[freeside] pslatex error on Solaris 8

[Kristian Hoffmann]

My guess would be that
/usr/local/etc/freeside/cache.DBI:Pg:dbname=freeside/ isn't writable by
the freeside user.  That would explain the lack of logfile.

-Kristian

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005, Shivkumar wrote:

> hi,
> ive installed  Freeside v1.5.0pre6 CVS dated 21 April 05 on a SunOS 5.8
> sparc SUNW,Ultra-60.
> ive also installed the teTeX package from sunfreeware.com
> I am able to run pslatex from the command line as root and also as the
> 'freeside' user -> the output is a dvi file as it is supposed to be.
> however when i try view the open invoices, i get the following error:
> failed: pslatex
> /usr/local/etc/freeside/cache.DBI:Pg:dbname=freeside/invoice.1.hrLnGPkJ.tex
> failed; see
> /usr/local/etc/freeside/cache.DBI:Pg:dbname=freeside/invoice.1.hrLnGPkJ.log
> for details?
> funny thing is: there is no log file in the cache folder; only the .tex
> files
>
> now when i click on the 'view typeset invoice' link, i get the following
> error:
> pslatex
> /usr/local/etc/freeside/cache.DBI:Pg:dbname=freeside/invoice.1.ztE3Ncmy.tex
> failed: No such file or directory at
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/FS/cust_bill.pm line 1448.
>
>
> The httpsd_error log also shows this:
> old-style invoice template invoice_latex; patch with conf/invoice_latex.diff
> sh: pslatex: not found
>
> i found that there is indeed a .diff file in the conf folder but when i
> did a patch < invoice_latex.diff all  the hunks were rejected.
>
> so what am i doing wrong?
> also , thanks to ivan for giving a fresh lease of life to the pre-paid
> cards. Ive yet to test it though
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Shivkumar
>
>
>