PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Brown
I do Insert External Files PDF and select my pdf. I add the pages options for all of the pages (there are 2). Lyx burbles a little, and then spits the error message at me: error converting to loadable format. The file was prepared by a friend on Windows from a Sibelius music notation file. If

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Richard Brown wrote: I do Insert External Files PDF and select my pdf. I add the pages options for all of the pages (there are 2). Lyx burbles a little, and then spits the error message at me: error converting to loadable format. The file was prepared by a

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Kamran SHAFQAT
On 22/03/2010 15:52, Richard Brown wrote: External Files PDF and select my pdf. I add the pages options for all of the pages (there are 2). Lyx burbles a little, and then spits the error message at me: error converting to loadable format. The file was prepared by a friend on Windows from a

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Brown
Thanks for this. By following your instructions I managed to a) see the pdf in lyx on screen and b) generate a DVI file. But the place where the pdf should be is empty. If however I c) try to generate a pdf from pdflatex, lyx just goes into an endless loop, from which I can only exit by forcing a

PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Brown
I do Insert External Files PDF and select my pdf. I add the pages options for all of the pages (there are 2). Lyx burbles a little, and then spits the error message at me: error converting to loadable format. The file was prepared by a friend on Windows from a Sibelius music notation file. If

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Richard Brown wrote: I do Insert External Files PDF and select my pdf. I add the pages options for all of the pages (there are 2). Lyx burbles a little, and then spits the error message at me: error converting to loadable format. The file was prepared by a

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Kamran SHAFQAT
On 22/03/2010 15:52, Richard Brown wrote: External Files PDF and select my pdf. I add the pages options for all of the pages (there are 2). Lyx burbles a little, and then spits the error message at me: error converting to loadable format. The file was prepared by a friend on Windows from a

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Brown
Thanks for this. By following your instructions I managed to a) see the pdf in lyx on screen and b) generate a DVI file. But the place where the pdf should be is empty. If however I c) try to generate a pdf from pdflatex, lyx just goes into an endless loop, from which I can only exit by forcing a

PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Brown
I do > Insert External Files > PDF and select my pdf. I add the pages options for all of the pages (there are 2). Lyx burbles a little, and then spits the error message at me: error converting to loadable format. The file was prepared by a friend on Windows from a Sibelius music notation file.

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Stephen Buonopane
On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Richard Brown wrote: I do > Insert External Files > PDF and select my pdf. I add the pages options for all of the pages (there are 2). Lyx burbles a little, and then spits the error message at me: error converting to loadable format. The file was prepared by a

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Kamran SHAFQAT
On 22/03/2010 15:52, Richard Brown wrote: External Files> PDF and select my pdf. I add the pages options for all of the pages (there are 2). Lyx burbles a little, and then spits the error message at me: error converting to loadable format. The file was prepared by a friend on Windows from a

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Brown
Thanks for this. By following your instructions I managed to a) see the pdf in lyx on screen and b) generate a DVI file. But the place where the pdf should be is empty. If however I c) try to generate a pdf from pdflatex, lyx just goes into an endless loop, from which I can only exit by forcing a

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 09:58 +, Graham Smith wrote: I have a horrible feeling I have asked this before, but on Ubuntu 9.10 Lyx won't show PDF images in the document (they compile OK). The same (almost) here. In my case most of the .pdfs won't appear but a few will do. But, as you say, the

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Stephen Buonopane
- Original Message - I have a horrible feeling I have asked this before, but on Ubuntu 9.10 Lyx won't show PDF images in the document (they compile OK). They show up on Windows OK, so I assume its some set up on Linux that I need to tweak. -- If you have ghostscript

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Manveru
2010/3/4 Stephen Buonopane sbuon...@bucknell.edu - Original Message - I have a horrible feeling I have asked this before, but on Ubuntu 9.10 Lyx won't show PDF images in the document (they compile OK). They show up on Windows OK, so I assume its some set up on Linux that I need to

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Manveru schrieb: However on one of CTAN mirrors there is 8.71: ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/support/ghostscript/GPL/gs871/ Has anyone know whether mentioned bug is corrected in 8.71? This bug should be fixed in 8.71. regards Uwe

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 09:58 +, Graham Smith wrote: I have a horrible feeling I have asked this before, but on Ubuntu 9.10 Lyx won't show PDF images in the document (they compile OK). The same (almost) here. In my case most of the .pdfs won't appear but a few will do. But, as you say, the

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Stephen Buonopane
- Original Message - I have a horrible feeling I have asked this before, but on Ubuntu 9.10 Lyx won't show PDF images in the document (they compile OK). They show up on Windows OK, so I assume its some set up on Linux that I need to tweak. -- If you have ghostscript

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Manveru
2010/3/4 Stephen Buonopane sbuon...@bucknell.edu - Original Message - I have a horrible feeling I have asked this before, but on Ubuntu 9.10 Lyx won't show PDF images in the document (they compile OK). They show up on Windows OK, so I assume its some set up on Linux that I need to

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Manveru schrieb: However on one of CTAN mirrors there is 8.71: ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/support/ghostscript/GPL/gs871/ Has anyone know whether mentioned bug is corrected in 8.71? This bug should be fixed in 8.71. regards Uwe

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Thu, 2010-03-04 at 09:58 +, Graham Smith wrote: > I have a horrible feeling I have asked this before, but on Ubuntu 9.10 > Lyx won't show PDF images in the document (they compile OK). The same (almost) here. In my case most of the ".pdf"s won't appear but a few will do. But, as you say,

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Stephen Buonopane
- Original Message - >I have a horrible feeling I have asked this before, but on Ubuntu 9.10 >Lyx won't show PDF images in the document (they compile OK). >They show up on Windows OK, so I assume its some set up on Linux that I >need to tweak. -- If you have ghostscript

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Manveru
2010/3/4 Stephen Buonopane > - Original Message - > >I have a horrible feeling I have asked this before, but on Ubuntu 9.10 > >Lyx won't show PDF images in the document (they compile OK). > > >They show up on Windows OK, so I assume its some set up on Linux that I

Re: PDF error converting to loadable format

2010-03-04 Thread Uwe Stöhr
Manveru schrieb: However on one of CTAN mirrors there is 8.71: ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/support/ghostscript/GPL/gs871/ Has anyone know whether mentioned bug is corrected in 8.71? This bug should be fixed in 8.71. regards Uwe