[tldistro] dvips not reading the map file (tamil omega in Ubuntu TL)

[Norbert Preining]

Hi

as Martin wrote, this is not really the list to ask, it is for
*distributors* of TeX Live to coordinate, but I try to answer
anyway.

On Mi, 30 Jan 2013, P. P. Narayanaswami wrote:
> I am trying to install tamil Omega 1.0.2 in ubuntu 12.04 texlive-full.
> The install.sh script that comes with the package places the
> various files in the texmf-texlive tree as follows:
> 
> .pfb 	/fonts/type1/tamil
> .tfm 	/fonts/tfm/tamil
> .sty 	/tex/lambda/tamil
> .fd 	/tex/lambda/tamil
> .map 	/fonts/map/dvips/tamil
> .otp 	/omega/otp/tamil
> .ocp 	/omega/ocp/tamil
> And does 
> texhash
> updmap-sys --enable Map tamil.map

That sounds all fine.

> created.  But, dvips is not reading the  .map files and tries to make bitmaps 
> kpathsea:  Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 600 --mag 3+300/600 --dpi 2100
> tmca0bps
> mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for tmca0bps.

Could it be that you have old dvips config.ps files hanging around
in TEXMFVAR = ~/.texmf-var ?

It would be good if you *showed* us the output of dvips, best with
	dvips -d64 .....
so that we see which files are loaded.

> I guess the problem is the incorrect directory where the map file is

No, if you can find it with kpsewhich , then it is fine.

> Where should I move the tamil.map file so that dvips can read it and generate
> tghe .ps file, and then the ps2pdf cpmmand can generate the pdf output? Will it

Irrelevant. the call to updmap-sys merges all the map files  mentioned in
updmap.cfg to config.ps.

Can you show us the output of 
	kpsewhich psfonts.map
and then check this file whether it contains the entries from tamil.map

Norbert

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