I've been running across the following error once a week or so: [MP to PDF] (./fig.320) floatblocks : 16 placed ! You can't use `\vadjust' in internal vertical mode. <recently read> \vadjust \sidefloatoutput ... \parskip \zeropoint \vadjust {\penalty \minusone }\iffl. <argument> ...\fi \else \the \defaultstreamoutput \fi \firstoftwoarguments #1#2->#1 \dodonormaloutput ...lty \the \OTRcommand \output \outputmessage -{normal}\o. \invokeoutputroutine ...enalty }\dodonormaloutput \outputmessage -{trying}\o. ... l.1316 ? This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (lumping-mpgraph.mp [1] metafun 2009-5-5 07:22 ) It is very sensitive to the vertical spacing, and goes away when I edit even slightly, but I've made the most minimal example that I can. It is attached as a zip file whose contents are: M Filemode Length Date Time File - ---------- -------- ----------- -------- ----------- -rw-r--r-- 745 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.2 -rw-r--r-- 1162 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.202 -rw-r--r-- 3552 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.301 -rw-r--r-- 2807 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.302 -rw-r--r-- 3820 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.306 -rw-r--r-- 5748 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.307 -rw-r--r-- 2915 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.308 -rw-r--r-- 48157 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.310 -rw-r--r-- 8219 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.311 -rw-r--r-- 2683 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.320 -rw-r--r-- 3827 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.350 -rw-r--r-- 3291 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.351 -rw-r--r-- 1853 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.618 -rw-r--r-- 2054 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.619 -rw-r--r-- 2076 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.621 -rw-r--r-- 1720 5-Jun-2009 09:09:20 fig.623 -rw-r--r-- 42313 5-Jun-2009 09:44:10 lumping.tex - ---------- -------- ----------- -------- ----------- 136942 17 files Run 'texexec lumping.tex' to see the problem. I'm using context 2009.5.5 from the Debian unstable package. I tried running lumping.tex on the live context, but could not reproduce the problem. I think that is because the figure files are not included in the live run, and their absence changes the vertical spacing enough to hide the problem. I also tried downloading and running it through the latest minimals, but the minimals failed trying to load the palatino fonts, and I haven't yet figured out if that problem is with my setup or with the minimals. -Sanjoy `Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.' --African Proverb