I think I figured it out. It appears to be a shell problem. When I switch
from the bash shell to csh, everything works fine. Switch back to bash and
the same type of errors pop up. Why is bash having a problem with TeX?
Anybody ever had problems with bash and TeX? Any solutions?
Kevin Gross
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean-Marc Lasgouttes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Kevin Gross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "LyX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: Font errors
> >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Gross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Kevin> Hi all, I'm having a bit of a problem. I'm not entirely sure
> Kevin> what this error message means:
>
> Kevin> # Font T1/cmr/bx/it/12=ecbi1200 at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric
> Kevin> (TFM) file not f # \subsection*{textit{Ab~Initio}} # # I wasn't
> Kevin> able to read the size data for this font, so I will ignore the
> Kevin> font specification. # [Wizards can fix TFM files using
> Kevin> TFtoPL/PLtoTF.] # You might try inserting a different font
> Kevin> spec; # e.g., type '\font<same font id>=<substitute font
> Kevin> name>'.
>
> Kevin> The error comes up in a window titled "LaTeX Error". I think I
> Kevin> wrote the message correctly; however, I couldn't copy and paste
> Kevin> from the window. I am using FreeBSD 4.0 stable and installed
> Kevin> LyX 1.1.5 and teTeX 1.0.7 via the ports system. On an older
> Kevin> computer, I had this successfully working with LyX 1.1.4fix2,
> Kevin> but this is a new computer and a fresh install of FreeBSD. I'm
> Kevin> pretty sure my TeX is installed correctly. Am I missing some
> Kevin> fonts? How can I remedy the situation?
>
> I am very surprised that this font does not exist. I would say you
> have an installation problem.
>
> JMarc
