Sorry for the long email.

I ran the selfupdate:
**
*% mtxrun --selfupdate  --verbose
*MtxRun | variable SELFAUTOLOC set to /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin
MtxRun | variable SELFAUTODIR set to /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux
MtxRun | variable SELFAUTOPARENT set to /home/ciro/context/tex
MtxRun | variable TEXMFCNF set to /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf/web2c
MtxRun | loading configuration file
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
MtxRun | loading configuration for /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf/web2c from
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3e64d452a8a0bdcae257a98fc8ef76f6/trees/2f8879b44d23456e76a2b13e4fc4fa9b
MtxRun | locating list of /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf
MtxRun | loading files for /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf from
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3e64d452a8a0bdcae257a98fc8ef76f6/trees/fef1be4e394a17a934e9d3021bf5aabc
MtxRun | to be replaced old script
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin/mtxrun
MtxRun | *unable to locate new script*

*% luatools --selfupdate --verbose*
LuaTools | version 1.2.2 - 2006+ - PRAGMA ADE / CONTEXT

LuaTools | variable SELFAUTOLOC set to
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin
LuaTools | variable SELFAUTODIR set to /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux
LuaTools | variable SELFAUTOPARENT set to /home/ciro/context/tex
LuaTools | variable TEXMFCNF set to /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf/web2c
LuaTools | loading configuration file
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
LuaTools | loading configuration for /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf/web2c from
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3e64d452a8a0bdcae257a98fc8ef76f6/trees/2f8879b44d23456e76a2b13e4fc4fa9b
LuaTools | locating list of /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf
LuaTools | loading files for /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf from
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3e64d452a8a0bdcae257a98fc8ef76f6/trees/fef1be4e394a17a934e9d3021bf5aabc
LuaTools | to be replaced old script
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin/luatools
LuaTools | *unable to locate new script*
LuaTools |
LuaTools | runtime: 0.033 seconds

I added script/context/lua to my path:
*
% echo $PATH
*
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin:/home/ciro/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:
*/home/ciro//context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua*
:/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.13/bin/

*% mtxrun --scripts mtx-fonts --list*
mtx-fonts.lua:11: attempt to index global 'resolvers' (a nil value)

mtxrun --verbose --scripts mtx-fonts --list
MtxRun | variable SELFAUTOLOC set to /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin
MtxRun | variable SELFAUTODIR set to /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux
MtxRun | variable SELFAUTOPARENT set to /home/ciro/context/tex
MtxRun | variable TEXMFCNF set to /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf/web2c
MtxRun | loading configuration file
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
MtxRun | loading configuration for /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf/web2c from
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3e64d452a8a0bdcae257a98fc8ef76f6/trees/2f8879b44d23456e76a2b13e4fc4fa9b
MtxRun | locating list of /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf
MtxRun | loading files for /home/ciro/context/tex/texmf from
/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/3e64d452a8a0bdcae257a98fc8ef76f6/trees/fef1be4e394a17a934e9d3021bf5aabc
MtxRun |
MtxRun | executing: luatex --luaonly mtx-fonts.lua --list
MtxRun |

mtx-fonts.lua:11: *attempt to index global 'resolvers' (a nil value)*

Some information about my system:

*% ll /home/ciro//context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua*
total 740
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro  12565 2008-12-14 18:42 x-ldx.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro  25310 2008-12-14 18:42 scite-ctx.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro  11110 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-watch.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro  10395 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-server.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro    132 2008-12-14 18:42 mtxrun.rme*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro  14652 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-patterns.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro   4560 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-mptopdf.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro  10715 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-interface.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro   2751 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-grep.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro   6149 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-fonts.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro   3929 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-convert.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro  35233 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-context.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro   5157 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-check.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro   7581 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-chars.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro   3131 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-cache.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro  10963 2008-12-14 18:42 mtx-babel.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro    140 2008-12-14 18:42 luatools.rme*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro 227804 2008-12-14 18:42 luatools.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro  18722 2008-12-27 06:38 mtx-update.lua*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ciro ciro 295393 2008-12-27 06:38 mtxrun.lua*


*% which tex*
/usr/bin/tex

*% env | grep -i tex*
TEXMFOS=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux
TEXMFCACHE=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-cache
TEXMFPROJECT=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-project
TEXMFLOCAL=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-local
PATH=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux/bin:/home/ciro/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/ciro//context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/lua:/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.13/bin/
TEXMFCONTEXT=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-context
TEXFORMATS=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux/web2c
TEXMFDBS=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf
TEXMFEXTRA=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-extra
MPMEMS=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-linux/web2c
HOMETEXMF=/nonexist
TEXMF=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf
TEXMFFONTS=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-fonts
RUBYLIB=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf-context/scripts/context/ruby:
TEXMFCNF=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf/web2c
TEXMFMAIN=/home/ciro/context/tex/texmf



I uncommented some lines in setuptex:*

cat setuptex*
# Example setup file for ConTeXt distribution
#
# Author:  Hans Hagen
# Patches: Arthur R. & Mojca M.
#
# Usage:
#   . setuptex [texroot]
#
# On the first run also execute:
#   mktexlsr
#   texexec --make --alone

