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Subject: tetex-base: inter-device move failed: `latex.fmt' to
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Package: tetex-base
Version: 2.0.2b-4
Severity: normal
Installing the tetex-base and tetex-bin packages results an error message when
trying to compile the following latex file:
\documentclass{book}
\title {Zen, and the art of motorcycle maintenance}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\end{document}
The error produced is:
Beginning to dump on file latex.fmt
(format=latex 2004.9.7)
4515 strings of total length 60336
46392 memory locations dumped; current usage is 144&42202
3091 multiletter control sequences
\font\nullfont=nullfont
\font\OMX/cmex/m/n/10=cmex10
\font\tenln=line10
\font\tenlnw=linew10
\font\tencirc=lcircle10
\font\tencircw=lcirclew10
\font\OT1/cmr/m/n/5=cmr5
\font\OT1/cmr/m/n/7=cmr7
\font\OT1/cmr/m/n/10=cmr10
\font\OML/cmm/m/it/5=cmmi5
\font\OML/cmm/m/it/7=cmmi7
\font\OML/cmm/m/it/10=cmmi10
\font\OMS/cmsy/m/n/5=cmsy5
\font\OMS/cmsy/m/n/7=cmsy7
\font\OMS/cmsy/m/n/10=cmsy10
3633 words of font info for 14 preloaded fonts
198 hyphenation exceptions
Hyphenation trie of length 120934 has 3173 ops out of 35111
103 for language 28
12 for language 27
127 for language 26
9 for language 25
71 for language 24
248 for language 23
135 for language 22
68 for language 21
7 for language 20
402 for language 19
220 for language 18
137 for language 17
26 for language 16
30 for language 15
229 for language 14
147 for language 13
6 for language 12
31 for language 11
265 for language 10
60 for language 9
63 for language 8
19 for language 7
21 for language 6
5 for language 5
21 for language 4
235 for language 3
207 for language 2
88 for language 1
181 for language 0
No pages of output.
Transcript written on latex.log.
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.log': Permission denied
mv: inter-device move failed: `latex.log' to `/var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.log'; u
nable to remove target: Permission denied
rm: cannot remove `/var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt': Permission denied
mv: inter-device move failed: `latex.fmt' to `/var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt'; u
nable to remove target: Permission denied
I can't find the format file `latex.efmt'!
Changing the permissions on /var/lib/texmf/web2c to a mask that allows the
current user to write in the directory changes the error message to
Hyphenation trie of length 120934 has 3173 ops out of 35111
103 for language 28
12 for language 27
127 for language 26
9 for language 25
71 for language 24
248 for language 23
135 for language 22
68 for language 21
7 for language 20
402 for language 19
220 for language 18
137 for language 17
26 for language 16
30 for language 15
229 for language 14
147 for language 13
6 for language 12
31 for language 11
265 for language 10
60 for language 9
63 for language 8
19 for language 7
21 for language 6
5 for language 5
21 for language 4
235 for language 3
207 for language 2
88 for language 1
181 for language 0
No pages of output.
Transcript written on latex.log.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt installed.
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
The same error message occurs with all latex files.
-kees
-- Package-specific info:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-uvt
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Versions of packages tetex-base depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.32 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.10.23 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii texinfo 4.7-2.1 Documentation system for on-line i
ii ucf 1.08 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.32 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.10.23 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-7 GCC support library
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-20 path search library for teTeX (run
ii libpaper1 1.1.14-0.4 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpng12-0 1.2.5.0-7 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.0.2-3 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii libwww0 5.4.0-9 The W3C WWW library
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii mime-support 3.28-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.4-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.2-1 The GNU sed stream editor
ii ucf 1.08 Update Configuration File: preserv
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-5 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on:
ii apache 1.3.31-4 Versatile, high-performance HTTP s
ii apache-common 1.3.31-4 Support files for all Apache webse
ii apt 0.5.27 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii apt-utils 0.5.27 APT utility programs
ii base-files 3.1 Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii bind9-host 1:9.2.3+9.2.4-rc5-1 Version of 'host' bundled with BIN
ii binutils 2.15-1 The GNU assembler, linker and bina
ii console-data 2002.12.04dbs-44 Keymaps, fonts, charset maps, fall
ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-55 Linux console and font utilities
ii coreutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities
ii cupsys-bsd 1.1.20final+rc1-5 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) -
ii curl 7.12.1-1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS, FT
ii cvs 1:1.12.9-4 Concurrent Versions System
ii debconf 1.4.32 Debian configuration management sy
ii dictionaries-com 0.22.52 Common utilities for spelling dict
ii e2fslibs 1.35-6 The EXT2 filesystem libraries
ii fetchmail 6.2.5-10 SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail
ii g++ 4:3.3.4-2 The GNU C++ compiler
ii g++-3.3 1:3.3.4-9 The GNU C++ compiler
ii gcc 4:3.3.4-2 The GNU C compiler
ii gcc-3.3 1:3.3.4-9 The GNU C compiler
ii gettext-base 0.14.1-5 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii gnupg 1.2.5-3 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii grep 2.5.1.ds1-3 GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
ii gs-esp 7.07.1-9 The Ghostscript PostScript interpr
ii iamerican 3.1.20.0-4 An American English dictionary for
ii info 4.7-2.1 Standalone GNU Info documentation
ii kaffe-jthreads 2:1.1.4.PRE1.1.5-11 A green threads compile of the Kaf
ii kernel-image-2.4 pe2600.3381.3345 Linux kernel binary image for vers
ii kernel-image-2.4 pe2600.3933.3878 Linux kernel binary image for vers
ii kernel-image-2.4 pe2600.5780.5718 Linux kernel binary image for vers
ii kernel-source-2. 2.4.24-3 Linux kernel source for version 2.
