eps Figures do not appear in output file

**shs28** · 24-Mar-2009, 15:18

Hi
I'm using kile in suse 11.1 with kde 4.2. It was working perfectly until today when eps figures disappeared from output files (ps,dvi or pdf). Only suspicious message that I get says that it could not find pdftex.def in /usr/share.../. I downloaded this pdftex.def and copied in mentioned directory but still get the same message. I reinstalled the kile from opensuse website but still having the same problem. Interestingly if I print my output file figures are printed but they are not visible on output file.
Any suggestion to resolve this problem will be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks in advance,
shs28

**john_hudson** · 25-Mar-2009, 01:19

pdftex is only relevant to PDF output and PS only accepts EPS files as linked files. So the problem isn't in pdftex but in the linking.

One possibility is that you have a space or other 'illegal' character in the path to the folder which holds the images. TeX was developed over twenty years ago and only accepts files with strictly legal Unix pathnames.

**shs28** · 25-Mar-2009, 02:47

hi
Thanks for your reply.Filenames that I'm using are very simple, say, aaa.eps etc. Secondly it was working perfectly before therefore I think(!!) it is not a filename problem. Any other idea...
Thanks,
shs28

**shs28** · 25-Mar-2009, 02:57

hi
here is log message
****
***** LaTeX output:
***** cd '/mnt/windows/Research/My Thesis/Thesis'
***** latex -interaction=nonstopmode 'Chapter5.tex'
*****
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
entering extended mode
(./Chapter5.tex
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel <v3.8h> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh
yphenation, basque, bulgarian, coptic, welsh, czech, slovak, german, ngerman, d
anish, esperanto, spanish, catalan, galician, estonian, finnish, french, greek,
monogreek, ancientgreek, croatian, hungarian, interlingua, ibycus, indonesian,
icelandic, italian, latin, mongolian, dutch, norsk, polish, portuguese, romani
an, russian, slovenian, uppersorbian, serbian, swedish, turkish, ukenglish, ukr
ainian, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/report.cls
Document Class: report 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size12.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/rotating/rotating.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty)
(/usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/config/graphics.cfg)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def)))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/subfig/subfig.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/caption/caption.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/caption/caption3.sty)))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/oberdiek/epstopdf.sty

Package epstopdf Warning: Graphics driver file `pdftex.def' not found.

) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/was/gensymb.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/tools/longtable.sty) (./Chapter5.aux)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/ragged2e/ragged2e.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/everysel/everysel.sty))

Package gensymb Warning: Not defining \perthousand.

Package gensymb Warning: Not defining \micro.

Chapter 1.
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\OT1/cmr/m/n/12 in-stance, in the form of piezo-elec-tric-ity ($\OML/cmm/m/it/1
2 P # ^^O$\OT1/cmr/m/n/12 ) and/or elec-trostric-tion ($\OML/cmm/m/it/12 P # ^^
O[]$\OT1/cmr/m/n/12 ).
[3]

LaTeX Warning: Command \r invalid in math mode on input line 32.

LaTeX Warning: Command \r invalid in math mode on input line 32.

[4] <./Figures/Chapter5/PE_CS2.eps> <./Figures/Chapter5/B2cb.eps>
Overfull \hbox (33.09952pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 57--76
[]

Overfull \hbox (8.50659pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 86--109
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<./Figures/Chapter5/bit_z_Difference_LDAforP.eps>
Overfull \hbox (18.52625pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 116--117
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Overfull \hbox (13.07599pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 129--154
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<./Figures/Chapter5/BIT_xxx_Difference_chap5.eps>
Overfull \hbox (18.52625pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 160--160
[]
<./Figures/Chapter5/BIT_yyy_Difference_chap5.eps>
Overfull \hbox (18.52625pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 161--161
[][]

LaTeX Warning: Float too large for page by 108.35873pt on input line 164.

<./Figures/Chapter5/BIT_zzz_Difference_chap5.eps>
Overfull \hbox (18.52625pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 169--169
[]

LaTeX Warning: Command \r invalid in math mode on input line 176.

LaTeX Warning: Command \r invalid in math mode on input line 176.

[5]

LaTeX Warning: Text page 6 contains only floats.

[6]
Overfull \hbox (28.19957pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 184--211
[]

LaTeX Warning: Command \r invalid in math mode on input line 220.

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Overfull \hbox (38.46434pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 228--249
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<./Figures/Chapter5/PandStrain_Polarization_uniaxial_g.eps>
Overfull \hbox (17.02061pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 256--257
[]
<./Figures/Chapter5/PandStrain_Polarization_biaxial_g.eps>
Overfull \hbox (17.02061pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 267--267
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[12] [13] [14] [15] <./Figures/Chapter5/aPandStrain_Displacements_xg.eps>
Overfull \hbox (17.02061pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 287--287
[]
[16] <./Figures/Chapter5/cPandStrain_Displacements_xg.eps>
Overfull \hbox (17.02061pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 298--298
[]
<./Figures/Chapter5/abPandStrain_Displacements_xg.eps>
Overfull \hbox (17.02061pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 310--310
[]
[17] [18] <./Figures/Chapter5/bcPandStrain_Displacements_xg.eps>
Overfull \hbox (17.02061pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 320--320
[]
[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] (./Chapter5.aux) )
(see the transcript file for additional information)
Output written on Chapter5.dvi (23 pages, 46676 bytes).
Transcript written on Chapter5.log.
*****
***** ViewDVI output:
***** cd '/mnt/windows/Research/My Thesis/Thesis'
***** kdvi 'Chapter5.dvi'
*****
QApplication::notify: Unexpected null receiver

**john_hudson** · 25-Mar-2009, 16:41

Obviously some of the errors in the log file relate to LaTeX code but, in relation to pdftex, this is the location of the relevant files on my system:

/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/pdftex-def
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/pict2e/p2e-pdftex.def
/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/config/pdftex.ini

I don't use Kile; so I don't think I can help you sort out the rest.

**aescott** · 22-Sep-2009, 06:29

I'm having the same issue. I have some projects which worked fine under an older version of Kile but the new version, 2.0.83, gives me the eps format error.

Have you managed to find a solution?