[OS X TeX] Xdvi can't find fonts, keeps rebuilding them

[William McCallum]

Have you followed the instructions in the description of fink's xdvi 
package? You can access them by typing fink describe xdvi on the 
command line. There are some lines you have to add to a config file to 
avoid this problem.


On Thursday, October 3, 2002, at 04:41  PM, David Wagner wrote:

> I have Gerben Wierda's tetex installed via his i-installer.  It was
> up-to-date as of a week ago or so.  I run MacOS X 10.2.1.  I also have 
> xdvi
> installed via fink.
>
>  xdvi cannot seem to find existing pk fonts; it keeps trying to make 
> new
> ones.  I have run texconfig and done texhash, and xdvi seems to be 
> reading
> the ls-R files (checked with fs_usage).
>
> I have also imported a number of files from /var/tmp to the
> /usr/local/teTeX/... Tree using the command given in the texconfig 
> FAQ.  I
> have used texconfig to tell tex not to put fonts in /var/tmp.  This is 
> what
> I get:
>
> wagner% xdvi sem-user.dvi &
> [1] 218
> [d189:doc/latex/seminar] wagner% kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode 
> ljfour
> --bdpi 600 --mag 1+57/600 --dpi 657 cmcsc10
> mktexpk: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/pk/public/cm/cmcsc10.657pk
> already exists.
> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 600 --mag 1+437/600 
> --dpi
> 1037 cmcsc10
> mktexpk: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/fonts/pk/public/cm/cmcsc10.1037pk
> already exists.
>
> Etc, etc, etc.
>
> I will appreciate any advice that you can give me.
>
> David Wagner
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