Looks like it’s a Ghostscript issue:
joshuaarmenta@MacBook-Pro Documents % lilypond --verbose
/Users/joshuaarmenta/Google\ Drive/Active\ Scores/Canon\ Good\
Friday/Josh-Armenta-b-1989-Canon-for-Good-Friday.ly > lily-output.txt
Log level set to 287
GNU LilyPond 2.24.1 (running Guile 3.0)
Relocation
Absolute file name of LilyPond binary computed from PATH:
PATH=/usr/local/opt:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin
argv0=lilypond
Setting INSTALLER_PREFIX to '/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1'
Using run-time value for datadir,
setting it to '/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1'
Using run-time value for libdir,
setting it to '/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/lib/lilypond/2.24.1'
Using run-time value for localedir,
setting it to '/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/locale'
Using compile-time value for relocdir,
setting it to ''
Prepending '/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/bin' to PATH
Setting PATH to
'/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/bin:/usr/local/opt:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin'
Setting GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE to '0'
Setting GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED to 'detailed'
Setting XDG_CACHE_HOME to
'/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1'
Setting GC_INITIAL_HEAP_SIZE to '40M'
Setting GC_NPROCS to '1'
Setting GC_FREE_SPACE_DIVISOR to '1'
Effective prefix: '/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1'
PATH="/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/bin:/usr/local/opt:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin"
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[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/lily-library.scm]
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[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/markup.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/define-markup-commands.scm]
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[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/modal-transforms.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/chord-ignatzek-names.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/music-functions.scm
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/define-music-display-methods.scm]
]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/part-combiner.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/autochange.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/define-music-properties.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/time-signature.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/time-signature-settings.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/auto-beam.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/chord-name.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/define-context-properties.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/translation-functions.scm]
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[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/script.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/midi.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/layout-beam.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/parser-clef.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/layout-slur.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/font.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/font-encodings.scm]
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[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/define-woodwind-diagrams.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/display-woodwind-diagrams.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/predefined-fretboards.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/define-grob-properties.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/define-grobs.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/define-grob-interfaces.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/define-stencil-commands.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/scheme-engravers.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/scheme-performers.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/titling.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/paper.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/backend-library.scm]
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/scm/lily/color.scm]
(primitive-load-path lily): 0.11 seconds
Initializing FontConfig...
Adding fontconfig configuration file:
/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/fonts/00-lilypond-fonts.conf
Adding fontconfig configuration file: /usr/local/etc/fonts/fonts.conf
Adding fontconfig configuration file:
/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/fonts/99-lilypond-fonts.conf
Adding font directory:
/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/fonts/otf
Building font database...
[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/declarations-init.ly[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/music-functions-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/toc-init.ly]
Using `nederlands' note
names...[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/drumpitch-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/chord-modifiers-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/script-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/chord-repetition-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/scale-definitions-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/dynamic-scripts-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/spanners-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/predefined-fretboards-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/string-tunings-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/property-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/grace-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/midi-init.ly[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/performer-init.ly]][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/paper-defaults-init.ly[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/titling-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/text-replacements.ly]][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/context-mods-init.ly][/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/engraver-init.ly]]
Processing `/Users/joshuaarmenta/Google Drive/Active Scores/Canon Good
Friday/Josh-Armenta-b-1989-Canon-for-Good-Friday.ly'
Parsing...[/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/init.ly
Using `nederlands' note names...[/Users/joshuaarmenta/Google Drive/Active
Scores/Canon Good Friday/Josh-Armenta-b-1989-Canon-for-Good-Friday.ly
Using `english' note names...]
Interpreting music...
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CFF name for font Emmentaler-20 is the same.][8][16][24][32][40][48][56]
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CFF name for font Emmentaler-11 is the same.]
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CFF name for font Emmentaler-13 is the same.]
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CFF name for font Emmentaler-14 is the same.]
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elapsed time: 1.68 seconds
Element count 18262 (spanners 3223)
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Grob count 25328
[emmentaler-16_5.2724609375]
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CFF name for font C059-Italic is the same.
[lilypond_serif_3.2548828125]
CFF name for font C059-Roman is the same.
[lilypond_serif_italic_3.2548828125]
[lilypond_serif_italic_1.8271484375]
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Interpreting music...
elapsed time: 0.33 seconds
MIDI output to `Josh-Armenta-b-1989-Canon-for-Good-Friday.midi'...Track...
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CFF name for font C059-Bold is the same.
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 5 or 6 pages...
Drawing systems...
Element count 26015
Initializing embedded CFF font list.
Embedding CFF font `C059-Bold'.
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Embedding CFF font `C059-Italic'.
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Embedding CFF font `C059-Roman'.
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Embedding CFF font `Emmentaler-16'.
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Paper_outputter elapsed time: 0.65 seconds
Converting to `Josh-Armenta-b-1989-Canon-for-Good-Friday.pdf'...
