[Bug 399999] New: pdflatex fails to run
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=399999 Summary: pdflatex fails to run Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: RC 1 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Other AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: jpff@codemist.co.uk QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Other Running as a normal user for a LaTeX file that is Ok on 10.3 I get $ pdflatex anton.tex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/var/lib/texmf/web2c' is not writable. I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'! Running as root (in case it needs to create files) # pdflatex anton This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt fmtutil: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdflatex.ini' ... warning: Could not open char translation file `cp227.tcx'. This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INITEX) entering extended mode (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/latexconfig/pdflatex.ini ! I can't find file `pdftexconfig.tex'. l.2 \input pdftexconfig.tex Please type another input file name: ! Emergency stop. l.2 \input pdftexconfig.tex No pages of output. Transcript written on pdflatex.log. warning: Could not open char translation file `cp227.tcx'. Error: `pdftex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdflatex.ini' failed ############################################################################### fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully. Visit the log files in directory /var/lib/texmf/web2c for details. ############################################################################### This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings: `pdftex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdflatex.ini' failed warning: kpathsea: mktexfmt output `This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INITEX) entering extended mode (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/latexconfig/pdflatex.ini ! I can't find file `pdftexconfig.tex'. l.2 \input pdftexconfig.tex Please type another input file name: ! Emergency stop. l.2 \input pdftexconfig.tex No pages of output. Transcript written on pdflatex.log.' instead of a filename. I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'! I looked all over for log files and cannot find one related to latex or fonts -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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rpm -q texlive-bin texlive texlive-bin-latex texlive-latex texlive-bin-2007-176.1 texlive-2007-177.1 texlive-bin-latex-2007-176.1 texlive-latex-2007-177.1 locate pdflatex.fmt /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdflatex.fmt locate pdftexconfig.tex /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex /usr/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex ls -l /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22822 2008-06-17 06:54 /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
This was a clean install from DVD to a new disk. I have updated stuff with yast since installation but LaTeX has never run. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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anton.tex /suse/werner> pdflatex anton.tex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) entering extended mode (./anton.tex LaTeX2e <2005/12/01> Babel
[...] (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls Document Class: article 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size12.clo)) (./anton.aux) [1{/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] (./anton.aux)){/usr/share/texmf/fonts/enc/dvips/ai/aicmtext.enc} Output written on anton.pdf (1 page, 4328 bytes). Transcript written on anton.log.
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pdflatex anton This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/var/lib/texmf/web2c' is not writable. I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'!
kpsewhere pdflatex.fmt produced no output at all same for kpsewhich --format=fmt pdflatex.fmt
Do you have enabled `paranoid' in the value of the variable PERMISSION_SECURITY found in /etc/sysconfig/security?
No. No firewall on this machine or other extra security -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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