Writeups$ latex regu.tex
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4)
entering extended mode
(./regu.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel <v3.8d> and hyphenation patterns for loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amscls/amsart.cls
Document Class: amsart 2004/08/06 v2.20
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty
For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty))
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsa.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty))
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/geometry/geometry.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/geometry/geometry.cfg))
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/jknappen/mathrsfs.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/base/latexsym.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amsmath/amscd.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/graphics/color.cfg)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/graphics/dvipsnam.def))
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/hyperref/hyperref.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/hyperref/pd1enc.def)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/hyperref/hyperref.cfg)
Implicit mode ON; LaTeX internals redefined
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/url/url.sty))
*hyperref using driver hpdftex*
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/hyperref/hpdftex.def
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/psnfss/pifont.sty
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/psnfss/upzd.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/psnfss/upsy.fd))) (./srcltx.sty) (./regu.aux)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsa.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsb.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/jknappen/ursfs.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/base/ulasy.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-tetex/tex/latex/hyperref/nameref.sty) (./regu.out)
(./regu.out)

Class amsart Warning: Abstract should precede \maketitle in AMS document classe
s; reported on input line 72.

[1
Non-PDF special ignored!
Non-PDF special ignored!
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Non-PDF special ignored!{/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}
Non-PDF special ignored!
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Non-PDF special ignored!] [2
Non-PDF special ignored!
Non-PDF special ignored!
Non-PDF special ignored!
Non-PDF special ignored!] (./regu.aux) )</usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/blu
esky/cm/cmtt10.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr9.pfb></us
r/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmti10.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/f
onts/type1/bluesky/symbols/msam10.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/blues
ky/cm/cmex10.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmsy8.pfb></usr
/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmsy10.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/fo
nts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi6.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/c
mmi8.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr8.pfb></usr/share/te
xmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr12.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/
bluesky/cm/cmti12.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr7.pfb><
/usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi10.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tete
x/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi7.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/
symbols/msbm10.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmcsc10.pfb><
/usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex
/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi12.pfb></usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/bluesky/
cm/cmbx12.pfb>
Output written on regu.pdf (2 pages, 104912 bytes).
Transcript written on regu.log.
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[sonmez (sonmezsahut)]

I forgot to mention that I am using Ubuntu Dapper and I didn't have this problem on breezy or Hoary.

Sonmez

[Manuel López-Ibáñez (manuellopezibanez)]

guessing package

[Adam Petaccia (mighmos)]

I can confirm this; I remember getting dvi files when I used breezy, so I don't know if this was changed upstream or not. However, when I invoke "latex --help" it tells me I can use -output-format=dvi to generate a dvi file. So far, it has failed to do so.

[yannek (yannek-deactivatedaccount)]

Yes, the behaviour has been changed. Tetex3's default output is now .pdf, whenever there is no picture in the file that is not supported by .pdf.
Therefore .dvi stays default only for documents with .eps includes.
For first hand claims take a look at:
file:///usr/share/texmf/doc/index.html#features
from the tetex-doc package.

[PerF (dhenry-public)]

Hello !

Maybe you are using an old macro which isn't working any more. I (finally....) corrected this behaviour on my document like this :

-\newif\ifpdf
- \ifx\pdfoutput\undefined
- \pdffalse
- \else
- \pdfoutput=1
- \pdftrue
- \fi
+\usepackage{ifpdf}

Can anybody confirm ?

[tzekwangteo (tkteo)]

Hi Sonmez,

you pasted the output that latex.exe produced. Would paste a minimal version of your regu.tex source file too? That will help in tracing where the fault lies.

[sonmez (sonmezsahut)]

Sorry for the late reply. I was on a long vacation. I don't remember what I did but I don't have that problem anymore.

Sonmez

[LaserJock (laserjock)]

I'm going to close this bug report. If it comes back please feel free to reopen it.