emacs auctex latex-preview invalidfileaccess error and gs

[George Moutsopoulos]

Binary package hint: auctex

I installed emacs 23.2.1 and auctex, an emacs extension for writen/compiling latex. Also installed gs 9.01. Using kubuntu natty. All installations from kubuntu repository.

Using the preview-latex feature in emacs I get an invalidfileaccess error. The bug seems to be corrected in
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bu.../msg00017.html
and
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=610714

but I do't know how to apply the patch from http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bu.../msg00017.html. This is the output from emacs with the error:

gs -dOutputFile\=\(_region_.prv/tmp3086MfS/pr1-3.png\) -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -DNOPLATFONTS -dPrinted -dTextAlphaBits\=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits\=4 -sDEVICE\=png16m -r94.1897x94.1727
GS>{DELAYSAFER{.setsafe}if}stopped pop/.preview-BP currentpagedevice/BeginPage get dup null eq{pop{pop}bind}if def<</BeginPage{currentpagedevice/PageSize get dup 0 get 1 ne exch 1 get 1 ne or{.preview-BP gsave 0.933608 0.890639 0.738293 setrgbcolor clippath fill grestore }{pop}ifelse}bind/PageSize[1 1]>>setpagedevice/preview-do{[count 3 roll save]3 1 roll dup length 0 eq{pop}{setpagedevice}{ifelse .runandhide}stopped{handleerror quit}if aload pop restore}bind def [(_region_.prv/tmp3086MfS/preview.ps)(r)file]aload exch dup 0 setfileposition 54521()/SubFileDecode filter cvx .runandhide aload pop dup dup 55385 setfileposition 216()/SubFileDecode filter cvx<<>>preview-do
Error: /typecheck in --setfileposition--
Operand stack:
   --nostringval-- (_region_.prv/tmp3086MfS/preview.ps) (r) (r) (r) 55601 55601 55601 55385
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %loop_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1163/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:79/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 30
GS<9>

I thought it should be submitted as a bug to launchpad.

[George Moutsopoulos (gmoutso)]

I solved this by removing auctex and reinstalling a newer version http://theotp1.physik.uni-ulm.de/~ste/comp/emacs/auctex/snapshots/ftp/auctex-current.tar.gz
as seen in
http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&p=50323#p48391

this bug must be a duplicate of
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ghostscript/+bug/543266

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[hideki (hideki)]

Same here.
Installing preview.el from auctex cvs repo fixes this problem.