"# PSTricks is PostScript Tricks, viewing your PS output with a PS viewer is appropriate. Nearly all DVI-viewers cannot show the correct output.
# You cannot run your files with pdftex or pdflatex, use the sequence latex->dvips->ps2pdf, or see topic pdfoutput"
Affects me, too. The dvi I was opening included stuff that was known to be a problem for dvi viewers: pstricks output.
http:// tug.org/ PSTricks/ main.cgi/
"# PSTricks is PostScript Tricks, viewing your PS output with a PS viewer is appropriate. Nearly all DVI-viewers cannot show the correct output. dvips-> ps2pdf, or see topic pdfoutput"
# You cannot run your files with pdftex or pdflatex, use the sequence latex->