RE: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
Original Message From: Olumide Sent: 21 September 2005 21:06 Olumide wrote: I typed 'texdoc kpathsea' and the kpathsea Library (DVI document, 60 pages) popped up, but I still dont know what to do. I actually did the impossible and looked at the document (gasp ;) ). Theres a mktexlsr script (in /usr/bin) that fixes the problems. But there are a few ls-R files all over the filesyetem that require write permissions before the mktexlsr can write to them. Yep, that's the perms problem I was indicating with the link in my second post. Glad it's all working :) cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
Hi - Whenever I start up Cygwin (on my WinXP machine) I get the following error messages: warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-R warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-r warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. What can I do about it? I think its affecting my LaTeX builds Thanks - Olumide -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
Original Message From: Olumide Sent: 21 September 2005 17:54 Hi - Whenever I start up Cygwin (on my WinXP machine) I get the following error messages: warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-R warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-r warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. What can I do about it? I think its affecting my LaTeX builds Looks like there are no usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-R. If I were you, I would see the manual for how to generate ls-R. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
Original Message From: Dave Korn Sent: 21 September 2005 18:02 Original Message From: Olumide Sent: 21 September 2005 17:54 Hi - Whenever I start up Cygwin (on my WinXP machine) I get the following error messages: warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-R warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-r warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. What can I do about it? I think its affecting my LaTeX builds Looks like there are no usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-R. If I were you, I would see the manual for how to generate ls-R. BTW, one possible reason might be that the perms got messed up and the postinstall script couldn't write to the file. Take a look at http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg00454.html and check the user/group names and privs on that file. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
Looks like there are no usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-R. If I were you, I would see the manual for how to generate ls-R. Which manual is that? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
BTW, one possible reason might be that the perms got messed up and the postinstall script couldn't write to the file. Take a look at http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg00454.html and check the user/group names and privs on that file. The file ls-R is empty (zero bytes) and read only. (Help!) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
At 03:15 PM 9/21/2005, you wrote: Looks like there are no usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-R. If I were you, I would see the manual for how to generate ls-R. Which manual is that? Try 'info kpathsea'. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
Larry Hall wrote: At 03:15 PM 9/21/2005, you wrote: Looks like there are no usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-R. If I were you, I would see the manual for how to generate ls-R. Which manual is that? Try 'info kpathsea'. Sorry, nothing :( -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
Larry Hall wrote: At 03:15 PM 9/21/2005, you wrote: Looks like there are no usable entries in /var/cache/fonts/ls-R. If I were you, I would see the manual for how to generate ls-R. Which manual is that? Try 'info kpathsea'. I typed 'texdoc kpathsea' and the kpathsea Library (DVI document, 60 pages) popped up, but I still dont know what to do. Thanks for not flaming me ;) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
Olumide wrote: I typed 'texdoc kpathsea' and the kpathsea Library (DVI document, 60 pages) popped up, but I still dont know what to do. I actually did the impossible and looked at the document (gasp ;) ). Theres a mktexlsr script (in /usr/bin) that fixes the problems. But there are a few ls-R files all over the filesyetem that require write permissions before the mktexlsr can write to them. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
Olumide wrote: I actually did the impossible and looked at the document (gasp ;) ). Theres a mktexlsr script (in /usr/bin) that fixes the problems. But there are a few ls-R files all over the filesyetem that require write permissions before the mktexlsr can write to them. For posterity's sake: $ mktexlsr mktexlsr: Updating /cygdrive/h/.texmf/config/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /cygdrive/h/.texmf/var/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/lilypond/2.4.3/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. :D -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
At 04:14 PM 9/21/2005, you wrote: Olumide wrote: I actually did the impossible and looked at the document (gasp ;) ). Theres a mktexlsr script (in /usr/bin) that fixes the problems. But there are a few ls-R files all over the filesyetem that require write permissions before the mktexlsr can write to them. For posterity's sake: $ mktexlsr mktexlsr: Updating /cygdrive/h/.texmf/config/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /cygdrive/h/.texmf/var/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/lilypond/2.4.3/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. :D Well done. :-) I'm glad you were able to make headway with this since my knowledge of tetex is basically NULL. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: kpathsea problem in Cygwin (noob here)
Larry Hall wrote: At 04:14 PM 9/21/2005, you wrote: For posterity's sake: $ mktexlsr mktexlsr: Updating /cygdrive/h/.texmf/config/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /cygdrive/h/.texmf/var/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/lilypond/2.4.3/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. :D Well done. :-) I'm glad you were able to make headway with this since my knowledge of tetex is basically NULL. For future reference, the comp.text.tex newsgroup is fairly good for this sort of thing, either live or checking the archives on Google Groups. Also, fwiw, there's a texhash command that's aliased to mktexlsr. I assume there's some historical reason to have two names for the same thing. - Brooks -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
