Hi, This is the log when trying to compile the example that comes when doing open > from template > elsarticle.sty.
Any idea why this is? I'm on sabayon 5.3. This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (Web2C 2009) (format=pdflatex 2010.9.23) 27 SEP 2010 18:41 entering extended mode %&-line parsing enabled. **newfile1.tex (./newfile1.tex LaTeX2e <2009/09/24> Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh yphenation, loaded. (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/elsevier/elsarticle.cls Document Class: elsarticle 2009/09/17, 1.20b: Elsevier Ltd \...@bls=\dimen102 (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo File: size10.clo 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option) ) \...@part=\count79 \...@section=\count80 \...@subsection=\count81 \...@subsubsection=\count82 \...@paragraph=\count83 \...@subparagraph=\count84 \...@figure=\count85 \...@table=\count86 \abovecaptionskip=\skip41 \belowcaptionskip=\skip42 \bibindent=\dimen103 ) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty Package: graphicx 1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty Package: keyval 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC) \...@toks@=\toks14 ) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty Package: graphics 2009/02/05 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty Package: trig 1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC) ) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/graphics.cfg File: graphics.cfg 2009/08/28 v1.8 graphics configuration of TeX Live ) Package graphics Info: Driver file: pdftex.def on input line 91. (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdftex-def/pdftex.def File: pdftex.def 2009/08/25 v0.04m Graphics/color for pdfTeX \gr...@gobject=\count87 )) \...@req@height=\dimen104 \...@req@width=\dimen105 ) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/psnfss/pifont.sty Package: pifont 2005/04/12 PSNFSS-v9.2a Pi font support (SPQR) LaTeX Font Info: Try loading font information for U+pzd on input line 63. (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/psnfss/upzd.fd File: upzd.fd 2001/06/04 font definitions for U/pzd. ) ! Font U/pzd/m/n/10=pzdr at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> relax l.63 {\Pifont{pzd} } I wasn't able to read the size data for this font, so I will ignore the font specification. [Wizards can fix TFM files using TFtoPL/PLtoTF.] You might try inserting a different font spec; e.g., type `I\font<same font id>=<substitute font name>'. LaTeX Font Info: Try loading font information for U+psy on input line 64. (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/psnfss/upsy.fd File: upsy.fd 2001/06/04 font definitions for U/psy. ) ! Font U/psy/m/n/10=psyr at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> relax l.64 {\Pifont{psy} } I wasn't able to read the size data for this font, so I will ignore the font specification. [Wizards can fix TFM files using TFtoPL/PLtoTF.] You might try inserting a different font spec; e.g., type `I\font<same font id>=<substitute font name>'. ) \...@tnote=\count88 \...@fnote=\count89 \...@cnote=\count90 \...@ead=\count91 \...@author=\count92 \...@eadauthor=\toks15 \...@affn=\count93 \absbox=\box26 \keybox=\box27 \Columnwidth=\dimen106 \sp...@left=\dimen107 \...@boxa=\box28 \...@boxb=\box29 \leftMargin=\dimen108 \...@enlab=\toks16 \...@sep=\skip43 \@@sep=\skip44 (./newfile1.spl) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/natbib/natbib.sty Package: natbib 2009/07/16 8.31 (PWD, AO) \bibhang=\skip45 \bibsep=\skip46 LaTeX Info: Redefining \cite on input line 694. \...@nat@ctr=\count94 ) \splwrite=\write3 \openout3 = `newfile1.spl'. \appnamewidth=\dimen109 ) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty Package: fontenc 2005/09/27 v1.99g Standard LaTeX package (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def File: t1enc.def 2005/09/27 v1.99g Standard LaTeX file LaTeX Font Info: Redeclaring font encoding T1 on input line 43. )) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty Package: inputenc 2008/03/30 v1.1d Input encoding file \inp...@prehook=\toks17 \inp...@posthook=\toks18 (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latin9.def File: latin9.def 2008/03/30 v1.1d Input encoding file )) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty Package: babel 2008/07/06 v3.8l The Babel package (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/english.ldf Language: english 2005/03/30 v3.3o English support from the babel system (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def File: babel.def 2008/07/06 v3.8l Babel common definitions \ba...@savecnt=\count95 \...@d=\dimen110 ) \...@british = a dialect from \languag...@english \...@ukenglish = a dialect from \languag...@english \...@canadian = a dialect from \languag...@american \...@australian = a dialect from \languag...@british \...@newzealand = a dialect from \languag...@british )) No file newfile1.aux. \openout1 = `newfile1.aux'. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 19. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 19. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 19. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 19. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 19. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 19. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 19. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 19. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 19. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 19. LaTeX Font Info: Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 19. LaTeX Font Info: ... okay on input line 19. (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/supp-pdf.mkii [Loading MPS to PDF converter (version 2006.09.02).] \scratchcounter=\count96 \scratchdimen=\dimen111 \scratchbox=\box30 \nofMPsegments=\count97 \nofMParguments=\count98 \everyMPshowfont=\toks19 \MPscratchCnt=\count99 \MPscratchDim=\dimen112 \MPnumerator=\count100 \everyMPtoPDFconversion=\toks20 ) [1 {//var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] (./newfile1.aux) ) Here is how much of TeX's memory you used: 2018 strings out of 495061 23057 string characters out of 3182832 76719 words of memory out of 3000000 5209 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+200000 6621 words of font info for 18 fonts, out of 3000000 for 9000 28 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191 32i,4n,30p,227b,149s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,10000p,200000b,50000s {/usr/s hare/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/cm-super/cm-super-t1.enc}</usr/share/texmf-dist /fonts/type1/public/cm-super/sfti0800.pfb> Output written on newfile1.pdf (1 page, 23744 bytes). PDF statistics: 11 PDF objects out of 1000 (max. 8388607) 0 named destinations out of 1000 (max. 500000) 1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 (max. 10000000) Best, -Jose Jose Quesada, PhD. Research scientist, Max Planck Institute, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Berlin http://www.josequesada.name/ http://twitter.com/Quesada