Re: [MiKTeX] dvipdfm unable to find tfm file

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I did run the "Update Wizard" a little while ago and one of the packages that was updated is "miktex-runtime-bin-2.7" ("Miktex runtime library") which was packaged on 2008-03-23. 

With this update, dvipdfm now seems to work on my installation. Many many thanks to whoever updated the package. 

Dvipdfm is now more verbose than it used to be (in particular, calls to mgs.exe); but it seems to work great and I greatly appreciate that. :)

Many thanks again,
Dan

--- On Wed, 3/26/08, Daniel Greenhoe <dgr...@ya...> wrote:

> From: Daniel Greenhoe <dgr...@ya...>
> Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] dvipdfm unable to find tfm file
> To: mik...@li...
> Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 8:21 AM
> Attached are files containing a minimal example (4 files).
> 
> Here is the output of dvipdfm -vv test.dvi:
>   test.dvi -> test.pdf
>   DVI Comment:  TeX output 2008.03.26:0750
>   [1<pplr7t@9.96pt
>   ** Fatal: Unable to find TFM file 'pplr7t'.
>   Output file removed.
>     
> Here is the location of the pplr7t files on my
> installation:
>  
> C:\p\miktex\fonts\tfm\adobe\palatino\pplr7t.tfm
>  
> C:\p\miktex\fonts\vf\adobe\palatino\pplr7t.vf
> 
> I have run settings-->General-->Refresh FNDB
> and also   settings-->General-->Update Formats
> which generated an error with this log output:
> 
> Creating the pdflatex format file...
> Running pdftex...
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.7 (MiKTeX 2.7)
> (INITEX)
> entering extended mode
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\config\pdflatex.ini
> ("C:\Documents and Settings\All
> Users\Application
> Data\MiKTeX\2.7\tex\generic\config\pdftexconfig.tex")
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\00miktex\texsys.cfg)
> ./texsys.aux found
> \@currdir set to: ./.
> Assuming \openin and \input have the same search
> path.
> Defining UNIX/DOS style filename parser.
> catcodes, registers, compatibility for TeX 2,  parameters,
> LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
> hacks, control, par, spacing, files, font encodings,
> lengths,
> ====================================
> Local config file fonttext.cfg used
> ====================================
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\00miktex\fonttext.cfg
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\fonttext.ltx
> === Don't modify this file, use a .cfg file instead ===
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\omlenc.def)
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\t1enc.def)
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\ot1enc.def)
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\omsenc.def)
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\t1cmr.fd)
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\ot1cmr.fd)
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\ot1cmss.fd)
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\ot1cmtt.fd)
> ))
> ====================================
> Local config file fontmath.cfg used
> ====================================
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\00miktex\fontmath.cfg
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\fontmath.ltx
> === Don't modify this file, use a .cfg file instead ===
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\omlcmm.fd)
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\omscmsy.fd)
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\omxcmex.fd)
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\ucmr.fd)))
> ====================================
> Local config file preload.cfg used
> =====================================
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\preload.cfg
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\latex\base\preload.ltx
> )) page nos., x-ref, environments, center, verbatim, math
> definitions, boxes,title, sectioning, contents, floats,
> footnotes, index, bibliography, output,
> ======================================================================
> starting package maintenance...
> installation directory: c:\p\miktex
> package repository:
> http://mirror.macomnet.net/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
> DBlight digest: 3261df8e0563645122b5231d8bde634c
> going to download 83393 bytes
> going to install 52 file(s) (1 package(s))
> downloading
> http://mirror.macomnet.net/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/cslatex.cab...
> 83393 bytes, 14.44 KB/Sec
> extracting files from cslatex.cab...
> ======================================================================
> ===========================================
> Local configuration file hyphen.cfg used
> ===========================================
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\cslatex\base\hyphen.cfg
> Loading english hyphenation patterns and exceptions
> (c:\p\miktex\tex\generic\hyphen\hyphen.tex)
> ! LaTeX Error: Encoding scheme `IL2' unknown.
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>  ...                                              
> l.131 ...                        \@requesthyphens}
>                                                 %
> !  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file
> produced!
> Transcript written on pdflatex.log.
> makefmt: pdftex failed on pdflatex.ini.
> initexmf.EXE: The operation failed for some reason.
> 
> After running these two setting options (Refresh FNDB and
> Update Formats), the dvipdfm still fails with 
>   test.dvi -> test.pdf
>   [1
>   ** Fatal: Unable to find TFM file 'pplr7t'.
>   Output file removed.
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 3/25/08, Ulrike Fischer
> <li...@ni...> wrote:
> 
> > From: Ulrike Fischer <li...@ni...>
> > Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] dvipdfm unable to find tfm file
> > To: mik...@li...
> > Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 4:55 PM
> > am Dienstag, 25. März 2008 um 06:44 schrieb Daniel
> > Greenhoe:
> > 
> > > I am running Miktex 2.7 on a Windows XP system.
> When I
> > try to
> > > convert dvi to pdf using dvipdfm, I get this
> error
> > message: 
> > >   "Unable to find TFM file
> 'pplr7t'"
> > 
> > >  
> > > I have found this tfm file to be in my Miktex
> > installation at 
> > >  
> >
> C:\p\miktex\fonts\tfm\adobe\palatino\pplr7t.tfm
> > 
> > Is C:\p a declared root? It is mentioned in
> > miktex->settings->roots?
> > Did you try to update the FNDB?
> > 
> > > How do I tell dvipdfm where to find the tfm file?
> > 
> > Make a minimal example that demonstrates the problem.
> E.g.
> > try if this
> > example exhibits it:
> > 
> > \documentclass{article}
> > \begin{document}
> > \fontfamily{ppl}
> > \selectfont
> > test
> > \end{document}
> > 
> > Send the failing example together with the log of the
> latex
> > run.
> > Run dvipdfm from the command line with the option -vv
> and
> > then send
> > the messages too.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Mit freundlichen Grüßen
> > Ulrike Fischer
> > mailto:li...@ni...
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >
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