[tex-live] xelatex on raspberry cannot write pdf

Zdenek Wagner zdenek.wagner at gmail.com
Thu Sep 19 10:16:38 CEST 2013


2013/9/19 Boris Veytsman <borisv at lk.net>:
> ZW> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 22:38:37 +0200
> ZW> From: Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wagner at gmail.com>
>
>
> ZW> I have just noticed a strange problem. If I run xelatex from tl2013 on
> ZW> raspberry from LXDE, it complains that it cannot output something.pdf and
> ZW> asks for another file name. Whatever file name I supply the error message
> ZW> is the same. If I press ctrl-D, xelatex exits, PDF is not created but aux
> ZW> and log are written. If I ssh from another computer while LXDE runs, I get
> ZW> the same error. If I close LXDE while xelatex in the ssh session waits for
> ZW> another file name and then push Enter, xelatex continues and the PDF is
> ZW> written. I tried similar experiment with pdflatex and lualatex and they
> ZW> work fine without any problem. The test file is simple:
>
> Which TL do you run?  arm or armhf?  Raspbian uses hardware floating
> point, so you do need armhf version on it.
>
I hope it is armhf, I will have to look when I return home but anyway,
it would no explain why xelatex can output the PDF file only if LXDE
does not run while pdflatex and lualatex work without problems.

> --
> Good luck
>
> -Boris
>
> "Faith:  not *wanting* to know what is true."
>                 -- Friedrich Nietzsche



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