Re: [MiKTeX] Cache problems in restricted environment

[Ulrike F. <li...@ni...>]

am Dienstag, 7. November 2006 um 13:29 schrieb Patrik Fimml:

> Dear miktex-users list,

> I am experiencing problems with MiKTeX 2.5 on a restricted environment
> (school). After each reboot, the file name database and sometimes also
> Type1 fonts are gone. I do not know where MiKTeX 2.5 stores these
> files, but it must be some location which is cleaned on each reboot.
> After a FNDB update or, if fonts were corrupted too, reinstalling any
> package, everything works fine again. MiKTeX 2.4 worked really well,
> probably because of the option to specify where to store this metadata
> (local texmf tree). Is there some option like this hidden in the
> registry with MiKTeX 2.5 too, or what can I do?

The filename datebases are in the roots called UserData or CommonData
in the miktex settings. The real directories are perhaps hidden for a
restricted user.

I can't imagine that you really loose type1 fonts, but the psfonts.map
are also in the data folders. Try to call updmap to rebuild them.


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Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Ulrike Fischer
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