From: <hab...@gm...> - 2008-01-28 04:12:08
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Hi all! This is my first post to this list, but I've been using MiKTeX for a couple of years now on a tuned up Windows XP Professional box with no problems whatsoever. I know there have been some issues lately regarding the download mirrors for MiKTeX 2.7, but earlier today a couple of them were working fine just long enough for me to build my local repository. I understand that these issues will be resolved in the weeks to come, Mr Schenk's time permitting, of course. One of my current problems is, alas, slightly different, although I venture not totally unrelated. Specifically, the MiKTeX 2.7 Setup Wizard fails to retrieve a download source list with the error "Host not found". My first question is thus: has this got anything to do with the ongoing download source problems? or is its cause a completely different one? finally, is it something I did or is everyone else supposed to be getting this same error? My second problem up to now is the following: having been able of setting up a local repository (and finding myself in a state of absolute blissfulness) I went on and tried to install a complete MiKTeX 2.7 system in its usual location (C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7); my bliss was cut short when the MiKTeX 2.7 Setup Wizard kept failing on me with various error messages of the "Permission denied" sort. Strange as it may sound, these were never the same in two consecutive runs of said Wizard, whilst one run would end during the installation of "miktex-omega-bin-2.7.tar.lzma" another would do so during the installation of "miktex-arctrl-bin-2.7.tar.lzma" and the last one crashed on me during "miktex-cjkutils-bin-2.7.tar.lzma"; usually this "Permission Denied" errors would refer to various different DLLs or EXEs, but they all occurred in the "C:\work3\miktex-2.7\Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\win\winFile.cpp" source file, line 710. I was foolish enough not to keep any of the install logs generated during the attempts aforementioned, but I'm copying the last one I got at the end of this message (that is, the header and footer of the log, for it's quite long, please do tell me if you're in need of the rest of it to further diagnose these issues). Its pretty weird that on one occasion I decided to try and install the MiKTeX 2.7 system in C:\Program Files\M and it actually worked, yet, I uninstalled it and tried again, figuring it had all solved by itself. For the record, no, I'm not running the Setup Wizard from a limited account, I'm actually running it on the very Administrator account. The ultimate purpose of this post is not so much to demand help or explanations, MiKTeX is a great system and I'm eternally indebted to Mr Schenk, but rather to put this weird issues out in the open and try to provide others with similar ones with some place to look for answers. I'd like to thank you all in advance, and apologize for my English, it's not my mother tongue and I'd bet I'm not that good at it. Cheers!... ...Ingrid. PS1: The header and footer of the last install log: --------------------------------begin-------------------------------- MiKTeX Setup 2.7.2882 Report Date: Monday, January 28, 2008 Time: 01:41:36 OS version: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) SystemAdmin: yes PowerUser: false SharedSetup: yes Setup path: D:\soft\Stable\LaTeX\MiKTeX\setup-2.7.2904.exe Roots: <none specified> UserData: <none specified> UserConfig: <none specified> CommonData: <none specified> CommonConfig: <none specified> Installation: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7 Loading package database... starting package maintenance... installation directory: "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7" package repository: D:\soft\Stable\LaTeX\MiKTeX\Local opening repository D:\soft\Stable\LaTeX\MiKTeX\Local... repository type: local package repository loading lightweight database file... DBlight digest: c46ba2fe4de146447cc98d44affea5b1 going to install 52659 file(s) (1550 package(s)) problem: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\MiKTeX207-core-PS.dll does not exist problem: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\MiKTeX207-core.dll does not exist problem: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\MiKTeX207-packagemanager-PS.dll does not exist problem: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\MiKTeX207-packagemanager.dll does not exist extracting files from cellular.cab... extracting files from clock.cab... extracting files from nomencl.cab... . . . extracting files from etaremune.cab... extracting files from genmisc.tar.bz2... extracting files from miktex-cjkutils-bin-2.7.tar.lzma... An error occurred: source file: C:\work3\miktex-2.7\Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\win\winFile.cpp source line: 710 message: Permission denied: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex/bin/bg5pluspdflatex.exe info: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex/bin/bg5pluspdflatex.exe ---------------------------------end--------------------------------- PS2: As I said at the very beginning of the post, my XP Professional is quite tuned (services have been disabled, components have been uninstalled, etc), maybe this could be what's causing the errors I'm experimenting, does anyone know of a list of minimum services/components needed in order to successfully complete a MiKTeX 2.7 install? -- ``You don't realize how much you want something until you can't have it... then, if you can't have it for long enough, you realize you never really wanted it.'' |
