dvips/mf probs
Oh now I've done it! :-)
Somehow dselect got away from me and removed a few things. It was
really only a minor inconvenience till it became apparent that dvips
was victimized and now I seem to be stuck.
Here's how it looked after i reinstalled dvips and kpathsea.
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hhm@scooter:~/missions/gt20 ->dvips op_brf.tex
This is dvipsk 5.58f Copyright 1986, 1994 Radical Eye Software
dvips: ! Bad DVI file: first \nyte not preamble
hhm@scooter:~/missions/gt20 ->dvips op_brf.dvi
This is dvipsk 5.58f Copyright 1986, 1994 Radical Eye Software
' TeX output 1995.11.01:0953' -> op_brf.ps
kpathsea: Running MakeTeXPK cmssbx10 300 300 1+0/300 deskjet
Running MakeTeXPK cmssbx10 300 300 1+0/300 deskjet
Running mf \mode:=deskjet; mag:=1+0/300; scrollmode; input cmssbx10
mf: can't find library 'libXt.so.3'
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
MakeTeXPK failed to make cmssbx10.300gf.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
dvips: Font cmssbx10 not found, characters will be left blank.
kpathsea: Running MakeTeXPK cmti9 300 300 1+0/300 deskjet
Running MakeTeXPK cmti9 300 300 1+0/300 deskjet
Running mf \mode:=deskjet; mag:=1+0/300; scrollmode; input cmti9
mf: can't find library 'libXt.so.3'
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
MakeTeXPK failed to make cmti9.300gf.
dvips: Font cmti9 not found, characters will be left blank.
dvips: Can't open font metric file cmti9.tfm
dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output.
dvips: ! I can't find cmr10.tfm; please reinstall me with proper paths
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So then I figured mf is probably old and there's probably a new one
using the new R6 libs. I think the previous .3 X libs (eg libXt.so.3)
were removed as part of the xbase upgrade that started all this (that
and my ignorance). So i TRIED installing mfbin and....
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bash# dpkg --install /data/deb/mfbin-2.71-3.deb
(Reading database ... 10124 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mfbin (using /data/deb/mfbin-2.71-3.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement mfbin ...
Setting up mfbin ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mfbin.postinst: mfmakemfbase: command not found
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mfbin.postinst: mfmakecmmfbase: command not found
dpkg: error processing mfbin (--install):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
mfbin
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Well after looking at mfbin.postinst, the above arror message is quite
complete. I figured I needed mflib (again casting around in the
dark). It installed fine then mfbin installed fine. Now I get ..
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hhm@scooter:~/missions/gt20 ->dvips op_brf
This is dvipsk 5.58f Copyright 1986, 1994 Radical Eye Software
' TeX output 1995.11.01:0953' -> op_brf.ps
kpathsea: Running MakeTeXPK cmssbx10 300 300 1+0/300 deskjet
Running MakeTeXPK cmssbx10 300 300 1+0/300 deskjet
egrep: /usr/lib/texmf/dvips/psfonts.add: No such file or directory
Running mf \mode:=deskjet; mag:=1+0/300; scrollmode; input cmssbx10
This is METAFONT, Version 2.71 (C version 6.1)
kpathsea: Running MakeTeXMF cmssbx10.mf
I don't know how to generate cmssbx10.mf!
! I can't find file `cmssbx10.mf'.
<*> ...t; mag:=1+0/300; scrollmode; input cmssbx10
Please type another input file name:
! Emergency stop.
<*> ...t; mag:=1+0/300; scrollmode; input cmssbx10
Transcript written on mfput.log.
MakeTeXPK failed to make cmssbx10.300gf.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
dvips: Font cmssbx10 not found, characters will be left blank.
kpathsea: Running MakeTeXPK cmti9 300 300 1+0/300 deskjet
Running MakeTeXPK cmti9 300 300 1+0/300 deskjet
egrep: /usr/lib/texmf/dvips/psfonts.add: No such file or directory
Running mf \mode:=deskjet; mag:=1+0/300; scrollmode; input cmti9
This is METAFONT, Version 2.71 (C version 6.1)
kpathsea: Running MakeTeXMF cmti9.mf
I don't know how to generate cmti9.mf!
! I can't find file `cmti9.mf'.
<*> ...kjet; mag:=1+0/300; scrollmode; input cmti9
Please type another input file name:
! Emergency stop.
<*> ...kjet; mag:=1+0/300; scrollmode; input cmti9
Transcript written on mfput.log.
MakeTeXPK failed to make cmti9.300gf.
dvips: Font cmti9 not found, characters will be left blank.
dvips: Can't open font metric file cmti9.tfm
dvips: I will use cmr10.tfm instead, so expect bad output.
dvips: ! I can't find cmr10.tfm; please reinstall me with proper paths
hhm@scooter:~/missions/gt20 ->
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Ok, I guess I better stop and ask for help. Note that this is all
output from one command. Where it says
"Please type another input file name: ",
I did not do anything.
Let me say that I greatly appreciate the TeX work done for Debian and
I hate to be another voice of incompetence. I'm afraid I am completely
flummoxed by the details of TeX/LaTeX/dvips/metafont
installation/operation. I
am unable to find documentation on MakeTexPK, etc. I really don't have
a clue as to what all is being invoked in all this, or I would try
harder at solving this.
Originally I put 0.93R5 TeX stuff on my work and home computer and
things work well. I mention this because I remember there being
discussion on one of the mail lists about upgrading may run into
difficulties, so I thought people would need to know this is not a
first time install (and I long ago commented out my TEXINPUTS/TEXFONTS
environment variables).
Thakns for any help
hunter
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