As well as fixing the spelling of \ThisLLCornerWallPaper as Francis
suggested, you should use the pdflatex command to generate directly to
pdf. Using the latex command to generate dvi, then dvi2ps to get ps
and maybe convert to pdf is not needed anymore.

So:

pdflatex FrontPage.tex

will make FrontPage.pdf

On 2 September 2014 14:22, William Bennett <wrbennet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I started a project: to set a book, properly.
>
> Front cover first.
>
> Found image with great taste.
>
> Did the research. Use wallpaper package, they said.
>
> Wrote simple program. Herewithunderbeneath:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> \documentclass[11pt]{book}
> \usepackage{wallpaper}
> \begin{document}
> \ThisLLCornerWallpaper{0.5}{TrialImage.jpg}
> \end{document}
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> Gave command
>
> latex FrontPage.tex
>
> Been a while since I've used LaTeX.
>
> Was unprepared for output blast. Obviously something cosmically unimpressed.
>
> Herewithunderbeneath log file. Could someone tell me what I did wrong,
> please?
>
> Wlliam Bennett.
>
> ======================================================
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013/Debian)
> (format=latex 2014.7.3)  2 SEP 2014 13:19
> entering extended mode
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
>  %&-line parsing enabled.
> **FrontPage.tex
> (./FrontPage.tex
> LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
> Babel <3.9h> and hyphenation patterns for 78 languages loaded.
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/book.cls
> Document Class: book 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/bk11.clo
> File: bk11.clo 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
> )
> \c@part=\count79
> \c@chapter=\count80
> \c@section=\count81
> \c@subsection=\count82
> \c@subsubsection=\count83
> \c@paragraph=\count84
> \c@subparagraph=\count85
> \c@figure=\count86
> \c@table=\count87
> \abovecaptionskip=\skip41
> \belowcaptionskip=\skip42
> \bibindent=\dimen102
> )
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/wallpaper/wallpaper.sty
> Package: wallpaper 2005/01/18, v1.01 easy wallpaper formatting (MHFW)
>
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty
> Package: ifthen 2001/05/26 v1.1c Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC)
> )
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/calc.sty
> Package: calc 2007/08/22 v4.3 Infix arithmetic (KKT,FJ)
> \calc@Acount=\count88
> \calc@Bcount=\count89
> \calc@Adimen=\dimen103
> \calc@Bdimen=\dimen104
> \calc@Askip=\skip43
> \calc@Bskip=\skip44
> LaTeX Info: Redefining \setlength on input line 76.
> LaTeX Info: Redefining \addtolength on input line 77.
> \calc@Ccount=\count90
> \calc@Cskip=\skip45
> )
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/eso-pic/eso-pic.sty
> Package: eso-pic 2013/10/06 v2.0d eso-pic (RN)
>
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/atbegshi.sty
> Package: atbegshi 2011/10/05 v1.16 At begin shipout hook (HO)
>
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/infwarerr.sty
> Package: infwarerr 2010/04/08 v1.3 Providing info/warning/error messages
> (HO)
> )
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ltxcmds.sty
> Package: ltxcmds 2011/11/09 v1.22 LaTeX kernel commands for general use (HO)
> )
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/ifpdf.sty
> Package: ifpdf 2011/01/30 v2.3 Provides the ifpdf switch (HO)
> Package ifpdf Info: pdfTeX in PDF mode is not detected.
> ))
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty
> Package: keyval 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
> \KV@toks@=\toks14
> )
> (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/xcolor/xcolor.sty
> Package: xcolor 2007/01/21 v2.11 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
>
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/color.cfg
> File: color.cfg 2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
> )
> Package xcolor Info: Driver file: dvips.def on input line 225.
>
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/dvips.def
> File: dvips.def 1999/02/16 v3.0i Driver-dependant file (DPC,SPQR)
> )
> Package xcolor Info: Model `cmy' substituted by `cmy0' on input line 1337.
> Package xcolor Info: Model `RGB' extended on input line 1353.
> Package xcolor Info: Model `HTML' substituted by `rgb' on input line 1355.
> Package xcolor Info: Model `Hsb' substituted by `hsb' on input line 1356.
> Package xcolor Info: Model `tHsb' substituted by `hsb' on input line 1357.
> Package xcolor Info: Model `HSB' substituted by `hsb' on input line 1358.
> Package xcolor Info: Model `Gray' substituted by `gray' on input line 1359.
> Package xcolor Info: Model `wave' substituted by `hsb' on input line 1360.
> ))
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/graphicx.sty
> Package: graphicx 1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
>
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/graphics.sty
> Package: graphics 2009/02/05 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
>
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/trig.sty
> Package: trig 1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
> )
> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/graphics.cfg
> File: graphics.cfg 2010/04/23 v1.9 graphics configuration of TeX Live
> )
> Package graphics Info: Driver file: dvips.def on input line 91.
> )
> \Gin@req@height=\dimen105
> \Gin@req@width=\dimen106
> )
> \wpXoffset=\skip46
> \wpYoffset=\skip47
> \tileXoffset=\skip48
> \tileYoffset=\skip49
> \tilewidth=\skip50
> \tileheight=\skip51
> \tileX=\skip52
> \tileY=\skip53
> )
> No file FrontPage.aux.
> \openout1 = `FrontPage.aux'.
>
> LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line 3.
> LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
> LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 3.
> LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
> LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 3.
> LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
> LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 3.
> LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
> LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 3.
> LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
> LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 3.
> LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 3.
> \AtBeginShipoutBox=\box26
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.4 \ThisLLCornerWallpaper
>                           {0.5}{TrialImage.jpg}
> ? x
>
> Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
>  1492 strings out of 493305
>  19435 string characters out of 6139898
>  75342 words of memory out of 5000000
>  4989 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+600000
>  3940 words of font info for 15 fonts, out of 8000000 for 9000
>  957 hyphenation exceptions out of 8191
>  37i,0n,39p,228b,36s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,10000p,200000b,80000s
> No pages of output.
>
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