Hi Patrick I had a similar problem with the newer FOP 0.20.5 (Ubuntu 6.10, GNU Java 1.4.2) but FOP 0.93 was OK.
Interestingly FOP 0.20.5 and 0.93 both work on Ubuntu 7.04, Sun Java 1.5.0_11 (the sun-java5-jre package). If you are using GNU java maybe try the Sun package instead. Cheers, Stuart Patrick wrote: > Hello, > > This is a bit cheeky, because I have no problem with asciidoc at all - > it's really excellent, and such a jewel after beginning with DocBook. > Thanks to Stuart and contributors. > > I've followed the documents instructions for setting up a2x, and all > formats are produced nicely except PDF. > > Typing FOP at the command line produces a bunch of options. > > Typing $ a2x -f pdf buyerRef.txt seems to start nicely, and a > buyerRef.fo file is written, but then the exception below is thrown. > > I suspect this is a JAXP / Java / XML / XSL jar incompatibility problem > but I don't know how to go about diagnosing it. > > My setup is Ubuntu 4.1.1 / Java 1.4.2 / FOP 0.93 / and a jar called > JimiProClasses.jar > > Thanks in advance. > > Patrick > > > > Making portrait pages on A4 paper (210mmx297mm) > glossentry encountered in sidebar, but no template matches. > glossdef encountered in glossentry, but no template matches. > 21-Apr-07 6:51:39 org.apache.fop.cli.Main startFOP > SEVERE: Exception > javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: > http://xml.org/sax/handlers/LexicalHandler > at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:168) > at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:115) > at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:160) > at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:191) > > --------- > > javax.xml.transform.TransformerException: > http://xml.org/sax/handlers/LexicalHandler > at > org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:501) > at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:165) > at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:115) > at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:160) > at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:191) > Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException: > http://xml.org/sax/handlers/LexicalHandler > at gnu.xml.stream.SAXParser.setProperty(libgcj.so.70) > at > org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:475) > ...4 more > caused by org.xml.sax.SAXNotSupportedException: > http://xml.org/sax/handlers/LexicalHandler > at gnu.xml.stream.SAXParser.setProperty(libgcj.so.70) > at > org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerIdentityImpl.transform(TransformerIdentityImpl.java:475) > at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:165) > at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:115) > at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:160) > at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:191) > a2x: failed: fop.sh "./buyerRef.fo" "./buyerRef.pdf" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Asciidoc-discuss mailing list > Asciidoc-discuss@metaperl.com > http://metaperl.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asciidoc-discuss > > _______________________________________________ Asciidoc-discuss mailing list Asciidoc-discuss@metaperl.com http://metaperl.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/asciidoc-discuss