Re: XeLaTeX does not display PDF v1.4 graphics

["R (Chandra) Chandrasekhar" <chandra@ee.uwa.edu.au>]

Ralf Stubner wrote:

> This is helpfull. I can now reproduce the effect if I call xdvipdfmx with 
> maximal PDF 1.3 support: xelatex --output-driver="xdvipdfmx -v -V 3" BTW, PDF
>  version 1.3 seems to be the default, but the configuration file 
> /etc/texmf/dvipdfm/dvipdfmx.cfg includes "V 4". This file is provided by the 
> dvipdfmx package, on which texlive-xetex depends. Does texlive-xetex in 
> Ubuntu depend on dvipdfmx?

I have just checked and can confirm that the Ubuntu package indeed does not
state this dependency.

> In Debian this dependency is the result of a discussion we two had in June. 
> See Debian bug #430373 and the discussion leading to it.

I am sorry to have wasted your and my time on this. I had assumed that the patch
had found its way to the Gutsy repository, but it had not.

> If the Gutsy packages are to old to include this dependency, installing 
> dvipdfmx manually should be enough.

Yes, that did it.

Thank you once more for solving this problem.

Chandra
04 Nov 07