kdvi does not display EPS figures

[gero]

Package: kdvi
Version: 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu2
Severity: important

*** Please type your report below this line ***

The space for EPS figures in the DVI file just remains blank. On the command
line kdiv gives the following error
message for each figure it tries to display:
"kdvi (kdegraphics): ERROR: GS did not produce output."
Ghostscript v7.07.1, however, is installed. Xdvi manages to display the file
including the figures with no
problem.

I filed a bug on this with Debian: bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302369
But since this is an Ubuntu package they told me to go away...

This is Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-5-386
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages kdvi depends on:
ii kdelibs4 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu3 KDE core libraries
ii kviewshell 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu2 KDE generic framework for viewer a
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20ubuntu13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0-0pre6ubuntu6 GCC support library
ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.3.3-7ubuntu2 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-8ubuntu2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4ubuntu1 compression library - runtime

-- no debconf information

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 03:51:43PM +0200, Dittmann, Gero wrote:

> Package: kdvi
> Version: 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu2
> Severity: important
>
> *** Please type your report below this line ***
>
> The space for EPS figures in the DVI file just remains blank. On the command line kdiv gives the following error
> message for each figure it tries to display:
> "kdvi (kdegraphics): ERROR: GS did not produce output."
> Ghostscript v7.07.1, however, is installed. Xdvi manages to display the file including the figures with no
> problem.
>
> This is Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog.

What version of reportbug do you have installed? Ubuntu's reportbug is
configured to report bugs to Ubuntu, not to Debian.

dpkg -l reportbug

--
 - mdz

[Dittmann, Gero (gerod-student)]

I couldn't get reportbug to talk to the mailserver. Therefore, I copied the report it had created into an e-mail and sent it manually. Kdvi gives Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <email address hidden> as its maintainer. That's why I sent it to Debian.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 09:01:02PM +0200, Dittmann, Gero wrote:

> I couldn't get reportbug to talk to the mailserver. Therefore, I copied
> the report it had created into an e-mail and sent it manually. Kdvi gives
> Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <email address hidden> as its
> maintainer. That's why I sent it to Debian.

But the version which you are running did not come from Debian. Please
report such bugs to Ubuntu Bugzilla instead (http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/) in
order to avoid distracting the Debian maintainers with bugs that are likely
to be irrelevant to them.

--
 - mdz

[gero (gerod)]

Package: kdvi
Version: 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu2
Severity: important

*** Please type your report below this line ***

The space for EPS figures in the DVI file just remains blank. On the command
line kdiv gives the following error
message for each figure it tries to display:
"kdvi (kdegraphics): ERROR: GS did not produce output."
Ghostscript v7.07.1, however, is installed. Xdvi manages to display the file
including the figures with no
problem.

I filed a bug on this with Debian: bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302369
But since this is an Ubuntu package they told me to go away...

This is Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-5-386
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages kdvi depends on:
ii kdelibs4 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu3 KDE core libraries
ii kviewshell 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu2 KDE generic framework for viewer a
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20ubuntu13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.3 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0-0pre6ubuntu6 GCC support library
ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.3.3-7ubuntu2 Qt GUI Library (Threaded runtime v
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-8ubuntu2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4ubuntu1 compression library - runtime

-- no debconf information

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

I didn't tell you to go away; I told you the correct place to file the bug.
Thanks for doing so.

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:51:43 +0200
From: "Dittmann, Gero" <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: kdvi does not display EPS figures

Package: kdvi
Version: 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu2
Severity: important

*** Please type your report below this line ***

The space for EPS figures in the DVI file just remains blank. On the =
command line kdiv gives the following error
message for each figure it tries to display:
"kdvi (kdegraphics): ERROR: GS did not produce output."
Ghostscript v7.07.1, however, is installed. Xdvi manages to display the =
file including the figures with no
problem.

