Unable to export to pdf

spicysugar · February 21, 2023, 8:29am

Steps to reproduce

Open Obsidian
made a new note/opened existing note
ctrl+P and type export
click on export to pdf
set include filename as title to off
set page size to A4
set landscape to on
set margin to none
set downscale percent to 1
click on export to pdf
gtk file picker shows up and click save

Expected result

a pdf should be created in the expected folder with the same name as markdown file

Actual result

no pdf file is created inspite of pdf save to notification

Environment

Operating system: Fedora 37

Debug info:
SYSTEM INFO:
Obsidian version: v1.1.9
Installer version: v1.1.9
Operating system: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Feb 20 00:22:55 UTC 2023 6.1.12-201.fsync.fc37.x86_64
Login status: not logged in
Insider build toggle: off
Live preview: on
Legacy editor: off
Base theme: adapt to system
Community theme: Adwaita v0.2.0
Snippets enabled: 0
Restricted mode: off
Plugins installed: 11
Plugins enabled: 11
1: Advanced Tables v0.18.1
2: Annotator v0.2.10
3: Copy button for code blocks v0.1.0
4: Highlightr v1.2.2
5: Editor Syntax Highlight v0.1.3
6: Mind Map v1.1.0
7: Obsidian Git v2.16.0
8: Templater v1.16.0
9: Style Settings v1.0.3
10: Pandoc Plugin v0.4.1
11: Obsidian Enhancing Export v1.1.8

Additional information

exporting to pdf from obsidian when started with console show this

Debug: Will run Obsidian with the following arguments: 
Debug: Additionally, user gave: --trace-warnings
2023-02-21 08:27:59 Loading main app package /app/resources/obsidian.asar
LaunchProcess: failed to execvp:
xdg-settings
Gtk-Message: 13:57:59.282: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 13:57:59.282: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 13:57:59.283: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
Gtk-Message: 13:57:59.283: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
[13:0221/135759.302988:ERROR:bus.cc(399)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
[13:0221/135759.303031:ERROR:bus.cc(399)] Failed to connect to the bus: Failed to connect to socket /run/dbus/system_bus_socket: No such file or directory
2023-02-21 08:27:59 Checking for update using Github
2023-02-21 08:27:59 Success.
2023-02-21 08:27:59 Latest version is 1.1.9
2023-02-21 08:27:59 App is up to date.
Saving PDF...
Done.
(node:13) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Invalid print parameters: scale is outside of [0.1 - 2] range
    at g.printToPDF (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:165:6099)
    at IpcMainImpl.<anonymous> (/app/resources/obsidian.asar/main.js:1358:36)
    at IpcMainImpl.emit (node:events:527:28)
    at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:165:11237)
    at EventEmitter.emit (node:events:527:28)
(Use `obsidian --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:13) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 2)

i have installed the flatpak version and give the neccessary filesystem access as well. I also tried reinstalling obsidian. here is my vault backup on github

spicysugar · February 21, 2023, 8:46am

I was also able to reproduce this in sandbox vault and also by disabling all community plugins

WhiteNoise · February 21, 2023, 10:29am

We don’t make the flatpak and we don’t support it. Does the snap or appimage work?

spicysugar · February 21, 2023, 11:30am

I just tried it on the appimage version as well and the problem still persists

2023-02-21 11:26:59 Loading main app package /tmp/.mount_Obsidi5f3fB7/resources/obsidian.asar
2023-02-21 11:26:59 Checking for update using Github
2023-02-21 11:27:00 Success.
2023-02-21 11:27:00 Latest version is 1.1.9
2023-02-21 11:27:00 App is up to date.
Saving PDF...
Done.
(node:111479) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Invalid print parameters: scale is outside of [0.1 - 2] range
    at g.printToPDF (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:165:6099)
    at IpcMainImpl.<anonymous> (/tmp/.mount_Obsidi5f3fB7/resources/obsidian.asar/main.js:1358:36)
    at IpcMainImpl.emit (node:events:527:28)
    at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:165:11237)
    at EventEmitter.emit (node:events:527:28)
(Use `obsidian --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:111479) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 2)

WhiteNoise · February 21, 2023, 2:46pm

thanks.

(node:111479) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Invalid print parameters: scale is outside of [0.1 - 2] range
    at g.printToPDF (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:165:6099)
    at IpcMainImpl.<anonymous> (/tmp/.mount_Obsidi5f3fB7/resources/obsidian.asar/main.js:1358:36)
    at IpcMainImpl.emit (node:events:527:28)
    at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:165:11237)
    at EventEmitter.emit (node:events:527:28)

What’s your screen resolution?

spicysugar · February 21, 2023, 3:38pm

1920x1080 17.3 inch

WhiteNoise · February 21, 2023, 3:39pm

17 inch?
anyway will be fixed in 1.1.15

spicysugar · February 21, 2023, 3:40pm

the screen size

Not to sound mean, as I appreciate all the time open source contributors and maintainers put in, I wanted to know how long would it take to officially release 1.1.15

WhiteNoise · February 21, 2023, 3:49pm

I am sorry but we don’t generally share when release happen.

spicysugar · February 21, 2023, 3:56pm

Ok, I will wait, but till then can you guide me on how can I export the .md files to .pdf as I used vscode’s pdf exporter and it did not follow the obsidian theme. Should I use pandoc or any other tool? I am comfortable with using the command line.

spicysugar · February 21, 2023, 4:03pm

i am not sure if this is the official way, this might be incomplete, this is the screenshot of the process that is started when the export to pdf is clicked

WhiteNoise · February 21, 2023, 4:05pm

I can’t help you. If you have access to another OS, try it. We believe this is a linux specific problem.

spicysugar · February 21, 2023, 4:07pm

is there an older version of obsidian that works as expected?

WhiteNoise · February 21, 2023, 4:07pm

I am not sure about that, you can try.

spicysugar · February 23, 2023, 4:34am

Updated to the newest release and the problem has been fixed, Thank You.

But the Text Font in the exported pdf is not the same as what I have set in my settings,
Is there a way to modify the font style in the exported pdf?

system · March 2, 2023, 4:34am

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