From: Charles Krug <charles AT pentek DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Problems with TeX distribution
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 09:36:58 -0400
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Hello!

I tried downloading the djgpp TeX distribution.  Everything seems to
install and to be there, but I'm running into runtime failures.

When I run any of the .dvi packages, they attempt to build fonts.  But
they keep failing to build.  From the error message, I seem to be
missing some executable or another, and dvips crashes.  Stderr is as
follows:

d:\djgpp>dvips sample2e
dvipsk 5.66a Copyright 1986-97 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)

' TeX output 1998.09.09:0934' -> PRN
kpathsea: Running MakeTeXPK cmr17 600 600 1+0/600 ljfour
Bad command or file name
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
d:/djgpp/bin/dvips.exe: Font cmr17 not found, characters will be left
blank.
kpathsea: Running MakeTeXPK cmr12 600 600 1+0/600 ljfour
Bad command or file name
d:/djgpp/bin/dvips.exe: Font cmr12 not found, characters will be left
blank.
Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV
General Protection Fault at eip=00024f88
eax=ff3f0000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000202 edx=ff3f0000 esi=00001000
edi=00000009
ebp=0008c750 esp=0008c740 program=D:\DJGPP\BIN\DVIPS.EXE
cs: sel=01cf  base=02020000  limit=7dfcffff
ds: sel=01d7  base=02020000  limit=7dfcffff
es: sel=01d7  base=02020000  limit=7dfcffff
fs: sel=019f  base=000057e0  limit=0000ffff
gs: sel=01df  base=00000000  limit=7ffeffff
ss: sel=01d7  base=02020000  limit=7dfcffff

Call frame traceback EIPs:
  0x00024f88
  0x00024f05
  0x000074d0
  0x00005e0d
  0x00006122
  0x0000b73e
  0x0000ac73
  0x000093e0
  0x000248a2

Given my past experiences with djgpp, my best guess is that I'm missing
something I need to do this.  So what am I missing?

Thanx


Charles

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Charles Krug, Jr.
Application Engineer
Pentek Corp
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Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458