Re: [SL] latex dilemma (more info)

[Keith M. <km...@be...>]

I tried directly loading the file into latex to see what happens...

[root@soldier users]$ latex 1017868610.invoice.dvi
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.1)
(1017868610.invoice.dvi
LaTeX2e <1999/12/01> patch level 1
Babel <v3.6Z> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, nger=
man, i
talian, portuges, russian, spanish, nohyphenation, loaded.

! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                             =20
                                                 =20
l.1 =F7
     ^^B^^A^^83^^92=C0^^\;^^@^^@^^@^^@^^C=E8^^[ TeX output 2002.04.03:161=
6^^8b^^...

?H
You're in trouble here.  Try typing  <return>  to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type  X <return>  to quit.
?=20
! Text line contains an invalid character.
l.1 =F7^^B
        ^^A^^83^^92=C0^^\;^^@^^@^^@^^@^^C=E8^^[ TeX output 2002.04.03:161=
6^^8b^^...

? R
OK, entering \nonstopmode...
! Text line contains an invalid character.
l.1 =F7^^B^^A^^83^^92=C0^^\
                       ;^^@^^@^^@^^@^^C=E8^^[ TeX output 2002.04.03:1616^=
^8b^^...

! Text line contains an invalid character.
l.1 =F7^^B^^A^^83^^92=C0^^\;^^@
                           ^^@^^@^^@^^C=E8^^[ TeX output 2002.04.03:1616^=
^8b^^...

! Text line contains an invalid character.
l.1 =F7^^B^^A^^83^^92=C0^^\;^^@^^@
                              ^^@^^@^^C=E8^^[ TeX output 2002.04.03:1616^=
^8b^^...

! Text line contains an invalid character.
l.1 =F7^^B^^A^^83^^92=C0^^\;^^@^^@^^@
                                 ^^@^^C=E8^^[ TeX output 2002.04.03:1616^=
^8b^^...
=20

Quoting Keith Mastin from [04/04/02 19:21 -0500]:
> Hi Steve,
>=20
> It appears that I have dvipdf installed, and still get this error:
> [root@soldier cmpsfont]# rpm -e dvipdfm
> [root@soldier cmpsfont]# locate dvipdf
> /usr/share/texmf/doc/help/Catalogue/entries/dvipdfm.html
> /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvipdf.def
> /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/graphics/dvipdfm.def
> /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/hyperref/hdvipdfm.def
> /usr/bin/dvipdf
>=20
> Any other suggestions, or troubleshooting pointers?
>=20
--=20
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