The problem (missfont.log and problems opening .dvi files with evince) was solved after I installed tetex-base, tetex-bin, and tetex-extra (as suggested in the comments for Bug #42410).
However evince-thumbnailer still does not generate a thumbnail for .dvi files, but I can live with that:)
The problem (missfont.log and problems opening .dvi files with evince) was solved after I installed tetex-base, tetex-bin, and tetex-extra (as suggested in the comments for Bug #42410).
However evince-thumbnailer still does not generate a thumbnail for .dvi files, but I can live with that:)