On Wednesday 10 March 2010 19:59:11 Rob Oakes wrote: > Dear LyX Users, > > > > Is anyone aware if there is a realistic limitation on the number of images > you can have in a long document (or the size of the resultant PDF)? > Yesterday, I've run into a problem that I don't know how to solve. > > > > I have been working on the "Writing with open source tools" book, but my > overall PDF master document will no longer build. It fails with an > extremely obscure errors. Though they vary, the most common contain > reference to: > > > > @@BOOKMARK > > > > What is truly bizarre, however, is that if I remove one of several chapter > that has a very large number of images (examples, screenshots, etc), then > the book will compile without problem. It does not seem to matter which, > I've tested several different configurations and it seems to be overall > number of images that is the problem. (Also, I've tested all of the > individual chapter files that have been removed, and they all compile.) > > > > I am also seeing errors in the debug output (I'm using an SVN version), and > it appears as though the worker thread is timing out. > > > > Does anyone know what might be the cause of these problems? Does LyX or > LaTeX have any kind of limit on the number of files that it can > realistically handle? I'd be extremely appreciative of any advice.
Hi Rob, My first advice would be to compile the thing one step at a time: lyx --export latex myfile.lyx latex myfile.tex dvips myfile.dvi ps2pdf myfile.ps See where it fails. Try to view the error message. Google the error message. If it doesn't fail, find what it's doing different from your integrated compile or the compile script you've been using. Just for fun try a different version of LyX and see if the symptom changes. Either way, it tells you something. Try to rule out RAM and disk space. Compile it on a computer with giant disk space and a huge swap partition. Or if you're already on the biggest one you can find, yank one chapter so that it compiles right, then try compiling that on a computer with less RAM, disk space and swap, and see if you get a similar error. Your error message has the word BOOKMARK in it. What's a bookmark in LyX? I see there's Navigate->Bookmark. See what bookmarks you have, clear them all and try again. If none of this solves it, I'll leave you with this one last thought: http://www.troubleshooters.com/tpromag/199902/199902.htm SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
