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by **Reinhard Zier** » Thu, 09 Sep 1993 16:34:28

> I just upgraded from SLS 1.02 to SLS 1.03, and found that*didn't
> work. The exact message goes like this:
> >This is TeX, Version 3.141 (C version d)
> >(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

> I tried the plain TeX, and it worked fine. Any suggestion will be
> appreciated.

At the end of August, there has been an upgrade of the TeX package including
new TeX binaries. Seems that the*format wasn't upgraded too. You can
do it for yourself with the commands (use an account with appropriate
permissions, i.e. root ot tex, if you have this one):

myhost% cd /usr/TeX/lib/tex/formats
myhost% initex lplain
... lots of TeX messages ...
* \dump
... more TeX messages ...
myhost% mv lplain.fmt latex.fmt

Happy (La)TeXing,
Reinhard
--
Reinhard Zierke Universitaet Hamburg, FB Informatik

by **A..** » Thu, 09 Sep 1993 08:38:45

I just upgraded from SLS 1.02 to SLS 1.03, and found that*didn't
work. The exact message goes like this:
>This is TeX, Version 3.141 (C version d)
>(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

I tried the plain TeX, and it worked fine. Any suggestion will be
appreciated.

Thanks,

David

by **Joshua R. Pouls** » Thu, 09 Sep 1993 23:17:29

I get this same error after installing SLS 1.0.3. It might take
recreating the .fmt file.

(I'm gonna try that later)

--JRP

by **Thomas Dunb** » Fri, 10 Sep 1993 01:10:29

the fmt file in the latex.tgz package is out of date; to update:

initex lplain \\dump; mv lplain.fmt /usr/TeX/lib/tex/formats/latex.fmt

thomas

by **Thomas Dunb** » Fri, 10 Sep 1993 03:58:02

the latex.fmt file in latex.tgz (on the SLS t3 `disk')
has been updated to match the binaries (btw, i used -ffast-math
for metafont..10-20% faster on machines with coprocessor. mf has
a nonstandard prompt to make cut/paste easier in interactive use.
also, fixed tex bug and included MakeTeXTFM script: now if tfm
file is not found, tex calls MakeTeXTFM which runs mf to make the
tfm file [and a 300pk font also])
patchs to the standard 5.851d source are at tsx-11 in the
/pub/linux/packages/TeX/Milieu dir.

by **David Co** » Fri, 10 Sep 1993 20:23:28

>I just upgraded from SLS 1.02 to SLS 1.03, and found that*didn't
>work. The exact message goes like this:
> >This is TeX, Version 3.141 (C version d)
> >(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

>I tried the plain TeX, and it worked fine. Any suggestion will be
>appreciated.

>Thanks,

>David

You have a corrupted latex.fmt file. (path: /usr/TeX/lib/tex/formats)
Try grabbing another copy of whatever .tgz file holds this...

--
David Cole | Phone: +61 7 8641409
Signal Processing Research Centre | Fax: +61 7 8641516

by **Michael Do** » Fri, 10 Sep 1993 22:43:39

>>I just upgraded from SLS 1.02 to SLS 1.03, and found that*didn't
>>work. The exact message goes like this:
>> >This is TeX, Version 3.141 (C version d)
>> >(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

>>I tried the plain TeX, and it worked fine. Any suggestion will be
>>appreciated.

>>Thanks,

>>David

>You have a corrupted latex.fmt file. (path: /usr/TeX/lib/tex/formats)
>Try grabbing another copy of whatever .tgz file holds this...
>--
> David Cole | Phone: +61 7 8641409
> Signal Processing Research Centre | Fax: +61 7 8641516

The latex.fmt (and the plain.fmt) file is machine dependent; better make your
own using initex.

Michael Doob

by **Scott Ell** » Mon, 13 Sep 1993 23:54:05

> >>I just upgraded from SLS 1.02 to SLS 1.03, and found that*didn't
> >>work. The exact message goes like this:
> >> >This is TeX, Version 3.141 (C version d)
> >> >(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

> >>I tried the plain TeX, and it worked fine. Any suggestion will be
> >>appreciated.

> >>Thanks,

> >>David

> >You have a corrupted latex.fmt file. (path: /usr/TeX/lib/tex/formats)
> >Try grabbing another copy of whatever .tgz file holds this...

> >--
> > David Cole | Phone: +61 7 8641409
> > Signal Processing Research Centre | Fax: +61 7 8641516

> The latex.fmt (and the plain.fmt) file is machine dependent; better make your
> own using initex.

> Michael Doob

by **Eberhard Moenkebe** » Sun, 19 Sep 1993 04:14:25

> the fmt file in the latex.tgz package is out of date; to update:
> initex lplain \\dump; mv lplain.fmt /usr/TeX/lib/tex/formats/latex.fmt

... and t1/texbin.tgz likes to create an ORDINARY FILE named
/usr/TeX/lib/tex/inputs (I guess you left off "/plain.tex").

Currently, You are representing the "stormiest" brain of SLS ...

Greetings ... Eberhard
--
Eberhard Moenkeberg FIDO: 2:241/3410.27

37083 Goettingen, Germany Voice: ++49-551-704325

by **Thomas Dunb** » Sun, 19 Sep 1993 22:06:23

Eberhard Moenkeberg writes:

>> the fmt file in the latex.tgz package is out of date; to update:
>> initex lplain \\dump; mv lplain.fmt /usr/TeX/lib/tex/formats/latex.fmt

>... and t1/texbin.tgz likes to create an ORDINARY FILE named
>/usr/TeX/lib/tex/inputs (I guess you left off "/plain.tex").

>Currently, You are representing the "stormiest" brain of SLS ...

>Greetings ... Eberhard

Eberhard was, sad to say, exactly right..what a dumb careless thing
to do. please forgive me.
anyway, the (hopefully) now corrected t1/texbin.tgz contains binaries
for TeX 3.1415 and METAFONT 2.71 (made with gcc 2.4.5 and libc 4.4.1)
Other than Knuth's patches to tex and tangle, the changes are a
change to the mf prompt (only of interest for those using metafont
interactively) and a fix to the web2c-5.851d so that tex will
call MakeTeXTFM correctly.
this latter is worth updating your tex for: if tex cant find a tfm
file, it will call the MakeTeXTFM file (included but personalize to
your taste) to make the font metric (and a 300pk for also). make
sure ur fonts dir is world writable.

Those wanting TeX and using some package other than SLS, just
get the needed files and unpack from / no big deal. the t1 disk
has the essentials, t2 has dvi drivers and other optional stuff,
the*macros are in t3/latex.tgz.

btw, a more concise, and sometimes more uptodate, TeX package
is in /pub/linux/packages/TeX/Milieu/TeX.tz at tsx-11.mit.edu.
the milieu.tz archive in that directory has more info on the
Milieu package (but it's mainly an intro METAFONT programming text)

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