i attached the result to file cont-new.log One news is I tried to begin from start again. I deleted the old tetex 1.0 directory and installed it again. Now I made no changes to the context version (I haven't replaced the 1.9 version files which are part of the tetex 1.0 installation) and the symptoms remain still the same. lukas -- Lukas Kubin lukas.kubin@permonik.com phone: 00420603836180 On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Patrick Gundlach wrote: > good, > > so what happens if you run > > pdfetex > > and then type &cont-en after the prompt ** > > ??? > > > Viele Grüße, > > Patrick Gundlach > >