On Mar 16, 2005, at 11:32 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:

> Matthias Weber wrote:
>
>> /teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/original-public-  
>> lm.map}
>> Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-courier.map): cannot open font map file
>> Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-helvetica.map): cannot open font map  
>> file
>> Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-times.map): cannot open font map file
>> {/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ 
>> original- youngryu-
>> tx.map}
>> Warning: pdfetex (file ec-urw-palatino.map): cannot open font map file
>> {/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/fonts/map/pdftex/context/ 
>> original- youngryu-
>> px.map}]
>
> smells like missing files
>
>> </var/tmp/texfonts/pk/modeless/adobe/palatino/pplr
>> 8r.86pk>
>
> that's the first time i've seen a palatino bitmap come by; i wonder  
> what generates them and from what



It looks really ugly :), as it is only 44k, I attach it for your  
amusement.
I'll be happy to try anything to find the cause. Up to now, I was under  
the impression to have
a very clean (i.e. untouched by myself...) TeX tree on my machine.
Should I wipe the whole TeX installation and reinstall everything?
(and if yes, what needs to be removed? [using gwTeX])

Matthias