2014/1/7 Nick Dokos > Run latex on /tmp/orgtex11506Npy.tex from the command line and look for > errors. > Many thanks Nick. I did not think about it. But it is more and more strange: it seems to be no error : Have a look ; joseph@crunchbang:/tmp$ latex orgtex11506Npy.tex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./orgtex11506Npy.tex LaTeX2e <2011/06/27> Babel <3.9f> and hyphenation patterns for 78 languages loaded. (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo)) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/color.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/color.cfg) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/dvipsnam.def)) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/inputenc.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/utf8.def (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1enc.dfu) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ot1enc.dfu) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/omsenc.dfu))) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def)) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/graphics.cfg))) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/generic/ulem/ulem.sty) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option. (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty)) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty)) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/textcomp.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1enc.def (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1enc.dfu))) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/marvosym/marvosym.sty) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/wasysym/wasysym.sty) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty)) No file orgtex11506Npy.aux. (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1cmr.fd) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/wasysym/uwasy.fd) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsa.fd) (/usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsb.fd) [1] (./orgtex11506Npy.aux) ) Output written on orgtex11506Npy.dvi (1 page, 352 bytes). Transcript written on orgtex11506Npy.log. End of quotation. I do not quote the log file, it would be rude, it is very long. I wonder if the "restricted \write18 enabled." betrays something helpful ? Best wishes, and thanks for your kind help, Jo.