From: <hab...@gm...> - 2008-01-29 04:53:18
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Hi all again! Well, I kinda solved one of the issues (the most frustrating one at least). By booting into Safe Mode I was able of installing MiKTeX 2.7 painlessly (no Permission Denied error messages). I was also happily surprised to find out that the download sources are now retrieved without problems and downloading from them is now possible. I guess that's all there is to say about this little hiccup in the usually painless install of MiKTeX, at least as far as I can tell right now. In retrospect, maybe I got freaked out a little, sorry for the noise. Thanks anyway. Cheers!... ...Ingrid. -- ``You don't realize how much you want something until you can't have it... then, if you can't have it for long enough, you realize you never really wanted it.'' |
From: Aleks K. <Aleks_Kleyn@MailAPS.org> - 2008-01-31 03:44:30
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I create two pdf files using pdflatex. When I compile B.pdf I use \externaldocument to get references from A.aux. Somewhere in the file A.tex there is error, however I see the problem only when I compile B.tex. Is here the way to get extra output so I will be able to find problem. I cannot create min example because I do not have any idea what I should extract. Aleks Kleyn http://www.geocities.com/aleks_kleyn |
From: Cornelius C. N. <no...@it...> - 2008-01-31 19:37:26
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On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Aleks Kleyn wrote: > I create two pdf files using pdflatex. When I compile B.pdf I use > \externaldocument to get references from A.aux. Somewhere in the file A.tex > there is error, however I see the problem only when I compile B.tex. Is here > the way to get extra output so I will be able to find problem. > > I cannot create min example because I do not have any idea what I should > extract. > Well, the standard approach would be to cut the source successively (in half, for example) until the error is gone; then redo the last step, and delete the other part -- and so forth until you have your minimal running example that exhibits the error. Good luck! ccn. -- ................................................................. Prof.Dr. Cornelius C. Noack Phones: Inst. f. Theor. Physik FB 1 office : +49 (421) 218-2427 Universit"at Bremen secretary: -2422 Otto-Hahn-Allee Fax : -4869 D - 28334 Bremen home : +49 (421) 34 22 36 Fax: 346 7872 E-mail: noack at itp.uni-bremen.de or ccnoack at mailaps.org WWW-page: www.itp.uni-bremen.de/~noack ................................................................. |
From: Christian D. <de...@so...> - 2008-02-01 08:36:23
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dear listusers, I have a little problem with longtables. I have a table with five columns and it is to wide. I have tried using \setlength{\LTleft}{???pt} \setlength{\LTright}{???pt} to controll it, but that doesn't work. Do you have any suggestions? kind regards, christian %%%%%Code%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book} \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[ansinew]{inputenc} \usepackage[marginal]{footmisc} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{longtable} \usepackage{graphicx} \usepackage{float} \usepackage{apacite} \usepackage{subfigure} \begin{document} %------- Begin LaTeX code -------% { \def\onepc{$^{\ast\ast}$} \def\fivepc{$^{\ast}$} \def\tenpc{$^{\dag}$} \def\legend{\multicolumn{5}{l}{\footnotesize{Quelle: SHARE 2004, release 2, eigene Berechungen. Signifikanzniveau:\hspace{1em} $\dag$ : 10\% \hspace{1em}$\ast$ : 5\% \hspace{1em} $\ast\ast$ : 1\% \normalsize}}} \setlength{\LTleft}{0pt} \setlength{\LTright}{50pt} \begin{longtable}{l l l l l } \caption{Logistisches Mehrebenenmodell: Finanzielle Transfers von Eltern an ihre erwachsene Kinder. Länderfaktoren }\\ \hline\hline & \multicolumn{4}{c}{{\textbf{Transferwahrscheinlichkeit}}} \\ & {\textit{(OR)}} & {\textit{(OR)}} & {\textit{(OR)}}& {\textit{(OR)}} \\ \hline \endfirsthead \multicolumn{5}{l}{\emph{... Tabelle \thetable{} Fortsetzung}}\\ \hline\hline & {\textit{(Odds Ratios)}} & {\textit{(Odds Ratios)}} & {\textit{(Odds Ratios)}}& {\textit{(Odds Ratios)}} \\ \hline \endhead \hline \multicolumn{5}{r}{\emph{Fortsetzung nächste Seite...}}\\ \endfoot \endlastfoot &\multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf{Ländereigenschaften}}\\ Fertilitätsraten & & & & \\ \hline \hline Varianz (Ebene 4) & & & &\\ (ohne Makroindikator) & & & &\\ Varianz (Ebene 4) & & & &\\ (mit Makroindikator) & & & &\\ AIC & \\ BIC & \\ n (Dyaden) &\\ n (Personen) &\\ n (Haushalte) &\\ n (Länder) &\\ \hline \legend \label{tab:ankinderlogMAKRO} \end{longtable}} %------- End LaTeX code -------% \end{document} |
From: Philip G. R. <phi...@fa...> - 2008-02-01 10:57:28