#
# PLATFORM
#

# we will try to guess the platform first
# (needs to be kept in sync with first-setup.sh and mtxrun)
# if yours is missing, let us know

system=`uname -s`
cpu=`uname -m`

case "$system" in
  # linux
  Linux)
    case "$cpu" in
      i*86) platform="linux" ;;
      x86_64|ia64) platform="linux-64" ;;
      ppc) platform="linux-ppc" ;;
      *) platform="unknown" ;;
    esac ;;
  # Mac OS X
  Darwin)
    case "$cpu" in
      ppc*|powerpc|power*|Power*) platform="osx-ppc" ;;
      i*86) platform="osx-intel" ;;
      *) platform="unknown" ;;
    esac ;;
  # FreeBSD
  FreeBSD|freebsd)
    case "$cpu" in
      i*86) platform="freebsd" ;;
      x86_64) platform="freebsd" ;;
      amd64) platform="freebsd-amd64" ;;
      *) platform="unknown" ;;
    esac ;;
  # SunOS/Solaris
  SunOS)
    case "$cpu" in
      sparc) platform="solaris-sparc" ;;
      i86pc) platform="solaris-intel" ;;
      *) platform="unknown" ;;
    esac ;;
  *) platform="unknown"
esac

if test "$platform" = "unknown" ; then
  echo "Error: your system \"$system $cpu\" is not supported yet."
  echo "Please report to the ConTeXt mailing-list (ntg-context@ntg.nl)"
fi

#
# PATH
#

# this resolves to path of the setuptex script
# We use $0 for determine the path to the script, except for bash where $0
# always is bash; here we use BASH_SOURCE
# Thanks to Vasile Gaburici for reporting this (see
# http://www.ntg.nl/pipermail/ntg-context/2008/033953.html ff.)
if [ z"$BASH_SOURCE" != z ]; then
    SCRIPTPATH="$BASH_SOURCE"
else
    SCRIPTPATH="$0"
fi

OWNPATH=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$SCRIPTPATH")" && pwd -P)

# but one can also call
# . setuptex path-to-tree

TEXROOT=""
# first check if any path has been provided in the argument, and try to use
that one
if [ $# -ne 0 ] ; then
    # TODO: resolve any errors
    ARGPATH=$(cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$1")" && pwd -P) &&
ARGPATH=$ARGPATH/$(basename -- "$1")
    if test -f "$ARGPATH/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex" ; then
        TEXROOT="$ARGPATH"
        echo "Setting \"$TEXROOT\" as TEXROOT."
    else
        echo "The argument \"$ARGPATH\" is not a valid TEXROOT path."
        echo "There is no file \"$ARGPATH/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex\""

        if [ -f "$OWNPATH/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex" ]; then
            TEXROOT="$OWNPATH"
            echo "Setting \"$TEXROOT\" as TEXROOT instead."
        fi
    fi
else
    if [ -f "$OWNPATH/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex" ]; then
        TEXROOT="$OWNPATH"
        echo "Setting \"$TEXROOT\" as TEXROOT."
    else
        echo "\"$OWNPATH\" is not a valid TEXROOT path."
        echo "There is no file \"$OWNPATH/texmf/tex/plain/base/plain.tex\""
    fi
fi

if [ "$TEXROOT" != "" ]; then

# export TEXROOT


# binaries & formats
TEXMFOS=$TEXROOT/texmf-$platform
export TEXMFOS

# base TeX files & fonts
export TEXMFMAIN=$TEXROOT/texmf
# ConTeXt
export TEXMFCONTEXT=$TEXROOT/texmf-context
# cache for LuaTeX
TEXMFCACHE=$TEXROOT/texmf-cache
export TEXMFCACHE

# user additions or modifications
export TEXMFLOCAL=$TEXROOT/texmf-local

# optional (by/for Hans)
export TEXMFFONTS=$TEXROOT/texmf-fonts
export TEXMFEXTRA=$TEXROOT/texmf-extra
export TEXMFPROJECT=$TEXROOT/texmf-project

# the next lines fail on dec alpha os's, so there you need
# to comment them (bug traced down by kees van marle/martin
# corrino)

export HOMETEXMF=/nonexist

export TEXMFCNF=$TEXROOT/texmf{-local,-context,}/web2c
export
TEXMF={$TEXMFPROJECT,$TEXMFFONTS,$TEXMFLOCAL,$TEXMFOS,$TEXMFCONTEXT,$TEXMFEXTRA,$TEXMFMAIN}
export TEXMFDBS=$TEXMF

export TEXFORMATS=$TEXMFOS/web2c{/$engine,}
export MPMEMS=$TEXFORMATS

unset TEXINPUTS MPINPUTS MFINPUTS

PATH=$TEXMFOS/bin:$PATH
export PATH
# TODO: OSFONTDIR

export RUBYLIB=$TEXMFCONTEXT/scripts/context/ruby:$RUBYLIB

# just to make sure that the binaries are executable
if ( (test -w "$TEXMFOS/bin/texmfstart") && (! test -x
"$TEXMFOS/bin/texmfstart") ) ; then
   chmod 755 $TEXMFOS/bin/*
fi

export CTXMINIMAL=yes

else
    echo "provide a proper tex root (like '. setuptex /something/tex')" ;
fi

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-- Links of your interest:
http://www-personal.engin.umd.umich.edu/~cirosoto/
http://www.TheGuitarMakerExploration.com
http://www.myspace.com/sotoaguirre


On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 6:22 AM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> Ciro Soto wrote:
>
>> another try:
>>
>> *mtxrun --script mtx-fonts --list
>> *./mtx-fonts.lua:11: attempt to index global 'resolvers' (a nil value)
>>
>
> do you run an older copy of mtxrun or luatools? if so, try
>
> mtxrun --selfupdate
> luatools --selfupdate
>
> or copy the scripts from script/context/lua to you bin path
>
> maybe some older tex in your bin path?
>
>
>> also:
>> *
>> mtxrun --script fonts --list*
>> ../fonts.lua:11: attempt to index global 'resolvers' (a nil value)
>>
>
> what is fonts.lua ?
>
>  worst of all, my  current book is not working now:
>>
>
> there must be something completely wrong with your system
>
> if you install the minimals and then run the setuptex script the minimals
> should work in complete isolation and well ... work
>
> Hans
>
>
>
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