I recently did (nearly) the same upgrade on a virtual machine, going from Ubuntu 9.04 to Xubuntu 9.10. I ran your file on LP version 2.12.2 (downloaded from the lilypond site, not the repository), and it ran perfectly. I have 768 MB of RAM on this virtual machine. If you got lilypond from the Ubuntu repo, you might consider removing it the same way, then downloading the installer from lilypond.org. Good luck. :)
Jon On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Ralph Palmer <palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com>wrote: > Greetings - > > This is my second request for help on this issue. I think it really is a > memory size issue. > > I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) and LilyPond 2.12.2. Until I > upgraded (i.e., under Jaunty and 2.12.0), I was able to run > lilypond *filename*.ly ( in this case vla_pos_etudes_1.ly), > and a .ps and a .pdf file were automatically generated. Since upgrading, > when I run > lilypond vla_pos_etudes_1.ly > I get the .ps file, but no .pdf, and I get the following error message: > Drawing systems... > Layout output to `vla_pos_etudes_1.ps'... > Converting to > `./vla_pos_etudes_1.pdf'.../usr/local/lilypond/usr/share/lilypond/current/scm/backend-library.scm:24:15: > In procedure system in expression (system silenced): > /usr/local/lilypond/usr/share/lilypond/current/scm/backend-library.scm:24:15: > Cannot allocate memory > > The .ps file looks fine, but I can't print a decent .pdf from it. When I > open the .ps file and choose File > Print, I get the usual dialogue box for > printing; however, one of the entries is "pdf", and it says, "Backend > /usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-pdf does not exist!". When I do a print to file > and select .pdf, the rendering is no good - boxes for note heads, for > example. > > If I comment out significant chunks of the vla_pos_etudes_1.ly file, the > .pdf is created and looks great. It's not that large a file - 8 kb, and > prints to about 12 pages - but it does have 61 scores (so far). No one score > seems to be the culprit. If I comment out score 24-61, it works. 24-60 > commented out does not work. 22-60 commented out works. 22-59 commented out > does not work. 1-19 + 31-61 commented out works. > > I appreciate your time and help, > > Ralph > > -- > Ralph Palmer > Montague City, MA > USA > palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user > > -- Jonathan Kulp http://www.jonathankulp.com
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