ii klogd 1.4.1-15 Kernel Logging Daemon
ii ldap-utils 2.1.30-3 OpenLDAP utilities
ii libapache-mod-ph 4:4.3.8-8 server-side, HTML-embedded scripti
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libc6-dev 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: Development Librari
ii libcomerr2 1.35-6 The Common Error Description libra
ii libdevmapper1.00 2:1.00.19-2 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii libdm0 2.2.0-1 Data Management API runtime enviro
ii libfam0c102 2.7.0-5 client library to control the FAM
ii libjpeg62 6b-9 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-20 path search library for teTeX (run
ii liblcms1 1.12-2.1 Color management library
ii libldap2 2.1.30-3 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libmagick5.5.7 5:5.5.7.9-1.1 Image manipulation library (free v
ii libmysqlclient10 3.23.56-2 LGPL-licensed client library for M
ii libncurses5-dev 5.4-4 Developer's libraries and docs for
ii libpam-modules 0.76-22 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii libpaper1 1.1.14-0.4 Library for handling paper charact
ii libsnmp-base 5.1.2-3 NET SNMP (Simple Network Managemen
ii libssl0.9.6 0.9.6l-4 SSL shared libraries (old version)
ii libstdc++5-3.3-d 1:3.3.4-9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 (d
ii libungif4g 4.1.3-1 shared library for GIF images (run
ii links 0.99-1.2 Character mode WWW browser
ii locales 2.3.2.ds1-16 GNU C Library: National Language (
ii lvm2 2.00.21-2 The Linux Logical Volume Manager
ii lynx 2.8.5-1 Text-mode WWW Browser
ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20040524cvs-1 A simple mail user agent
ii man-db 2.4.2-19 The on-line manual pager
ii mawk 1.3.3-11 a pattern scanning and text proces
ii mew-bin 1:3.3+0.20040715-4 The external commands for Mew
ii mutt 1.5.6-20040818+1 Text-based mailreader supporting M
ii mysql-server 4.0.20-11 mysql database server binaries
ii nano 1.2.4-2 free Pico clone with some new feat
ii ncurses-base 5.4-4 Descriptions of common terminal ty
ii ncurses-bin 5.4-4 Terminal-related programs and man
ii netkit-ping 0.10-9 The ping utility from netkit
ii nfs-common 1:1.0.6-3 NFS support files common to client
ii nfs-kernel-serve 1:1.0.6-3 Kernel NFS server support
ii perl 5.8.4-2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii perl-base 5.8.4-2 The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbis
ii perl-modules 5.8.4-2 Core Perl modules.
ii php4-cgi 4:4.3.8-8 server-side, HTML-embedded scripti
ii php4-cli 4:4.3.8-8 command-line interpreter for the p
ii php4-gd2 3:4.3.2+rc3-2 GD module (with GD2) for php4
ii pine 4.58L-1 An e-mail reader with MIME and IMA
ii postfix 2.1.4-4 A high-performance mail transport
ii procps 1:3.2.3-1 The /proc file system utilities
ii python 2.3.4-3sid An interactive high-level object-o
ii python2.3 2.3.4-10sid An interactive high-level object-o
ii slrn 0.9.8.0-16 threaded news reader (fast for slo
ii spamassassin 2.64-1 Perl-based spam filter using text
ii ssh 1:3.8.1p1-8 Secure rlogin/rsh/rcp replacement
ii sysklogd 1.4.1-15 System Logging Daemon
ii tcl8.4 8.4.7-1 Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8
ii tcsh 6.13.01-4 TENEX C Shell, an enhanced version
ii telnet 0.17-25 The telnet client.
ii tetex-bin 2.0.2-21 The teTeX binary files
ii tin 1:1.7.6+20040812-1 A full-screen easy to use Usenet n
ii vim 1:6.3-015+1 Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
ii w3m 0.5.1-1 WWW browsable pager with excellent
ii whiptail 0.51.6-11 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe
ii xbase-clients 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 miscellaneous X clients
ii xfsprogs 2.6.20-1 Utilities for managing the XFS fil
ii xlibmesa3-gl 4.2.1-16 Mesa 3D graphics library [XFree86]
ii xlibmesa3-glu 4.2.1-16 Mesa OpenGL utility library [XFree
ii xterm 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 X terminal emulator
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.1.1-5 compression library - runtime
-- debconf information:
tetex-bin/updmap-failed:
* tetex-bin/hyphen:
tetex-base/olddat: true
tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
tetex-base/fmtutil-failed:
tetex-base/oldupdm:
* tetex-bin/upd_map: true
tetex-bin/cnf_name:
* tetex-bin/fmtutil: true
tetex-base/updmap-failed:
* tetex-bin/use_debconf: true
tetex-bin/fmtutil-failed:
* tetex-bin/groupname: users
* tetex-bin/userperm: true
* tetex-bin/groupperm: true
* tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true
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Subject: Re: Bug#270407: tetex-base: inter-device move failed: `latex.fmt' to `/var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt'
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On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 01:10:41PM +0200, Frank K=FCster wrote:
> I don't even know what you changed with this setting, therefore I am not
> sure whether changes in that configuration file can help you.
>=20
> Anyway, do you think we can close the bug? Then please send your reply
> to 270407-done@bugs.debian.org.
I do. Thank you once again for the help!
--=20
Drs. Kees Leune Tilburg University
Researcher Infolab, Room B 738
+31 13 466 2688 The Netherlands
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