Compiling of TEX files does not work anymore

[schwan]

I try to
# sudo apt-get --reinstall install texlive-latex-base
but the first error will be always
"Building format(s) --all.
 This may take some time...
fmtutil-sys failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/fmtutil.h8bFGTx6
Please include this file if you report a bug."

The content of the
/tmp/fmtutil.h8bFGTx6 file is according to this page here empty, this is the reason, why I can not attach it here.

Please could somebody help me to get texlive to compile successfully?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: texlive 2009-10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-25.44-generic 2.6.35.10
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Aug 2 11:26:50 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: texlive-base