General ⇒ MiKTeX: no output and truncated log file

[asims]

Dear all,

Recently I needed to get my computer (Windows XP 32 bit) completely rebuilt. I have re-installed LaTeX (MikTeX 2.9) and TeXnicCenter. They seem to be running OK. I can successfully build a sample document. I have set my custom style directories as per the TeX directory structure and restored the files from backup - as per my previous installation.

The problem I have is that I need to edit a major document. I have restored the project directory from backup.

When I build the main file however there is no output. The summary of the build reports:

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LaTeX-Result: 0 Error(s), 0 Warning(s), 0 Bad Box(es), 0 Page(s)
 
 
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The log file is truncated. A file comparison with the log file of my archived build shows only date changes to this point. The last package reported opened was amsmath, with setspace the next to come.

I am not sure where to start with this one. I guess systematically comment out the main file and see where it fails.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Regards

Andrew Sims
PhD student UNSW

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Andrew,

a truncated log file probably indicates a known problem - have a look at the MiKTeX 2.9 Known Issues, the point TeXnicCenter compatibility:

Remedy: start MiKTeX Options and choose either Yes or No (but not "Ask me first") for the option "Install missing packages on-the-fly".

Here's a screenshot of that options window:

miktex-options.png (23.23 KiB) Viewed 12194 times

Stefan

[asims]

Stefan

Thank you very much for that reply. It was set to download with notification. I changed it to download automatically. The document now builds.

It does not completely solve my problems though.

Now the document builds (LaTeX > PS > PDF) and writes the output file. It is the correct size and number of pages. All the pictures and equations are typeset correctly, but all the text, captions, headers etc are left as white space.

These files previously built correctly.

Thanks for any further comments.

Regards

Andrew Sims

[asims]

I have had a bit more of a look and the DVI file is built correctly. I can at least get on to editing my document now using the DVI file. I will need to sort out the missing text obviously.

Maybe it could be to do with installed fonts?

Regards

Andrew Sims

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Andrew,

perhaps post the .log file here, as attachment, the information therein could help.

Furthermore, perhaps show us your document preamble with it's settings.

Stefan

[asims]

Stefan,

Many thanks for your assistance. Apologies for the delayed response.

My document builds without error - only some bad boxes. The text is in the DVI file, but appears as white space in the PS and PDF files. I am using LaTeX > PS > PDF in TeXnicCenter.

Please find attached my log file and my preamble. Apologies in advance for the state of the preamble file - it is a mess. It is a merge of a basic document I had and a thesis format from a colleague prepared by another person. There are commands in there that I am not familiar with yet such as \makeatletter \makeatother - so have not been game to tidy it up in case I broke it.

Regards

Andrew Sims

[asims]

Dear all,

I was wondering if anyone had any further thoughts on this issue. I have been able to get most of my editing done referring to the DVI file, but the submission date for this document is on the horizon it is looking now like it will have to be a systematic troubleshooting process rather than a quick short cut.

Any comments appreciated. Log file and preamble are attached in post history.

Regards

Andrew Sims

[asims]

Dear all,

Just closing this issue out. It is solved, though my knowledge is not comprehensive enough to explain it in depth.

I was using LaTeX > DVI > PS > PDF. The problem was with the fonts not being written from the DVI file to the postscript file in dvips.

I included the following in my preamble:

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\usepackage{lmodern}
 
 
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This seemed to solve the problem and my document is able to be built and output to PDF.

Regards

Andrew Sims

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Andrew,

thanks for telling us how you fixed it.
lmodern is a good choice, as you use T1 font encoding which is very recommendable, and the default font does not support T1. Latin Modern (lmodern) is commonly considered as a high quality replacement for the standard font Computer Modern.

Stefan