[XeTeX] Linux setup question

[Dennis Drescher]

I've just installed XeTeX on my Ubuntu Edgy system. All seemed to go 
well but when I try to typeset some of the sample text I get this:

laptop:~/work/projects/XeTeX/Samples$ xetex FontSamples.tex
This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.995 (Web2C 7.5.5)
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xetex.fmt
mktexfmt: no info for format `xetex'.
I can't find the format file `xetex.fmt'!

The xetex.fmt file exists in /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c So I'm not 
sure what the problem is.

I am new at XeTeX and it has been a long time since I've used TeX in 
general. If anyone on this list has any idea what I'm doing wrong I 
would really appreciate knowing. Thanks!

Regards,

Dennis