[XeTeX] Linux setup question (follow up)

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 21, 2006, at 9:26 AM, Dennis Drescher wrote:

>
> Felix wrote:
>
>> Does kpsewhich xetex.fmt return the location of xetex.fmt? I  
>> installed XeTeX on
>> the same system as yours except that my xetex.fmt is at /var/lib/ 
>> texmf/web2c/xetex.fmt
>
> That was helpful. kpsewhich showed a bunch of places where it could be
> and /var/lib/texmf/web2c/xetex.fmt was one of them. xetex.fmt did not
> exsist in that location. I pasted a copy there but it didn't make any
> difference. However, I found when I pasted a copy in
> /home/dennis/.texmf-var/web2c everything started working. I guess  
> that's
> where it needs to be.
>

Howdy,

Did you do a texhash (or mktexlsr) after pasting a copy in the texmf  
branch?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)