Public bug reported: Hi,
I ran into an issue similar to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=907784. I have a large document (a Beamer presentation with more than 100 frames) that I compile using XeLaTeX/latexmk. The document compiles without issue, producing a valid PDF. However, if I add only: \begin{frame}{Frame title} \end{frame} at a certain point, the result is a PDF file that is malformed (according to evince, pdfinfo, etc.) Finding the above Debian bug report, I downloaded texlive- binaries_2018.20181218.49446-1_amd64.deb (from debian testing), and extracted only the xdvipdfmx executable into ~/.local/bin. With this executable, my modified file also compiles without error. I suppose the fix is to update the version of texlive-binaries, or at least xdvipdfmx, in 18.10. $ lsb_release -rd && apt-cache policy texlive-binaries Description: Ubuntu 18.10 Release: 18.10 texlive-binaries: Installed: 2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2018.20180824.48463-1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: texlive-binaries 2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-17.18-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Apr 9 15:16:09 2019 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-11 (544 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) SourcePackage: texlive-bin UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-11-11 (148 days ago) ** Affects: texlive-bin (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cosmic wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to texlive-bin in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1823958 Title: xetex/xdvipdfmx produce invalid PDFs → update Status in texlive-bin package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hi, I ran into an issue similar to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=907784. I have a large document (a Beamer presentation with more than 100 frames) that I compile using XeLaTeX/latexmk. The document compiles without issue, producing a valid PDF. However, if I add only: \begin{frame}{Frame title} \end{frame} at a certain point, the result is a PDF file that is malformed (according to evince, pdfinfo, etc.) Finding the above Debian bug report, I downloaded texlive- binaries_2018.20181218.49446-1_amd64.deb (from debian testing), and extracted only the xdvipdfmx executable into ~/.local/bin. With this executable, my modified file also compiles without error. I suppose the fix is to update the version of texlive-binaries, or at least xdvipdfmx, in 18.10. $ lsb_release -rd && apt-cache policy texlive-binaries Description: Ubuntu 18.10 Release: 18.10 texlive-binaries: Installed: 2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1 Candidate: 2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1 Version table: *** 2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2018.20180824.48463-1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/main amd64 Packages ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10 Package: texlive-binaries 2018.20180824.48463-1ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-17.18-generic 4.18.20 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.3 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue Apr 9 15:16:09 2019 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-11 (544 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) SourcePackage: texlive-bin UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to cosmic on 2018-11-11 (148 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/+bug/1823958/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
