[5652] in SIPB bug reports
Re: Neither Latex NOR Xdvi work for Linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (chad brown)
Mon Nov 20 15:52:08 1995
To: Jered J Floyd <jered@MIT.EDU>
Cc: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 19 Nov 1995 21:33:22 EST."
<199511200233.VAA10978@vorlon.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 15:51:04 EST
From: chad brown <yandros@MIT.EDU>
> Latex doesn't work for Linux. I've explained that one before, it doesn't find
> it's default format file.
Running latex from the current sipb locker should produce the
following message:
Running ${new} version of $CMD. (Thank you for testing!)
Please report problems by sending mail to bug-newtex@mit.edu
with `${new}' replaced with either `the newest' or `a semi-new',
depending on what lockers you might have attached at the time. When
you report this to the correct place, be sure to mention which lockers
you had attached at the time - it'll save you some time. At a guess,
there may be some AFs access problem here, since the newtex locker and
binaries seem to be set up correctly for linux. Also, you should test
the program without any of your personal customizations (TEXINPUTS,
TEXFONTS, etc.) if you have any.
> Xdvi in the sipb locker ALSO doesn't work. It complains about fonts:
> athena% xdvi design.dvi
> Can't find font cmtt12.
> Can't find font cmbx12.
> Can't find font cmbx12.
> Can't find font cmr12.
> Can't find font cmr17.
> Can't find font cmtt10.
> Can't find font cmsy10.
> Can't find font cmr10.
> xdvi: Not all pixel files were found
This is a tougher problem; xdvi in the sipb locker relies on having
the fonts in /usr/athena/lib. This wasn't a problem back when we were
pretending that we were going to have a linux srvd, but I'm unsure how
to deal with it now. Suggestions?
