Problem opening .dvi files

Question

I would like to know why my Lubuntu 11.10 does not open my .dvi files created with Latex.

Please, can anybody help me solve this problem?

When I use evince L1.dvi, in the terminal, the evince opens but not the file and the messages on the terminal are:

    evince L1.dvi 

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-buttons.css:159:10: Expected valid border

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:102:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:117:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:134:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:153:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:165:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:175:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:186:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:198:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:208:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:218:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found

(evince:3556): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:223:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found
warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these directories: /usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c:/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c.

kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmti10
mktexpk: Permissão negada
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
page: Warning: font `cmti10' at 600x600 not found, trying `cmr10' instead

kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmr10
mktexpk: Permissão negada
page: Warning: font `cmti10' not found, trying metric files instead

kpathsea: Running mkofm cmti10
mkofm: Permissão negada

kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmti10
mktextfm: Permissão negada
page: Warning: metric file for `cmti10' not found, trying `cmr10' instead

kpathsea: Running mkofm cmr10
mkofm: Permissão negada

kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmr10
mktextfm: Permissão negada
page: Error: could not load font `cmti10'
warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these directories: /usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c:/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c.

kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmti10
mktexpk: Permissão negada
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
page: Warning: font `cmti10' at 600x600 not found, trying `cmr10' instead

kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmr10
mktexpk: Permissão negada
page: Warning: font `cmti10' not found, trying metric files instead

kpathsea: Running mkofm cmti10
mkofm: Permissão negada

kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmti10
mktextfm: Permissão negada
page: Warning: metric file for `cmti10' not found, trying `cmr10' instead

kpathsea: Running mkofm cmr10
mkofm: Permissão negada

kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmr10
mktextfm: Permissão negada
page: Error: could not load font `cmti10'

(evince:3556): EvinceView-CRITICAL **: ev_document_model_set_document: assertion `EV_IS_DOCUMENT (document)' failed

(evince:3556): EvinceDocument-CRITICAL **: ev_document_get_n_pages: assertion `EV_IS_DOCUMENT (document)' failed

(evince:3556): EvinceDocument-CRITICAL **: ev_document_get_max_page_size: assertion `EV_IS_DOCUMENT (document)' failed

more details required, including: What do you mean by "does not open"? How are you trying to open them? What exactly are you doing? What exact response are you getting? How does that differ from the expected response? — cas, Aug 28 '12 at 01:30
@CraigSanders, thanks. I updated above. Sorry for so many errors. First, I try to open dvi files with double click on it. — Sigur, Aug 28 '12 at 01:37
@jasonwyran, please, how did you create that minipage for the codes? Thanks for editing. — Sigur, Aug 28 '12 at 01:41
it looks like some kind of permissions problem - google says that 'Permissão negada' means 'Permission denied' — cas, Aug 28 '12 at 01:44
Looks like this Ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-bin/+bug/1010909 — Renan, Aug 28 '12 at 01:46
@Renan, you are right. Everything there is so similar to my problems. So,I guess that there is no solution yet, right? — Sigur, Aug 28 '12 at 01:54
@Sigur from that bug: "I have the same problem even after installation of texlive-fonts-recommended package. I should execute all 'mktexpk' commands in the error messages with 'sudo' to see the correct fonts on evince." Worth a try. — Renan, Aug 28 '12 at 01:58
@Renan, no, it does not work. Other problems, as (evince:3788): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk-bars.css:223:16: Themeing engine 'adwaita' not found Failed to get bus connection: A linha de comandos "dbus-launch --autolaunch=0d11d198238a6cd852340fdf0000000b --binary-syntax --close-stderr" saiu com status de saída não-zero, 1: EOF in dbus-launch reading address from bus daemon\n — Sigur, Aug 28 '12 at 02:00

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

Ubuntu sets up evince to use AppArmor, which prevents it from accessing certain files even though the files have appropriate permissions. See Evince fails to start because it cannot read .Xauthority for a different but related problem.

Do you have a custom TeX installation? If so, evince is probably preventing from writing the font files by AppArmor. See Ubuntu bug 846639, which shows how to fix the AppArmor configuration for your system.

A simple workaround is to view the file once in another viewer such as xdvi, so that the fonts are generated. Then evince will be able to read them. Or run

allneeded L1.dvi

You can run the commands allcm and allec to generate some common fonts.

Problem opening .dvi files

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