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.