evince .dvi n-th root display problem

[MarekH]

Binary package hint: evince

When displaying simple mathematical document in .dvi format containing n-th root, the n is not displayed, or when in exponent it is displayed partialy.

latex source:
\documentclass{article}
\include{amssymb}
\beging{document}
$\sqrt[3]{x}$

$x^\sqrt[3]{x}$
\end{document}

Printed version of document looks ok - it is printed correctly.

Making .ps or .pdf file from that .dvi also solves the problem with displaying the symbol.

System information:

Hardy Heron
Output from lsb_release -rb:
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
GNOME evince 2.22.2

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

thanks for the report, could you attach a document example to the report?

[MarekH (mhycko)]

I have made a small example demonstrating what is actually wrong.

[Adam Buchbinder (adam-buchbinder)]

I can confirm this. The DVI displays properly in xdvi, but improperly in evince. I'm running evince 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 on Intrepid.

[Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)]

I'm getting a bunch of errors trying to open the .dvi file (both with evince and with xdvi, after installing texlive-base-bin), like:
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for cmsy10.
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?

furthermore, the n-th root renders fine on my evince (see attached screenshot). this on evince version 2.24.1-0ubuntu1, libpoppler3 version 0.8.7-1ubuntu0.1

[MarekH (mhycko)]

Add error messages: If I am not mistaken, when firstly run, it needs to generate fonts (mathematical, cmsy10), so the error message is a warning message that no such font was found in the system. Are these error messages shown again and again when the file is opened ?
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For rendering:

In Ubuntu 8.04.1 amd 64bit (fully updated version):

xdvi renders the .dvi file also fine, but

Evince (2.22.2-0ubuntu2) with libpoppler2, libpoppler-glib2, poppler-utils (0.6.4-1ubuntu3.1)

renders it in a way as it is shown in my earlier posts

(http://launchpadlibrarian.net/18030937/x%5E%5Csqrt%5B3%5Dx.png)

I have even tried to recompile it from the source again, but the result is still the same.

[Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)]

the error messages are the same each time i open it:

kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmsy10
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for cmsy10.
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
mktexpk: Running gsftopk cmsy10 600
gsftopk(k) version 1.19.2
Cannot find font file cmsy10.pfb
grep: cmsy10.log: No such file or directory
mktexpk: `gsftopk cmsy10 600' failed to make cmsy10.600pk.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
page: Warning: font `cmsy10' at 600x600 not found, trying `cmr10' instead
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmr10
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for cmr10.
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
mktexpk: Running gsftopk cmr10 600
gsftopk(k) version 1.19.2
Cannot find font file cmr10.pfb
grep: cmr10.log: No such file or directory
mktexpk: `gsftopk cmr10 600' failed to make cmr10.600pk.
page: Warning: font `cmsy10' not found, trying metric files instead
kpathsea: Running mkofm cmsy10
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for cmsy10.
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmsy10
This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6)
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mf.base
I can't find the base file `mf.base'!
grep: cmsy10.log: No such file or directory
mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmsy10' failed to make cmsy10.tfm.
kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmsy10
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for cmsy10.
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmsy10
This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6)
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mf.base
I can't find the base file `mf.base'!
grep: cmsy10.log: No such file or directory
mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmsy10' failed to make cmsy10.tfm.
page: Warning: metric file for `cmsy10' not found, trying `cmr10' instead
kpathsea: Running mkofm cmr10
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for cmr10.
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmr10
This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6)
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mf.base
I can't find the base file `mf.base'!
grep: cmr10.log: No such file or directory
mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmr10' failed to make cmr10.tfm.
kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmr10
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for cmr10.
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmr10
This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6)
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mf.base
I can't find the base file `mf.base'!
grep: cmr10.log: No such file or directory
mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cm...

[Adam Buchbinder (adam-buchbinder)]

Dimitrios Symeonidis: the title bar in your evince reads "tt.pdf"; the problem isn't in rendering the PDF or PS versions of the file, but rather the DVI. Run "evince tt.dvi" and you should be able to reproduce the issue.

[Adam Buchbinder (adam-buchbinder)]

Pardon me; in my last comment, replace "in your evince" with "in the copy of evince in your screenshot".

[Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)]

can you please do the following on your machine?
1) run 'locate cmsy10.pfb' (I assume you have the mlocate package installed)
2) run 'dpkg -S path_to_font' (replace path_to_font with the path provided by step 1)
thank you

[Dimitrios Symeonidis (azimout)]

never mind, I found the font inside the texlive-fonts-extra package
now I can also verify that evince doesn't render the n-th root correctly...

[MarekH (mhycko)]

Re (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/275786/comments/8) - long error message

You are probably missing texlive-base package. In it there are sources (.mf files) for basic fonts needed for TeX.

The message says: that program is trying to generate fonts (as I have said earlier, .pk files) and corresponding font metrics (.tfm files), but it cannot find either source code of the font (.mf), or a postscript version of that font (.pfb file).

[gene (eugenios)]

I rarely use evince o view dvi files. I noticed this problem is still present on jaunty.

[Bevan (bevan-bi-co)]

This problem has been reported upstream: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=494736
Unfortunately there is no progress for nearly two years now...

It's still present in evince ver. 2.28.0.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

The issue has been fixed in the current version