This is Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-5-386
Locale: LANG=3Den_US, LC_CTYPE=3Den_US (charmap=3DISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages kdvi depends on:
ii kdelibs4 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu3 KDE core libraries
ii kviewshell 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu2 KDE generic framework for =
viewer a
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20ubuntu13 GNU C Library: Shared =
libraries an
ii libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.3 FreeType 2 font engine, =
shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.0-0pre6ubuntu6 GCC support library
ii libqt3c102-mt 3:3.3.3-7ubuntu2 Qt GUI Library (Threaded =
runtime v
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-8ubuntu2 The GNU Standard C++ =
Library v3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-4ubuntu1 compression library - =
runtime

-- no debconf information

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:41:54 -0800
From: Matt Zimmerman <email address hidden>
To: "Dittmann, Gero" <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#302369: kdvi does not display EPS figures

On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 03:51:43PM +0200, Dittmann, Gero wrote:

> Package: kdvi
> Version: 4:3.4.0-0ubuntu2
> Severity: important
>
> *** Please type your report below this line ***
>
> The space for EPS figures in the DVI file just remains blank. On the command line kdiv gives the following error
> message for each figure it tries to display:
> "kdvi (kdegraphics): ERROR: GS did not produce output."
> Ghostscript v7.07.1, however, is installed. Xdvi manages to display the file including the figures with no
> problem.
>
> This is Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog.

What version of reportbug do you have installed? Ubuntu's reportbug is
configured to report bugs to Ubuntu, not to Debian.

dpkg -l reportbug

--
 - mdz

[gero (gerod)]

@Matt: Sorry, no offence intended. I should have used a ;-)

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:01:02 +0200
From: "Dittmann, Gero" <email address hidden>
To: "Matt Zimmerman" <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Subject: AW: Bug#302369: kdvi does not display EPS figures

I couldn't get reportbug to talk to the mailserver. Therefore, I copied =
the report it had created into an e-mail and sent it manually. Kdvi =
gives Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <email address hidden> as its =
maintainer. That's why I sent it to Debian.

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:48:00 -0800
From: Matt Zimmerman <email address hidden>
To: "Dittmann, Gero" <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#302369: kdvi does not display EPS figures

On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 09:01:02PM +0200, Dittmann, Gero wrote:

> I couldn't get reportbug to talk to the mailserver. Therefore, I copied
> the report it had created into an e-mail and sent it manually. Kdvi gives
> Debian Qt/KDE Maintainers <email address hidden> as its
> maintainer. That's why I sent it to Debian.

But the version which you are running did not come from Debian. Please
report such bugs to Ubuntu Bugzilla instead (http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/) in
order to avoid distracting the Debian maintainers with bugs that are likely
to be irrelevant to them.

--
 - mdz

[Pierre Habouzit (madcoder)]

  i cannot reproduce the bug on package that are in the debian archive,
moreover, it was not meant to live on the BTS.

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OOO http://www.madism.org

[Debian Bug Importer (debzilla)]

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:27:29 +0200
From: Pierre HABOUZIT <email address hidden>
To: "Dittmann, Gero" <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: kdvi does not display EPS figures

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  i cannot reproduce the bug on package that are in the debian archive,
moreover, it was not meant to live on the BTS.

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[Berti (bertrand-haut-gmail)]

I've exactly the same problem with kdvi on breezy (kdvi 3.4.2-0ubuntu2)
Error message :
kdvi (kdegraphics): ERROR: GS did not produce output.

xdvi is able to correctly render the file.

[Berti (bertrand-haut-gmail)]

On the current version of kdvi (breezy kdvi3.4.3-0ubuntu2) this behaviour has disappeared
(at least on my computer).

[Rocco Stanzione (trappist)]

Does the reporter still see this issue?

[gero (gerod)]

@Rocco: Yes, I still see exactly the same effect on a completely different set-up:
Kubuntu Dapper Flight 5, KDE 3.5.2, KDVI 1.4

[yossi (farjoun)]

I was going to report similar bug. I'm not sure if it's a different issue.

