Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 3390
Font Bug in tetex
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:50 EDT
While generating PostScript from SGML using jade to create tex which is then used to create dvi and on to ps, I have many errors in realtionship to fonts. Some fonts are not generated during the process. I came to this conclusion when running xdvi on the the dvi file. I got the following errors: $chelseafc:~/cvs/white-papers/gtg$ xdvi gtg.dvi kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 ecrm1000 mktexpk: Mismatched mode ljfour and resolution 600; ignoring mode. mktexpk: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1+0/600; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000 This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.3.1) I can't find the base file `mf.base'! grep: ecrm1000.log: No such file or directory mktexpk: `mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1+0/600; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000' failed to make ecrm1000.600pk.kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. xdvi.bin: can't find font ecrm1000; using cmr10 instead at 600 dpi. During the process of generating the files I got the following messages repeatedly: LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T1/pcr/b/n' undefined (Font) using `T1/cmr/m/n' instead on input line 188. kpathsea: Running mktextfm ecrm1095 mktextfm: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1095 This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.3.1) I can't find the base file `mf.base'! mktextfm: `mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1095' failed. ! Font T1/cmr/m/n/10.8=ecrm1095 at 10.95pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. <to be read again> relax I am using the db2ps script provided by the DocBook tools which Mark Galassi created. They can be found at: ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com:/pub/docbook-tools/ I use my own custom stylesheets which have been mirrored by Michael Johnson in the Red Hat whitepaper module which I believe is on the Red Hat CVS which I do not have access to. I can provide a better test case at any time, please ask.
assigned to jbj I assume that this is the rpm bug removing shared files between different packages, so this might be already fixed by an upgarde to a newer rpm.
This problem is quite serious. Redhat basically does not have a working tetex at the moment, at least from Redhat 6.0 on. The font problem mentioned here occurs in even simple Latex files - it can't even build cmr10. I have reproduced this bug on my up-to-date Redhat 6.0 machine by removing all tetex installed packages, installing rawhide tetex 1.0.5 using rpm 3.0.2, running "fmtutil --all" to work around a tetex package bug, then running "latex broken.tex" on http://nelson.www.media.mit.edu/people/nelson/tmp/tetex-bug/broken.tex, then running "xdvi broken.dvi" or "dvips broken.dvi". The error log is $ dvips -f < broken.dvi > /dev/null This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) ' TeX output 1999.07.31:1618' -> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmr10 mktexpk: Mismatched mode ljfour and resolution 600; ignoring mode. mktexpk: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1+0/600; nonstopmode; input cmr10 This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.3.1) I can't find the base file `mf.base'! grep: cmr10.log: No such file or directory mktexpk: `mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1+0/600; nonstopmode; input cmr10' failed to make cmr10.600pk. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. dvips: Font cmr10 not found, characters will be left blank. <texc.pro>. [1] something is seriously wrong with tetex-1.0.5 fonts.
Fixed (displays broken.tex correctly) in tetex-1.0.6-1. Presumably the increase in poolsizes for jadtex fix the first problem also. Dave, you can find tetex-1.0.6 in playpen. What's the name of the French file in Babel that has licensing problems?
The file to remove is french.sty - it is probably already removed if you are getting the new TeX from CTAN as they already have it out of the TeX dist. Our problem is that we need to make sure jadetex does not try to call it. We shipped jadetex in Powertools and we may ship it on 6.1