tex/latex: I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!

[hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu]

I don't think I've ever seen this before.  Having replaced the dying 
hard disk, I've done a clean install of slink.  The ability to use 
latex seems to come and go (mostly go), and I've given the tetex files 
a purge/reinstall cycle, but still no luck.

The output is

hawkinsttyp0:ch_1.scarcity>latex scarcity.tex
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2)
I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!

I've used find on a working machine, and this file doesn't seem to 
exist anyway.

I was briefly able to make the system work through lyx, but now I get 
the output (from a postscript preview) of:

This is dvips(k) 5.82 Copyright 1998 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
dvips: ! DVI file can't be opened.

I assume that this is something very simple, but I'm stumped.

Rick




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