Fatal format error!

Fatal format error!

[David Arnold]

Hans,

I'm stymied! No pun intended:-)

I ran into problems with your source code for the pdftex manual from your
site. This prompted me to visit the Miktex site and upgrade pdftex.

I upgraded pdftex and followed directions for refreshing format files.

I downloaded latest version (not beta) of Context from your site (the usual
one I download every time). I then unzipped the distribution in the normal
manner and built the format files.

If I 

texexec --pdf junk2

with

\starttext
Now is the time.!
\stoptext

all is well, the first few lines reporting:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-14e-released-20000217 (MiKTeX 1.20e
(Snapshot build 187)) (preloaded format=cont-en 2000.5.29)  29 MAY 2000 12:56
**&f:/localtexmf/miktex/fmt/cont-en junk2
(junk2.tex{pdftex.cfg}

ConTeXt  ver: 2000.5.29  fmt: 2000.5.29  int: english  mes: english

Note the version of pdfTeX, precisely the one I downloaded and installed.
However, if I work with the file pdftex-t.tex,

texexec pdftex-t

I am rewarded with

F:\ConTeXt>texexec pdftex-t

 TeXExec 2.1 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2000

            executable : pdftex
                format : f:/localtexmf/miktex/fmt/cont-en
             inputfile : pdftex-t
                output : pdftex
             interface : en
        possible modes : letter,screen
          current mode : all
               TeX run : 1

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-14d (Web2C 7.3.1)
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

              run time : 10 seconds

F:\ConTeXt>

Note the version of pdfTeX! What's up with this? Have you seen this before
and can you help?

-
David Arnold
College of the Redwoods
Mathematics Department
7351 Tompkins Hill Road
Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 476-4222

My Home Page
http://online.redwoods.cc.ca.us/instruct/darnold/index.htm

Ordinary Differential Equations Using Matlab
http://www.prenhall.com/books/esm_0130113816.html

Re: Fatal format error!

[Hans Hagen]

At 01:03 PM 5/29/2000 -0700, David Arnold wrote:

No wonder you're stymied:

>This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-14e-released-20000217 (MiKTeX 1.20e
>This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-14d (Web2C 7.3.1)

It looks like you have several versions around. Maybe you path is messed
up. Try to locate the old pdftex.exe and delete it. 

Hans

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Re: Fatal format error!

[David Arnold]

Hans,

Correct! At one time I downloaded one of the pdftex binaries from your site
into f:\Context. The directory f:\Context is not on my path, but
pdftex-t.tex is in that directory and guess what directory I compiled from
in DOS?

Yep. Good call.

I deleted the pdftex.exe in c:\Context and now I am getting good results.

Thanks.

At 09:42 AM 5/30/00 +0200, you wrote:
>At 01:03 PM 5/29/2000 -0700, David Arnold wrote:
>
>No wonder you're stymied:
>
>>This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-14e-released-20000217 (MiKTeX 1.20e
>>This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159-14d (Web2C 7.3.1)
>
>It looks like you have several versions around. Maybe you path is messed
>up. Try to locate the old pdftex.exe and delete it. 
>
>Hans
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>                                          Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE
>              Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
>      tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.nl
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
-
David Arnold
College of the Redwoods
Mathematics Department
7351 Tompkins Hill Road
Eureka, CA 95501
(707) 476-4222

My Home Page
http://online.redwoods.cc.ca.us/instruct/darnold/index.htm

Ordinary Differential Equations Using Matlab
http://www.prenhall.com/books/esm_0130113816.html