* Strange format error with xetex engine on debian sid @ 2008-03-15 15:33 Morgan Brassel 2008-03-15 16:01 ` Peter Münster 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Morgan Brassel @ 2008-03-15 15:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Hi everyone, I'm experiencing problems with the xetex engine on debian sid. I'm using the official packages context and texlive-xetex. Maybe one of you has the same setup and has a hint... When I try to compile a simple "hello world!" document, I get the following message: This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996-patch1 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/cont-en.fmt was written by pdftex (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) I didn't change anything to the setup made by official packages. Is there a problem with one of them? Best regards, Morgan ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Strange format error with xetex engine on debian sid 2008-03-15 15:33 Strange format error with xetex engine on debian sid Morgan Brassel @ 2008-03-15 16:01 ` Peter Münster 2008-03-15 16:21 ` Morgan Brassel 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Peter Münster @ 2008-03-15 16:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Sat, Mar 15 2008, Morgan Brassel wrote: > > I'm experiencing problems with the xetex engine on debian sid. I'm using the > official packages context and texlive-xetex. Maybe one of you has the same > setup and has a hint... When I try to compile a simple "hello world!" > document, I get the following message: > > This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996-patch1 (Web2C 7.5.6) > %&-line parsing enabled. > ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/cont-en.fmt was written by pdftex > (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) Hello, If there is no xetex-format, then I get a similar error. So, first generate the xetex format: texexec --make --all --xetex Then, check where the format has been written (perhaps /var/lib/texmf/web2c/xetex/cont-en.fmt). Update the lsr-database: mktexlsr Check, if at least kpsewhich finds the format: kpsewhich -engine xetex cont-en.fmt It should find the same file, that you've just generated before. Then, you should be able to compile "Hello world!". Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Strange format error with xetex engine on debian sid 2008-03-15 16:01 ` Peter Münster @ 2008-03-15 16:21 ` Morgan Brassel 2008-03-15 18:26 ` Strange format error with xetex engine on debian?sid Peter Münster 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Morgan Brassel @ 2008-03-15 16:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Le Saturday 15 March 2008 17:01:41 Peter Münster, vous avez écrit : > On Sat, Mar 15 2008, Morgan Brassel wrote: > > I'm experiencing problems with the xetex engine on debian sid. I'm using > > the official packages context and texlive-xetex. Maybe one of you has the > > same setup and has a hint... When I try to compile a simple "hello > > world!" document, I get the following message: > > > > This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996-patch1 (Web2C 7.5.6) > > %&-line parsing enabled. > > ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/cont-en.fmt was written by pdftex > > (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) > > Hello, > > If there is no xetex-format, then I get a similar error. > > So, first generate the xetex format: > texexec --make --all --xetex > > Then, check where the format has been written (perhaps > /var/lib/texmf/web2c/xetex/cont-en.fmt). > > Update the lsr-database: > mktexlsr > > Check, if at least kpsewhich finds the format: > kpsewhich -engine xetex cont-en.fmt > > It should find the same file, that you've just generated before. > > Then, you should be able to compile "Hello world!". > > Cheers, Peter Thanks, Peter. Yes the xetex format is missing whereas the pdftex one is present. I guess something is missing in the postinstall script of the context deb package. Unfortunately, I don't really know how to check it. Anyway, I ran texexec to build the format. As root, it is written to /etc/texmf/web2c/xetex/cont-en.fmt which is not very coherent with the location of the pdftex format. kpsewhich finds the format, but I'm stiil unable to compile Hello world. I now get the following error: kpathsea: Running mktextfm lmromanslant10-regular mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input lmromanslant10-regular This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6) kpathsea: Running mktexmf lmromanslant10-regular ! I can't find file `lmromanslant10-regular'. <*> ...; nonstopmode; input lmromanslant10-regular Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...; nonstopmode; input lmromanslant10-regular Maybe I should write a debian bug report. This problem hasn't been declared yet. But I'm not sure how to do that! Morgan ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Strange format error with xetex engine on debian?sid 2008-03-15 16:21 ` Morgan Brassel @ 2008-03-15 18:26 ` Peter Münster 2008-03-15 19:12 ` Morgan Brassel 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Peter Münster @ 2008-03-15 18:26 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users On Sat, Mar 15 2008, Morgan Brassel wrote: > get the following error: > > kpathsea: Running mktextfm lmromanslant10-regular > mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; > input lmromanslant10-regular > This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6) > > kpathsea: Running mktexmf lmromanslant10-regular > ! I can't find file `lmromanslant10-regular'. > <*> ...; nonstopmode; input lmromanslant10-regular Hello Morgan, I don't know much about fonts, but I think, the latest ConTeXt requires also the latest lm-fonts, since some file-names changed some months ago. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Strange format error with xetex engine on debian?sid 2008-03-15 18:26 ` Strange format error with xetex engine on debian?sid Peter Münster @ 2008-03-15 19:12 ` Morgan Brassel 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Morgan Brassel @ 2008-03-15 19:12 UTC (permalink / raw) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Le Saturday 15 March 2008 19:26:06 Peter Münster, vous avez écrit : > On Sat, Mar 15 2008, Morgan Brassel wrote: > > get the following error: > > > > kpathsea: Running mktextfm lmromanslant10-regular > > mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; > > nonstopmode; input lmromanslant10-regular > > This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6) > > > > kpathsea: Running mktexmf lmromanslant10-regular > > ! I can't find file `lmromanslant10-regular'. > > <*> ...; nonstopmode; input lmromanslant10-regular > > Hello Morgan, > > I don't know much about fonts, but I think, the latest ConTeXt requires > also the latest lm-fonts, since some file-names changed some months ago. > > Cheers, Peter You're right, lots of names have changed since previous version. I've sent a mail to this debian bug (#469437): http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=469437 Both lmodern and texlive-xetex need to be updated. Cheers, Morgan ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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