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  1. Bug #42410
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 42410

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Adam Buchbinder (adam-buchbinder) wrote : Re: evince reports "incorrect format" for DVI files when no TeX distribution is installed.

Still present in evince 2.24.1-0ubuntu1. After removing all TeX-related packages, attempting to open a DVI file spews this on the command line:

$ evince /home/abuchbinder/pg/out/sw/slantsc.dvi
warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories:
/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c:/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c
Trying to proceed...
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmsy6
mktexpk: No such file or directory
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
page: Warning: font `cmsy6' at 600x600 not found, trying `cmr10' instead
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmr10
mktexpk: No such file or directory
page: Warning: font `cmsy6' not found, trying metric files instead
kpathsea: Running mkofm cmsy6
mkofm: No such file or directory
kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmsy6
mktextfm: No such file or directory
page: Warning: metric file for `cmsy6' not found, trying `cmr10' instead
kpathsea: Running mkofm cmr10
mkofm: No such file or directory
kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmr10
mktextfm: No such file or directory
page: Error: could not load font `cmsy6'
warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories:
/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c:/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c
Trying to proceed...
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmsy6
mktexpk: No such file or directory
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
page: Warning: font `cmsy6' at 600x600 not found, trying `cmr10' instead
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmr10
mktexpk: No such file or directory
page: Warning: font `cmsy6' not found, trying metric files instead
kpathsea: Running mkofm cmsy6
mkofm: No such file or directory
kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmsy6
mktextfm: No such file or directory
page: Warning: metric file for `cmsy6' not found, trying `cmr10' instead
kpathsea: Running mkofm cmr10
mkofm: No such file or directory
kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmr10
mktextfm: No such file or directory
page: Error: could not load font `cmsy6'

and displays "DVI document has incorrect format" in the evince window.