[Bug-AUCTeX] 11.85; preview failure

[Claudio Destri]

The OS is Centos 6.3, with

emacs-common-23.1-21.el6_2.3.x86_64
emacs-23.1-21.el6_2.3.x86_64
emacs-auctex-11.85-10.el6.noarch
ghostscript-8.70-14.el6_3.1.x86_64
ghostscript-fonts-5.50-23.1.el6.noarch
texlive-dvips-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64
texlive-texmf-dvips-2007-38.el6.noarch
texlive-latex-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64
tex-preview-11.85-10.el6.noarch
texlive-texmf-errata-2007-7.1.el6.noarch
texlive-utils-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64
texlive-texmf-2007-38.el6.noarch
texlive-texmf-latex-2007-38.el6.noarch
texlive-texmf-errata-latex-2007-7.1.el6.noarch
texlive-2007-57.el6_2.x86_64
texlive-texmf-errata-fonts-2007-7.1.el6.noarch
texlive-texmf-fonts-2007-38.el6.noarch
tex-cm-lgc-0.5-17.1.el6.noarch
texlive-texmf-errata-dvips-2007-7.1.el6.noarch


Running preview on this simple file

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array,amsmath,amssymb}
\begin{document}
The Lagrangian density of the $(D+1)-$dimensional $\varphi^4$ field
theory
reads
\begin{equation*}
   {\cal L}\,(\varphi) = \frac12
    \partial_\mu\varphi \, \partial^\mu\varphi - \frac{m^2}2\,\varphi^2
-
   \frac\lambda4\,\varphi^4
\end{equation*}
\end{document}

fails with typical error

gs -dOutputFile\=\(prova.prv/tmp29354F2h/pr1-3.png\) -q -dSAFER
-dNOPAUSE -DNOPLATFONTS -dPrinted -dTextAlphaBits\=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits
\=4 -sDEVICE\=png16m -r93.0687x94.9533
GS>{DELAYSAFER{.setsafe}if}stopped pop/.preview-BP
currentpagedevice/BeginPage get dup null eq{pop{pop}bind}if
def<</BeginPage{currentpagedevice/PageSize get dup 0 get 1 ne exch 1 get
1 ne or{.preview-BP gsave 0.941176 1 0.941176 setrgbcolor clippath fill
grestore }{pop}ifelse}bind/PageSize[1
1]>>setpagedevice/preview-do{[count 3 roll save]3 1 roll dup length 0
eq{pop}{setpagedevice}{ifelse .runandhide}stopped{handleerror quit}if
aload pop restore}bind def
[(prova.prv/tmp29354F2h/preview.ps)(r)file]aload exch dup 0
setfileposition 31391()/SubFileDecode filter cvx .runandhide aload pop
dup dup 31391 setfileposition 138()/SubFileDecode filter
cvx<<>>preview-do
Error: /typecheck in --execute--
Operand stack:
   --nostringval--   (prova.prv/tmp29354F2h/preview.ps)   (r)   (r)
(r)   31529   31529   31529   31391
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
%loop_continue   1753   8   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--
--nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   .runexec2
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push
--nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1154/1684(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:72/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Current file position is 30
GS<9>


Emacs  : GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.9)
 of 2012-03-01 on c6b18n3.bsys.dev.centos.org
Package: 11.85

Run buffer contents:

Running `Preview-LaTeX' on `prova' with ``latex  "\nonstopmode\nofiles
\PassOptionsToPackage{active,tightpage,auctex}{preview}\AtBeginDocument{\ifx\ifPreview\undefined\RequirePackage[displaymath,floats,graphics,textmath,sections,footnotes]{preview}[2004/11/05]\fi}"
 "\input" prova.tex''
This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
 %&-line parsing enabled.
entering extended mode
LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
Babel <v3.8h> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax,
dumylang, noh
yphenation, arabic, basque, bulgarian, coptic, welsh, czech, slovak,
german, ng
erman, danish, esperanto, spanish, catalan, galician, estonian, farsi,
finnish,
 french, greek, monogreek, ancientgreek, croatian, hungarian,
interlingua, ibyc
us, indonesian, icelandic, italian, latin, mongolian, dutch, norsk,
polish, por
tuguese, pinyin, romanian, russian, slovenian, uppersorbian, serbian,
swedish, 
turkish, ukenglish, ukrainian, loaded.

