[OS X TeX] Help --- I cannot get mptopdf to work

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:48 AM, David Arnold wrote:

> All,
>
> I am really stuck. I deleted tex live and texmf-local
>
> cd \usr\local
> sudo rm -R 2008
> sudo rm -R texmf-local
>
> Then reinstalled MacTex 2008.
>
> I still cannot get mptopdf to work:
>
> pstricks $ mptopdf bruce.0
> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (Web2C 7.5.7)
> %&-line parsing enabled.
> [MP to PDF] (./bruce.0{/Users/darnold/Library/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/ 
> updmap/pdf
> tex.map}) [1]
> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi  
> 600 rm-lmr12
> mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for rm-lmr12.
> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
>
> !pdfTeX error: pdftex (file rm-lmr12): Font rm-lmr12 at 600 not found
> ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
>
> MPtoPDF 1.3.3 : bruce.0 is converted to bruce-0.pdf
> pstricks $ open bruce-0.pdf
>
>
> What's wrong?
>
> D.


Howdy,

Maybe mptopdf is bad? Subscribe to the metapost list (again, assuming  
the mptopdf is part of metapost) and find out there.

You might try to update tlmgr (part of MacTeX/TeX Live 2008) and then  
update the TeX distribution. Lots of files have been updated since  
MacTeX/TeX Live 2008 came out. Go to <http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/wiki/index.php?title=Image:TlmgrMacTeX.pdf&page=1 
 > and click on the page image and the TlmgrMacTeX.pdf file will  
download. Follow the directions there to update the system.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)