On Wednesday 04 September 2002 05:57 am, Jos van den Oever wrote: > On Tuesday 03 September 2002 23:07, Glen R. Salo wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a problem with *.eps.gz figures and lyx 1.2.1. Within a figure > > float, I insert a *.eps.gz figure and it displays just fine. However, > > when I try to view it with xdvi or gv, I get an error message like: > > > > LaTeX Error: File /tmp/lyx...../_tmp_lyx_tmpdirXXXXXX_image > > could not locate the file with any of these extensions: > > .eps,.ps,.eps.gz,.ps.gz,.eps.Z > > ... > > > > Within the /tmp/lyx/... directory the file > > _tmp_lyx_tmpdirXXXXXX_image.epsXXXXXXX exists, but > > _tmp_lyx_tmpdirXXXXXX_image.eps does not. Any ideas how to fix this > > problem? > > I have the same problem. > > When I include the pictures as eps and not as eps.gz, latex does find them > and the pictures do show up in the final postscript file, but are not > displayed onscreen: "Waiting for draw request to start loading". In the > dvi-file that I view with kdvi, I also do not see the eps pictures. > > The dialog for including pictures does not filter for unzipped eps files, > so selecting them is not 'natural', you seem to be doing something the > system does not want. > > I'm running Lyx on SuSE 8. > > Best regards, Jos
I used to get that symptom intermittently with Mandrake 8.1 and LyX 1.1.6fix1 or something like that. I disregarded it because the picture always showed up in the final product. It was intermittent, and it seems to have happened less over time. Steve -- _____________________________________________________________ Steve Litt Author: * Universal Troubleshooting Process courseware * Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist * Rapid Learning: Secret Weapon of the Successful Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com Troubleshooters.Com Webmaster (Legal Disclaimer) Follow these suggestions at your own risk. -------------------------------------------------------------