No auxiliary output files.

(./prova.tex (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/tools/array.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsmath.sty
For additional information on amsmath, use the `?' option.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsbsy.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsmath/amsopn.sty))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsfonts/amssymb.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsfonts/amsfonts.sty)) (./prova.aux)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/preview/preview.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/preview/prtightpage.def)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/preview/prauctex.def
No auxiliary output files.


(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/preview/prauctex.cfg))
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/preview/prfootnotes.def)
Preview: Fontsize 10pt
)
! Preview: Snippet 1 started.
<-><->
      
l.9 The Lagrangian density of the $
                                   (D+1)-$dimensional $\varphi^4$ field
theory
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsa.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/amsfonts/umsb.fd)
Preview: Tightpage -32891 -32891 32891 32891
! Preview: Snippet 1 ended.(491520+163840x2708911).
<-><->
      
l.9 The Lagrangian density of the $(D+1)-$
                                          dimensional $\varphi^4$ field
theory
[1]
! Preview: Snippet 2 started.
<-><->
      
l.9 ...angian density of the $(D+1)-$dimensional $
                                                  \varphi^4$ field
theory
! Preview: Snippet 2 ended.(533465+127431x722718).
<-><->
      
l.9 ...sity of the $(D+1)-$dimensional $\varphi^4$
                                                   field theory
[2]
! Preview: Snippet 3 started.
<-><->
      
l.11 \begin{equation*}
                      
! Preview: Snippet 3 ended.(1426366+0x16351152).
<-><->
      
l.15 \end{equation*}
                    
[3] )
(see the transcript file for additional information)
Output written on prova.dvi (3 pages, 2236 bytes).
Transcript written on prova.log.

Preview-LaTeX exited as expected with code 1 at Mon Jan 14 13:01:34
Running `Preview-DviPS' with ``dvips -Pwww prova.dvi -o
prova.prv/tmp29354F2h/preview.ps''
This is dvips(k) 5.96.1 Copyright 2007 Radical Eye Software
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2013.01.14:1301' -> prova.prv/tmp29354F2h/preview.ps
</usr/share/texmf/dvips/base/tex.pro></usr/share/texmf/dvips/base/texps.pro>
</usr/share/texmf/dvips/base/special.pro>. 
</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi7.pfb>
</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr7.pfb>
</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmsy10.pfb>
</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmmi10.pfb>
</usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmr10.pfb>[1] [2] [3] 

Preview-DviPS finished at Mon Jan 14 13:01:34
Running `Preview-Ghostscript' with ``gs -dOutputFile\=
\(prova.prv/tmp29354F2h/pr1-\%d.png\) -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -DNOPLATFONTS
-dPrinted -dTextAlphaBits\=4 -dGraphicsAlphaBits\=4 -sDEVICE\=png16m
-r93.0687x94.9533''

Preview-Ghostscript finished at Mon Jan 14 13:01:34


current state:
==============
(setq
 AUCTeX-version "11.85"
 LaTeX-command-style '(("" "%(PDF)%(latex) %S%(PDFout)"))
 image-types '(svg png gif tiff jpeg xpm postscript xbm pbm)
 preview-image-type 'png
 preview-image-creators '((dvipng (open preview-gs-open
preview-dvipng-process-setup) (place preview-gs-place)
                           (close preview-dvipng-close))
                          (png (open preview-gs-open) (place preview-gs-place) 
(close
preview-gs-close))
                          (jpeg (open preview-gs-open) (place preview-gs-place) 
(close
preview-gs-close))
                          (pnm (open preview-gs-open) (place preview-gs-place) 
(close
preview-gs-close))
                          (tiff (open preview-gs-open) (place preview-gs-place) 
(close
preview-gs-close)))
 preview-dvipng-image-type 'png
 preview-dvipng-command "dvipng -picky -noghostscript %d -o \"%m/prev%%
03d.png\""
 preview-pdf2dsc-command "pdf2dsc %s.pdf %m/preview.dsc"
 preview-gs-command "gs"
 preview-gs-options '("-q" "-dSAFER" "-dNOPAUSE" "-DNOPLATFONTS"
"-dPrinted" "-dTextAlphaBits=4" "-dGraphicsAlphaBits=4")
 preview-gs-image-type-alist '((png png "-sDEVICE=png16m") (dvipng png
"-sDEVICE=png16m") (jpeg jpeg "-sDEVICE=jpeg")
                               (pnm pbm "-sDEVICE=pnmraw") (tiff tiff 
"-sDEVICE=tiff12nc"))
 preview-fast-conversion t
 preview-prefer-TeX-bb nil
 preview-dvips-command "dvips -Pwww -i -E %d -o %m/preview.000"
 preview-fast-dvips-command "dvips -Pwww %d -o %m/preview.ps"
 preview-scale-function 'preview-scale-from-face
 preview-LaTeX-command '("%`%l \"\\nonstopmode\\nofiles\
\PassOptionsToPackage{" ("," . preview-required-option-list)
                         
"}{preview}\\AtBeginDocument{\\ifx\\ifPreview\\undefined"
preview-default-preamble "\\fi}\"%' %t")
 preview-required-option-list '("active" "tightpage"
"auctex" (preview-preserve-counters "counters"))
 preview-preserve-counters nil
 preview-default-option-list '("displaymath" "floats" "graphics"
"textmath" "sections" "footnotes")
 preview-default-preamble '("\\RequirePackage[" ("," .
preview-default-option-list) "]{preview}[2004/11/05]")
 preview-LaTeX-command-replacements nil
 preview-dump-replacements '(preview-LaTeX-command-replacements
                             ("\\`\\([^ ]+\\)\\(\\( +-\\([^ 
\\\\\"]\\|\\\\\\.\\|\"[^\"]*\"\
\)*\\)*\\)\\(.*\\)\\'"
                              "\\1 -ini -interaction=nonstopmode \"&\\1\" "
preview-format-name ".ini \\5")
                             )
 preview-undump-replacements '(("\\`\\([^ ]+\\) .*? \"\\\\input\" \\(.*\
\)\\'" "\\1 -interaction=nonstopmode \"&"
                                preview-format-name "\" \\2")
                               )
 preview-auto-cache-preamble 'ask
 preview-TeX-style-dir nil
 )

Output from running `gs -h':
GPL Ghostscript 8.70 (2009-07-31)
Copyright (C) 2009 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
 -dNOPAUSE           no pause after page   | -q       `quiet', fewer
messages
 -g<width>x<height>  page size in pixels   | -r<res>  pixels/inch
resolution
 -sDEVICE=<devname>  select device         | -dBATCH  exit after last
file
 -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for
pipe,
                                         embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2
PostScriptLevel3 PDF
Default output device: x11alpha
Available devices:
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Search path:
   /usr/share/ghostscript/8.70/Resource/Init :
   /usr/share/ghostscript/8.70/lib :
   /usr/share/ghostscript/8.70/Resource/Font :
   /usr/share/ghostscript/fonts : /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript :
   /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 : /usr/share/fonts/default/amspsfnt/pfb :
   /usr/share/fonts/default/cmpsfont/pfb : /usr/share/fonts :
   /usr/share/ghostscript/conf.d : /etc/ghostscript : /etc/ghostscript/8.70
For more information, see /usr/share/ghostscript/8.70/doc/Use.htm.
Please report bugs to bugs.ghostscript.com.


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                        CLAUDIO DESTRI   address@hidden
                        DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA G. OCCHIALINI,
                        UNIVERSITA` MILANO-BICOCCA
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