Howdy,
Sorry for the top post.
Try \usepackage{hyperref} without the option. The hyperref package detects use
of XeTeX and therefore the xdvipdfmx back end.
Good Luck,
Herb Schulz
> On Jun 15, 2016, at 3:56 PM, maxwell <maxw...@umiacs.umd.edu> wrote:
>
> We've downloaded and installed the new 2016 TeXLive distribution. I was all
> set to be happy...but. There seems to be an incompatibility between the new
> xelatex and the new hyperref package. No matter what I do, I get the error
> msg:
> ----------------
> ! Package hyperref Error: Wrong DVI mode driver option `ps2pdf',
> (hyperref) because XeTeX is running.
> ----------------
>
> We did not of course get this error with the TeXLive 2015 distribution.
>
> Here's the minimal file to trigger this error (ok, I could take out the word
> "test", but it's pretty minimal :-)):
> ----------------
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage[dvipdfmx]{hyperref}
> \begin{document}
> test
> \end{document}
> ----------------
>
> I've tried telling hyperref
> [driverfallback=dvipdfm]
> instead, and I've tried telling xelatex
> --output-driver=xdvipdfmx
> and a bunch of other things, with no effect.
>
> What do I yet lack?
>
> Mike Maxwell
> University of Maryland
>
>
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