Preparing Ghostscript command to
`/var/folders/by/s5_hp0hn4kggn166ykcm1h080000gn/T//lilypond-tmp-1792283': mark
/OutputFile (./lilypond-tmp-2960620.pdf) /CompatibilityLevel 1.4 /PageSize
[612.00 792.00] (pdfwrite) finddevice putdeviceprops pop (pdfwrite)
selectdevice newpath fill
(/var/folders/by/s5_hp0hn4kggn166ykcm1h080000gn/T//lilypond-tmp-2960620) (r)
file .setsafe run
Invoking `gs -dNODISPLAY -dNOSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dAutoRotatePages=/None
-dPrinted=false
/var/folders/by/s5_hp0hn4kggn166ykcm1h080000gn/T//lilypond-tmp-1792283'...
GPL Ghostscript 9.50: Can't find initialization file gs_init.ps.
warning: `(gs -dNODISPLAY -dNOSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dAutoRotatePages=/None
-dPrinted=false
/var/folders/by/s5_hp0hn4kggn166ykcm1h080000gn/T//lilypond-tmp-1792283)' failed
(256)
/usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/init.ly:65:2: error:
Guile signaled an error for the expression beginning here
#
(let ((book-handler (if (defined? 'default-toplevel-book-handler)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
1752:10 16 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _)
In unknown file:
15 (apply-smob/0 #<thunk 1066012a0>)
In
/private/tmp/lilypond-20230212-18038-19vwlnu/lilypond-2.24.1/out/share/lilypond/current/scm/lily/lily.scm:
873:16 14 (lilypond-main _)
902:4 13 (lilypond-all ("/Users/joshuaarmenta/Google Drive/Acti…"))
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
634:9 12 (for-each #<procedure 1069b79c0 at /private/tmp/lilypo…> …)
In
/private/tmp/lilypond-20230212-18038-19vwlnu/lilypond-2.24.1/out/share/lilypond/current/scm/lily/lily.scm:
912:9 11 (_ "/Users/joshuaarmenta/Google Drive/Active Scores/Can…")
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
1747:15 10 (with-exception-handler #<procedure 1069b7990 at ice-9…> …)
In unknown file:
9 (ly:parse-file "/Users/joshuaarmenta/Google Drive/Activ…")
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
1752:10 8 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _)
In unknown file:
7 (apply-smob/0 #<thunk 107274ee0>)
6 (ly:book-process #<Book> #< Output_def> #< Output_def> #)
In
/private/tmp/lilypond-20230212-18038-19vwlnu/lilypond-2.24.1/out/share/lilypond/current/scm/lily/backend-library.scm:
319:4 5 (postprocess-output #< Output_def> #<directory (lily f…> …)
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
634:9 4 (for-each #<procedure 106b1d2c0 at /private/tmp/lilypo…> …)
In
/private/tmp/lilypond-20230212-18038-19vwlnu/lilypond-2.24.1/out/share/lilypond/current/scm/lily/backend-library.scm:
139:4 3 (postscript->pdf 612.0 792.0 "Josh-Armenta-b-1989-Cano…" …)
57:4 2 (ly:gs-cli _ "mark /OutputFile (./lilypond-tmp-2960620.…")
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
1685:16 1 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)
In unknown file:
0 (apply-smob/1 #<exception-handler 107274ec0> #<&compoun…>)
Throw to key `ly-file-failed' with args `()'.
--
Josh Armenta
"If I cannot fly, let me sing." - Stephen Sondheim
> On Jun 16, 2023, at 10:42, Jean Abou Samra <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Le vendredi 16 juin 2023 à 10:35 -0700, Joshua Armenta a écrit :
>> After upgrading from 2.20 to 2.24 to get graphical notation, any score I try
>> to run in Lilypond has this error:
>>
>> warning: `(gs -q -dNODISPLAY -dNOSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH
>> -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dPrinted=false
>> /var/folders/by/s5_hp0hn4kggn166ykcm1h080000gn/T//lilypond-tmp-9941977)'
>> failed (256)
>>
>> /usr/local/Cellar/lilypond/2.24.1/share/lilypond/2.24.1/ly/init.ly:65
>> <http://init.ly:65/>:2: error: Guile signaled an error for the expression
>> beginning here
>> #
>> (let ((book-handler (if (defined? 'default-toplevel-book-handler)
>> Throw to key `ly-file-failed' with args `()'.
>>
>> Even trying to run a minimal example like a C Major scale on a single staff
>> fails with the same error.
>>
>> Is there anything I can do to get this fixed?
>>
>> This is on MacOS Catalina with Lilypond installed via Homebrew.
>
>
> Could you run LilyPond with --verbose and send the full log output?
>
> If you are using Frescobaldi, you can do that by choosing "LilyPond > Engrave
> (custom)..." and adding "--verbose" (with the two dashes) in the additional
> command line options.
