On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 03:18 +0300, Juhapekka Tolvanen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/juhtolv % tree .texmf* > .texmf-var > |-- fonts > | `-- tfm > | `-- jknappen > | `-- ec > `-- web2c > |-- latex.fmt > |-- latex.log > |-- pdflatex.fmt > `-- pdflatex.log
As you found out these files where the problem. Here comes the explanation why it is a problem and how this might have happened: All the various commands latex, pdflatex, etex ... are just links to one binary: pdfetex. Based on the nameby which it is called, pdfetex looks for a suitable format file. For example when called as 'latex' it looks for the format file 'latex.fmt'. Normally these format files are created during installation and located in /var/lib/texmf/web2c/. However, if there is a format file in a private tree that comes before the system wide trees, that format will be used. You can check which format file is used via 'kpsewhich latex.fmt'. Now why did you have a format file in you $HOME? You must have called fmtutil under your UID instead of fmtutil-sys as root at one point. While the latter is for system wide changes, the former is used for personal changes. In general it is better and saver not to use the private trees for things like formats and font-map files. cheerio ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
