Paul A. Rubin wrote: > [posted and mailed] > > Soren O'Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> Paul A. Rubin wrote: >> >>> 2. Assuming dvi2ps exists and is on the command path, try >>> >>> dvips $$i >> >> dvips doesnt exist on my system: >> bash: dvips: command not found >> >> assuming your mean dvi2ps $$i, > > I did -- my mistake, sorry. > >> I get: >> dvi2ps: FATAL-- can't find DVI file "6499i.dvi" >> > >> Does this make any sense to you ?!? > > Well, the good news is that dvi2ps seems to be executing. There might be > some kind of problem with the path to the dvi file. What happens if you > try to export a file from LyX as Postscript? Do you get an error > message? > > LyX should create a temporary directory, output a TeX file to that > directory, run latex against it (so that the DVI file is in the temp > directory), then run dvi2ps against that DVI file and write the PS file > to the directory containing the original LyX document. The same should > happen with the printer (other than not writing PS file to disk). > Another thing to try is to print a document and then, without closing the > LyX document, look in the temporary directory and see if a DVI file was > written there (and whether its name matches the one in the error > message). > > -- Paul
No exporting (from lyx) to postscript fails: Cannot convert file. Error while executing dvi2ps -t a4 Soren
