Bug#565722: [tex-k] segfault in libkpathsea (from TL2007)
On Mo, 18 Jan 2010, lmr@sfo.com wrote:
> I'm sorry, I'm not sure where these map files are--I could look.
Me neither.
> It's working again. I deleted the '/usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R' file,
> and removed all the fonts and put them in my home directory, and reran
> texhash.
>
> Then I ran my very simple one-line case and when it gave a 'font missing'
> message, I added the directory back that contained the missing font file.
>
> It generated a simple, one-line .dvi and .pdf file, and xdvi and xpdf also
> worked. I didn't change any maps, but maybe they're being regenerated by
> this process.
I sincerely do not understand what you are doing. You might get first
accustomed to what it means to install a font into a tex system.
It is not simply copying the files there, because the programs
will not find them.
> > How did you add the .map files to the updmap.cfg file? By hand editing?
>
> We may have edited it by hand over a month ago. It was working until
> yesterday.
??? You didn't change anything and suddently it stopped working?
Please, all you are describing is so chaotic that it is practically
impossible to give you any advice ...
Best wishes
Norbert
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Norbert Preining preining@{jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org}
JAIST, Japan TU Wien, Austria Debian TeX Task Force
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