I found that passing the eps file through eps2eps 'solves' the problem.

There's a 'minimal' example at

http://math.berkeley.edu/~yfarjoun/files/xdvik_bug.tar

untar and latex.

Using xdvi only the second image (which was passed through eps2eps) shows.

If you dvips and evince the result, you'll see both images...

using Ubuntu Dapper Beta2 updated May 6th.

errors from xdvi are (sorry it's long...):

gs: ERROR: /invalidaccess in --put--
gs: Operand stack:
gs: false false ct_AddStdCIDMap --nostringval-- --dict:5/29(G)-- --dict:
gs: 5/29(G)-- PermitFileReading --nostringval--
gs: Execution stack:
gs: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval--
gs: 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- fals
gs: e 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %op
gs: array_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
gs: --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %loop
gs: _continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %st
gs: opped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1
gs: %stopped_push --nostringval-- 1 5 %oparray_pop 1 5 %oparray_pop
gs: 1 5 %oparray_pop 1 5 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --n
gs: ostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 4 8 %o
gs: parray_pop --nostringval-- 4 8 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --dict:29
gs: /29(ro)(L)-- --nostringval-- 26 %dict_continue --nostringval--
gs: Dictionary stack:
gs: --dict:1123/1686(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:91/200(L)-- --dict:23/
gs: 250(L)-- --dict:42/200(L)-- --dict:50/70(L)-- --dict:4/27(L)-- --dict:0/2
gs: 0(G)--
gs: Current allocation mode is global
gs: Last OS error: 2
gs: Current file position is 103558
xdvi.bin: Warning: Raw Postscript commands on page 1 may be rendered incorrectly.
gs: ERROR: /invalidaccess in --put--
gs: Operand stack:
gs: false false ct_AddStdCIDMap --nostringval-- --dict:5/29(G)-- --dict:
gs: 5/29(G)-- PermitFileReading --nostringval--
gs: Execution stack:
gs: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval--
gs: 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- fals
gs: e 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %op
gs: array_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval--
gs: --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- %loop
gs: _continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %st
gs: opped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1
gs: %stopped_push --nostringval-- 1 5 %oparray_pop 1 5 %oparray_pop
gs: 1 5 %oparray_pop 1 5 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --n
gs: ostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push ...

[gero (gerod)]

Why does this bug have status "needs info" if there is no open request for more info? What additional info is required?
Changing back to "unconfirmed" for the time being...

[Manuel López-Ibáñez (manuellopezibanez)]

Hi yossi,

the original reporter said that everything works fine in xdvi, so yours must be a different issue. Please open a new bug report on xdvi. Also, most people prefer that you include long log messages in an attached file.

Thanks.

[Steven Harms (sharms)]

Is this bug able to be reproduced in Feisty?

[yossi (farjoun)]

Hello,

Didn't install 7.04 yet...is it important that I check before the
official release? I can install with dual-boot and check if it is.

Yossi.

On 4/4/07, Steven Harms <email address hidden> wrote:
> Is this bug able to be reproduced in Feisty?
>
> ** Changed in: kdegraphics (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
> --
> kdvi does not display EPS figures
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/14807
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

[yossi (farjoun)]

I just checked and on 6.10 the bug still exists.

I'll install Feisty soon and check there too.

Yossi.

On 4/4/07, yossi farjoun <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Didn't install 7.04 yet...is it important that I check before the
> official release? I can install with dual-boot and check if it is.
>
> Yossi.
>
> On 4/4/07, Steven Harms <email address hidden> wrote:
> > Is this bug able to be reproduced in Feisty?
> >
> > ** Changed in: kdegraphics (Ubuntu)
> > Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
> >
> > --
> > kdvi does not display EPS figures
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/14807
> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> > of the bug.
> >
>

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

kdvi was removed from KDE 4, therefore I am closing this bug as invalid. Apparently it is also fixed in KDE 3 but I have no installation to test it myself.

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