Re: texlive and includegraphics{}

[Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net>]

On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 05:08:35PM -0500, H.S. wrote:

> Richard Lyons wrote:
> >I've just found texlive on a new etch install cannot find graphics called
> >with includegraphics{}.  These are files that ran with Latex, and have 
> >'\usepackage{graphicx}'.  The only error message is 
> >dvips: Could not find figure file /home/richard/foo/bar.eps; continuing
> >The graphics files are still there and permissions are ok.
> >
> >Is this a problem with the debian package, or an inherent characteristic
> >of tex-live.  I.e. do I have to revert to latex or look for some
> >additional package? 
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >richard
> >
> >
> 
> This might not solve your problem, but I experience a similarly weird 
> problem a while ago on Debian Testing. It turned out the default output 
> of the latex command had changed (to something other than dvi perhaps?). 
> Anyhow, I cannot remember the details but I do remember that the 
> situation didn't make sense at the time -- something same as yours. I 
> modified the source tex file a bit (it was related to output format, PDF 
> vs dvi) and then it worked.
> 
> How about you give a minimal example that shows the problem and I can 
> try it out for your on my machine.

Thanks, that would be useful.

richard