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> I have a little problem with longtables. I have a table with=20 > five columns=20 > and it is to wide. I have tried using=20 > \setlength{\LTleft}{???pt} \setlength{\LTright}{???pt} First of all, this is a bit off-topic - this is a MiKTeX list and not a general LaTeX list. You should try, for example, http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/texhax Anyway, your table is too wide because of the "\legend": an ordinary = entry in an ordinary table cell will *not* be broken into more than one line. = All that \LTleft and \LTright do is put in space between the table and the margins. I don't see how you expected that to help. Also, as the = manual states, you should insert some rubber length somewhere. What you really need is to force the legend into a sensibly sized box; = try using something like \def\legend{\multicolumn{5}{p{0.9\textwidth}}{... Cheers, Phil |
From: Cornelius C. N. <no...@it...> - 2008-02-01 13:28:45
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On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Christian Deindl wrote: > dear listusers, > > I have a little problem with longtables. I have a table with five columns > and it is to wide. I have tried using > \setlength{\LTleft}{???pt} > \setlength{\LTright}{???pt} > > to controll it, but that doesn't work. > > Do you have any suggestions? > > kind regards, > > christian > > (cut) > 1) It seems to me that you misunderstood the purpose of "longtable" : the `long' refers to *vertical* length, not horizonal width. So it looks to me as if using fancy stuff like LTleft/LTright parameters does nothing to solve your problem, it only complicates matters. Comment out these 2 lines to see what I mean, 2) whenever tables become too wide, you have several choices: a) overrun the textwidth (unesthetic, but feasible) b) abbreviate the entries (both in headings and the entries themselves c) use fixed column widths, with the p{<width>} column format. This has the added advantage that the entries are set as parboxes, i.e. you'll get automatic line breaking (the result is often ugly, but arguably preferable to abbreviations) d) think again if such a wide table makes for easy reading, i.e. think twice whether that is the best way to get your message across. IMHO, d) is the superior solution by far! At least, that's Leslie Lamport's attitude: when LaTeX does something ugly, you should take that as an indication that you haven't thought out the problem well enough, rather than fiddling the (infinite) possibilities of TeX. Hope this hilft! ccn. -- ................................................................. Prof.Dr. Cornelius C. Noack Phones: Inst. f. Theor. Physik FB 1 office : +49 (421) 218-2427 Universit"at Bremen secretary: -2422 Otto-Hahn-Allee Fax : -4869 D - 28334 Bremen home : +49 (421) 34 22 36 Fax: 346 7872 E-mail: noack at itp.uni-bremen.de or ccnoack at mailaps.org WWW-page: www.itp.uni-bremen.de/~noack ................................................................. |
From: Christian D. <de...@so...> - 2008-02-01 16:41:41
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thanks a lot for your answer. actually LTleft/LTright are from the latex companion. there is no effect whatsoever if I use or don't use them. I think p{<width>} will be the best solution. christian On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:28:28 +0100 "Cornelius C. Noack" <no...@it...> wrote: > On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Christian Deindl wrote: > >> dear listusers, >> >> I have a little problem with longtables. I have a table with five columns >> and it is to wide. I have tried using >> \setlength{\LTleft}{???pt} >> \setlength{\LTright}{???pt} >> >> to controll it, but that doesn't work. >> >> Do you have any suggestions? >> >> kind regards, >> >> christian >> >> (cut) >> > 1) It seems to me that you misunderstood the purpose of > "longtable" : the `long' refers to *vertical* length, not > horizonal width. So it looks to me as if using fancy stuff > like LTleft/LTright parameters does nothing to solve your > problem, it only complicates matters. Comment out these 2 > lines to see what I mean, > 2) whenever tables become too wide, you have several choices: > a) overrun the textwidth (unesthetic, but feasible) > b) abbreviate the entries (both in headings and the > entries themselves > c) use fixed column widths, with the p{<width>} column > format. This has the added advantage that the entries > are set as parboxes, i.e. you'll get automatic line > breaking (the result is often ugly, but arguably > preferable to abbreviations) > d) think again if such a wide table makes for easy > reading, i.e. think twice whether that is the best way > to get your message across. IMHO, d) is the superior > solution by far! At least, that's Leslie Lamport's > attitude: when LaTeX does something ugly, you should > take that as an indication that you haven't thought out > the problem well enough, rather than fiddling the > (infinite) possibilities of TeX. > > Hope this hilft! > > ccn. > -- > ................................................................. > > Prof.Dr. Cornelius C. Noack Phones: > Inst. f. Theor. Physik FB 1 office : +49 (421) 218-2427 > Universit"at Bremen secretary: -2422 > Otto-Hahn-Allee Fax : -4869 > D - 28334 Bremen home : +49 (421) 34 22 36 > Fax: 346 7872 > E-mail: noack at itp.uni-bremen.de or ccnoack at mailaps.org > WWW-page: www.itp.uni-bremen.de/~noack > ................................................................. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users __________________ Christian Deindl Universität Zürich Soziologisches Institut Andreasstr. 15 CH - 8050 Zürich Tel: 044/635 23 46 |