[LON-CAPA-admin] LaTeX Errors with Printing

[Stuart Raeburn]

Mike,

>
> My notes say:
> The permissions on a latex file needed corrected so the web server   
> could read it. To be exact, the following commands were ran:
>

The permissions issue you mention was encountered with LON-CAPA 2.11.0
(See:  
http://mail.lon-capa.org/pipermail/lon-capa-admin/2014-September/002919.html  
).

The ./UPDATE script included in LON-CAPA 2.11.1, and used to install  
or update a LON-CAPA instance, now explictly calls chmod 644 for the  
file /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/picins/picins.sty

I am surprised chmod 755 was required on the directory back in 2014  
since the mkdir() command used to create the  
/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/picins directory has always included a MASK  
of 0755.


Stuart Raeburn
LON-CAPA Academic Consortium


Quoting "Budzik, Michael J." <mikeb at purdue.edu>:

> Not sure if this is intermittent or not.  If it consistently fails,   
> we had a similar issue.  My notes say:
> The permissions on a latex file needed corrected so the web server   
> could read it. To be exact, the following commands were ran:
>
> chmod 755 /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/picins
> chmod 644 /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/picins/picins.sty
>
>
> Mike B
>
> From: lon-capa-admin-bounces at mail.lon-capa.org   
> [mailto:lon-capa-admin-bounces at mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of   
> JaBari A Scott
> Sent: Monday, December 5, 2016 10:28 AM
> To: lon-capa-admin at mail.lon-capa.org
> Subject: [LON-CAPA-admin] LaTeX Errors with Printing
>
> Good Morning All:
> Our instance has developed a strange, inconsistent problem in the   
> past week.  Printing in LON-CAPA is not working 100% of the time on   
> 3 of our Access servers and is inconsistent on the Library server.    
> The error message that is presented is:
>
> LaTeX could not successfully parse your TeX file.
> It probably has errors in it.
> Here are the error messages in the LaTeX log file:
> ! LaTeX Error: File `picins.sty' not found.
>
> Type X to quit or  to proceed,
> or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
>
> Enter file name:
> ! Emergency stop.
>
>
> l.3 ...kage{wrapfig}\usepackage{picins}\usepackage
>                                                   [T1]{fontenc}^^M
> End of file on the terminal!
>
> I am completely at a lost as to what to even check for a this   
> juncture as the LaTeX package appears to be installed on the   
> servers.  Any advice from the gallery?
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> JaBari A. Scott
> Applications Analyst, Learning Systems
> Technology Services
> Virginia Commonwealth University
> jascott at vcu.edu<mailto:jascott at vcu.edu> | (804)   
> 828-7310<tel:%28804%29%20828-7310>