This has all been very helpful. At least I have things narrowed down a bit here:
# fmtutil-sys --byfmt xelatex Defining UNIX/DOS style filename parser. catcodes, registers, compatibility for TeX 2, parameters, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file ! That is more than five years old. ! ! If you enter <return> to scroll past this message then the format ! will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files ! before continuing to build LaTeX. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! LaTeX source files more than 5 years old!. l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!} ? ! Emergency stop. l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!} No pages of output. Transcript written on xelatex.log. Error: `xetex -ini -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' failed ############################################################################### fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully. Visit the log files in directory /var/lib/texmf/web2c for details. ############################################################################### This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings: `xetex -ini -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' failed Any idea of what I do about this? Best Wishes, Chris Travers -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex