Re: Bug#273789: tetex-base: fmtutil.cnf not found

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Thomas Heimroth <theimrot@gmx.de> schrieb:

> Hallo Frank!
>
> Habe das untere Beispiel übersetzt. Funktionierte nicht, da ihm arcticle.cls
> gefehlt hat.

It would be very helpful for us all if you would not simply and blindly
follow our instructions, but instead also try to understand what is
happening. Of course this was just a typo by me, article instead of
arcticle would have worked.

> Habe es mit letter compiliert, hat dann funktioniert. Trotzdem
> kommt diese Meldung:
>
> xdvi: xdvi.bin terminated abnormally: 11
>
> Anschließend mit deinem Befehl die Bibliotheken gesucht, von denen xdvi abhängt:
>
> libxaw7
> libxmu6
> libxt6
> mozilla-browser
> libsm6
> libice6
> libxext6
> libx11-6
> libkpathsea3
> libc6
> libxpm4
> libc6
>
> Habe dann mit:
> apt-get --reinstall install libxaw7 libxmu6 libxt6 libsm6 libice6 libxext6
> libx11-6 libkpathsea3 libc6 libxpm4
>
> diese im single-user-mode (init 1) neu installiert.
>
> Doch gibt ein xdvi test.tex dieselbe Meldung. Ich weiß nicht mehr weiter...

So we should use Hilmars suggestion with strace. One thing to test
before that: If you call xdvi without giving it the filename of a dvi
file, it should open a file selection dialog. If you try that, do you
get the error before that dialog pops up, or only when you select a
filename? 

>> Does an strace over the xdvi.bin binary tell you more?

strace is a program that records ("traces") all the calls to system
functions, all file openings etc. that a command initiates, and writes
them to stderr, or to a file. Writing to a file is usually much
better. You would therefore use

strace -o xdvi.trace xdvi $irgendeine-dvi-Datei.dvi

(or simply

strace -o xdvi.trace xdvi

if you found out that you get the error even before the file selection
dialog pops up).

Then send us the file xdvi.trace that is written.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer