Incompatibility with auto-pst-pdf

[Former user]

I'm using the whole classic-thesis package with pdflatex.
Working on a dissertation in chemistry, I would like to include a dynamic numbering
in my chemical schematics. The package "chemstyle" allows to do that by invoking "psfrag".
To make this compatible with "pdflatex", "auto-pst-pdf" has to be used, since "epstopdf"
doesn't include the changes made by "psfrag" into the pdf-files created by it.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. usage of the "chemstyle" package invokes "psfrag" which in turn needs "auto-pst-pdf"

2. \includepackage{auto-pst-pdf} leads to the following problem:
"! Package pdftex.def Error: File `ClassicThesis-pics.pdf' not found."
"Creation of ClassicThesis-autopp.dvi failed."


What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
expected: auto-pst-pdf should produce a "classicthesis-pics.pdf". it doesn't

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Ubuntu, Texlive

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pete.penisburg on 2014-04-11 11:58:30

[Former user]

the issue seems to be with \pars and \chapters. using auto-pst-pdf with the "nochapters"
and without "part" works. at least chapters really are needed for a dissertation...

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pete.penisburg on 2014-04-12 09:35:47

[Former user]

The Problem vanishes if I either leave out the hyperref-package  or dont use parts /
chapters. This issue has been tackled but not solved here:

http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=22296

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pete.penisburg on 2014-04-12 17:08:15

[André Miede]

Is this still an issue? I don't really have an idea how to solve it. :-\