Version: (using KDE KDE 3.4.1) Installed from: Fedora RPMs OS: Linux I installed Fedora core 4 , kile 1.8.1 and kde 3.4.1 including kdegraphics-3.4.1-1.0.fc4.kde. I guess tetex generate good dvi file because it can be read by using xdvi and it generates ps and pdf correctly. But kdvi does not show the dvi file correctly and it always generates several error message: File corruption! KDVI had trouble interpreting your DVI file. Most likely this means that the DVI file is broken. Details: The DVI code set a character of an unknown font. Do you know any solution of the problem?
The same problem occurs with "old" DVI files created on Fedora Core 3 (tetex-2.0.2-21.3), too.
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This behavior does not depend on the origin of the DVI file. The message is produced when the first few pages of the document are viewed.
Hi, thank you for your bug reports. I believe that this issue could be the same as bug #107065, but I am not certain yet. Unfortunately, I have not been able to reproduce the issue on any of my machines, and I start to suspect that this could really be a problem with the compilers that RedHat Fedora use. To help me track down the issue, could you please try to shorten the DVI file so that is no more than one page, at best no more than a few words, and send me the file. Best, Stefan.
Created attachment 11578 [details] DVI exhibiting the problem Every DVI I've tried, no matter how short, generates the error. Some of them also place stray characters on the page. I've attached a short DVI that gives the error and displays an extraneous infinity sign on Fedora Core 4.
Hi, Thank you very much. As a matter of fact, the compiler which Fedora Core 4 uses is blacklisted by KDE, but so far the only bug I noticed was this one (the reason might be due to the fact that I am using TeX quite a lot). I am attaching a short DVI file produced on the Fedora Core 4 machine in question. The effect, however, is more complicated than I thought: the error never appears further than the 2nd or 3rd page, but strange symbols can appear anywhere in the document. Best, Jacob Created an attachment (id=11580) 2116904.dvi
Hi, thank you for your bug report. The issue that you have reported is really a bug in the C++ compiler that RedHat uses for Fedore Core 4. The compiler is known to have issues, and is explicitly blacklisted as unsuitable to compile KDE. I have added a workaround for this particular bug to the KDVI source files, and KDVI seems to run fine now. The workaround will be contained in the upcoming KDE 3.4.2 release. It must be expected, however, that the buggy compile will cause more problems, at other places. Thus, I would strongly urge you to complain to the makers of Fedore about the issue. Best, Stefan.
Was the workaround for this "File corruption" bug also applied to trunk? I am seeing the same error with the Kubuntu 'Breezy' toolchain. I've removed the packaged kdvi so I'm pretty sure I'm using the version in trunk. Or was the workaround not part of kdvi, but elsewhere? Thanks
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