mktexpk can't find my fonts anymore!

[Fabrice Popineau]

Hi,

>mktexpk: c:/TeX/texmf//fonts/tfm/adobe/times///ptmb8r.864pk already exists.


If this is 'cut&paste', there is something worng on your installation : 
pk files shouldn't be stored with tfm files.

>Running kpsewhich gets:
>
>C:\TeX\texmf>kpsewhich -show-path ptmr8r.540pk
>.;d:/users/jklymak/texmf///pk////;!!c:/TeX/texmf.local///pk////;!!c:/TeX/texmf//
>/pk////;/fonts/pk////;/var/tmp/texfonts/pk////;d:/users/jklymak/texmf///pk/model
>ess//;!!c:/TeX/texmf.local///pk/modeless//;!!c:/TeX/texmf///pk/modeless//;/fonts
>/pk/modeless//;/var/tmp/texfonts/pk/modeless//
>


Some variable must be wrong, because you have empty root for many pathes,
among which /fonts/pk//, which should be prefixed by $TEXMF.

I have :
f:\Users\popineau>kpsewhich -show-path ptmr8r.540pk
.;!!C:/TeX/texmf_local/fonts/pk////;!!c:/TeX/texmf/fonts/pk////;
C:/TeX/texmf_local/fonts/pk////;!!C:/TeX/texmf_local/fonts/pk/modeless//;
!!c:/TeX/texmf/fonts/pk/modeless//;C:/TeX/texmf_local/fonts/pk/modeless//

I would suggest :
- to check your texmf.cnf against a clean one, and also check any env. var. you might have,
- remove any .pk file from your main texmf tree
- ask for these pk files to be stored outside your main texmf tree when built (through VARTEXFONTS for example).

Fabrice
for example)

>Of course none of these paths even exists.  This is a small annoyance, but it
>does slow down the viewing of DVI files a fair bit.  I have lost track of
>exactly what distribution I have, if someone knows how I can tell, I'll find
>out.  Its pretty recent, but not the latest with the install shield.
>
>Thanks for any help in clearing this up.
>
>Jody
>
>-- 
>Jody Klymak                         APL/School of Oceanography,
>mailto:jklymak@apl.washington.edu   University of Washington
>     (206)-685-9080 
>http://www.ocean.washington.edu/people/grads/jklymak/
>