How can it be that the "I" in the two error messages shown below does not "know how to generate cmss10.mf" and "can't find file `cmss10.mf'"?
---------------------- quote --------------------------- $ tex Gentle.tex This is TeX, Version 3.1415 (C version 6.1) (Gentle.texkpathsea: Running MakeTeXTFM cmss10.tfm Running MakeTeXPK cmss10.tfm mf \mode:=nullmode; mag:=1; scrollmode; input cmss10 \</dev/null This is METAFONT, Version 2.71 (C version 6.1) kpathsea: Running MakeTeXMF cmss10.mf I don't know how to generate cmss10.mf! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ! I can't find file `cmss10.mf'. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [...] ----------------------- unquote ------------------------ given that ------------------------ quote ------------------------- $ locate cmss10 /G/texmf.Debian/fonts/metafont/src/cm/cmss10.mf ----------------------- unquote ------------------------ and ------------------------ quote ------------------------- $ ls -ld /usr/lib/texmf lrwxrwxrwx ... /usr/lib/texmf -> /G/texmf.Debian ------------------------ unquote -----------------------
