Very Computer

I have just started using latex/tex. So far I have had no real
difficulties. But this one has me stumped. I am running it under linux.
On a recent document I ran into a font error. Apparently I am missing a
font cmr6 600 dpi regular (according to the info from kdvi).

The files seem to be there. and they seem to be similar to the ones for the
cmr7 and other fonts that are available. I have poked around in some config
files but I am stumped as to how to address this problem.

The message I get when I run dvips is

This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software
(www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2001.08.19:1708' -> myth.ps
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi
600 cmr6
mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/lib/texmf/pk/ljfour': Permission denied
kpsestat: /var/lib/texmf/pk/ljfour/..: No such file or directory
chmod: too few arguments
Try `chmod --help' for more information.
mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/lib/texmf/pk/ljfour/public': No such
file or directory
kpsestat: /var/lib/texmf/pk/ljfour/public/..: No such file or directory
chmod: too few arguments
Try `chmod --help' for more information.
mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/lib/texmf/pk/ljfour/public/cm': No
such file or directory
kpsestat: /var/lib/texmf/pk/ljfour/public/cm/..: No such file or directory
chmod: too few arguments
Try `chmod --help' for more information.
mktexpk: mktexdir /var/lib/texmf/pk/ljfour/public/cm failed.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
dvips: Font cmr6 not found,  using cmr10 instead.
dvips: Design size mismatch in font cmr6
dvips: Checksum mismatch in font cmr6
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Can anyone help me with parsing this.

Any suggestions?

Quote:> mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/lib/texmf/pk/ljfour': Permission denied

Looks like you don't have write access to the directory, where mktexpk
would like to put the font generated for your resolution/size. If you
have root rights for the machine, you could run it as root and it should
work fine, but that's not a good idea. If you're not the root, ask your
system administrator either to allow write access to this directory or
to configure kpath in such a way, that generated fonts are stored in
your home directory. If he not to co-operative, have a look at "using
local texmf tree" posted at the 9th of Aug. in this newsgroup.

Mathias