2015-02-12 14:28 GMT+01:00, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko(a)gmail.com&gt;: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:24:40 +0100 > Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> I've been using LaTeX on a fully updated Fedora 21, but now suddenly >> even TeXing the simplest plain TeX file produces this: >> >> warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/ls-R: No usable >> entries in ls-R. >> warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. > > // Rule number one for anything TeX-related: before you proceed, make > sure that you understand what is going on. ;-) // Yep, that's why I never proceed :-) > The warning messages are pretty clear: kpathsea is telling you that the > ls-R database is empty or corrupted, and that it should be regenerated. > It also suggests that you look into the manual about how to regenerate > the database. > > The easiest way to find the relevant man page is this: > > $ apropos ls-R > mktexlsr (1) - create ls-R databases > texhash (1) - create ls-R databases > > These two man pages actually both point to the mktexlsr man page, which > tells you how to use it to regenerate the ls-R database. In short, you > need to log in as root, and invoke mktexlsr with no arguments, like > this: > > # mktexlsr > mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texlive/texmf-local///ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texlive/texmf-var/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Done. > > Hopefully that should regenerate the ls-R database on your system, > making kpathsea happy. > > By the way, the ls-R database is the list of full paths of all > TeX-related files. A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away it used > to be generated manually by executing the command "ls -R" for a given > directory and putting the result in the (creatively named) ls-R file, > which kpathsea could search through and inform TeX where in the > directory tree it can find the file it needs. Today, the database is > generated by the elaborate bash script (do a "less /usr/bin/mktexlsr" > to see the details), but it still boils down to going to the > appropriate directory and taking the output of "ls -R". > > Finally, all four ls-R databases which I have above are ASCII files, > literally the output of "ls -R" for the appropriate directory, with a > couple of lines appended at the beginning. So the fact that you have > binary files there smells to me like something being very wrong with > your files, probably due to the corrupted filesystem you had to deal > with before. Thanks for all this information. I ended up following another Fedoran's suggestion, and erased/reinstalled all texlive packages. (Plain dnf reinstall, which I had tried before, was not enough.)

Andras

2015-02-11 16:24 GMT-06:00 Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com&gt;: > I've been using LaTeX on a fully updated Fedora 21, but now suddenly > even TeXing the simplest plain TeX file produces this: > > warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/ls-R: No usable > entries in ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-var/ls-R: No usable entries in > ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-local/ls-R: No usable > entries in ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R: No usable > entries in ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. > This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2014) (preloaded format=tex) > > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt tex.fmt > warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/ls-R: No usable > entries in ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-var/ls-R: No usable entries in > ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-local/ls-R: No usable > entries in ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R: No usable > entries in ls-R. > warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. > tcfmgr: config file `tcfmgr.map' (usually in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig) not > found (ls-R missing?). > fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. > I can't find the format file `tex.fmt'! > > There are a few ls-R files around, and all but one are binary files > (see below) which surprises me, but rpm -V on the package that > contains them doesn't complain. (The one that is a plain text file has > only this: > > % ls-R -- filename database for kpathsea; do not change this line. > ./: > .: > ls-R > > in it.) > > file says of the binary ls-R files that they're xz compressed; and > after uncompressing them, file reports this: > > ELF 32-bit LSB relocatable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), > BuildID[sha1]=d1cc6893beed5454b21594f2dff8f27b6d9fad7d, not stripped > > Can this be related to a recent filesystem problem on / ? I've > reinstalled all texlive packages after noticing and repairing it. > > And, most importantly, what should I try? > First of all you must to stay calm. The second thing you can do is make this same query in TeX StackExchange which is the most relevant place to ask anything related to TeX.

However, in the meantime, it seems that something related to R crashed in Fedora, you recently just upgraded some related package?

What version of TeXlive you have installed?

Have you tried to download from the CTAN TeXLive 2014 and install it?

Is the problem that you relate, generally with any document or one in particular?

2015-02-12 14:28 GMT+01:00, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko(a)gmail.com&gt;: > On Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:24:40 +0100 > Andras Simon <szajmi(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> I've been using LaTeX on a fully updated Fedora 21, but now suddenly >> even TeXing the simplest plain TeX file produces this: >> >> warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/ls-R: No usable >> entries in ls-R. >> warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. > > // Rule number one for anything TeX-related: before you proceed, make > sure that you understand what is going on. ;-) // Yep, that's why I never proceed :-) > The warning messages are pretty clear: kpathsea is telling you that the > ls-R database is empty or corrupted, and that it should be regenerated. > It also suggests that you look into the manual about how to regenerate > the database. > > The easiest way to find the relevant man page is this: > > $ apropos ls-R > mktexlsr (1) - create ls-R databases > texhash (1) - create ls-R databases > > These two man pages actually both point to the mktexlsr man page, which > tells you how to use it to regenerate the ls-R database. In short, you > need to log in as root, and invoke mktexlsr with no arguments, like > this: > > # mktexlsr > mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texlive/texmf-local///ls-R... > mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texlive/texmf-var/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Done. > > Hopefully that should regenerate the ls-R database on your system, > making kpathsea happy. > > By the way, the ls-R database is the list of full paths of all > TeX-related files. A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away it used > to be generated manually by executing the command "ls -R" for a given > directory and putting the result in the (creatively named) ls-R file, > which kpathsea could search through and inform TeX where in the > directory tree it can find the file it needs. Today, the database is > generated by the elaborate bash script (do a "less /usr/bin/mktexlsr" > to see the details), but it still boils down to going to the > appropriate directory and taking the output of "ls -R". > > Finally, all four ls-R databases which I have above are ASCII files, > literally the output of "ls -R" for the appropriate directory, with a > couple of lines appended at the beginning. So the fact that you have > binary files there smells to me like something being very wrong with > your files, probably due to the corrupted filesystem you had to deal > with before. Thanks for all this information. I ended up following another Fedoran's suggestion, and erased/reinstalled all texlive packages. (Plain dnf reinstall, which I had tried before, was not enough.)

Andras

I've been using LaTeX on a fully updated Fedora 21, but now suddenly even TeXing the simplest plain TeX file produces this: warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-var/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-local/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2014) (preloaded format=tex) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt tex.fmt warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-config/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-var/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-local/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. warning: kpathsea: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R: No usable entries in ls-R. warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R. tcfmgr: config file `tcfmgr.map' (usually in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig) not found (ls-R missing?). fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `tex.fmt'! There are a few ls-R files around, and all but one are binary files (see below) which surprises me, but rpm -V on the package that contains them doesn't complain. (The one that is a plain text file has only this: % ls-R -- filename database for kpathsea; do not change this line. ./: .: ls-R in it.) file says of the binary ls-R files that they're xz compressed; and after uncompressing them, file reports this: ELF 32-bit LSB relocatable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), BuildID[sha1]=d1cc6893beed5454b21594f2dff8f27b6d9fad7d, not stripped Can this be related to a recent filesystem problem on / ? I've reinstalled all texlive packages after noticing and repairing it. And, most importantly, what should I try?