Thanks for an excellent Mandriva 2008 DVD with Issue 88.
Unfortunately, after the installation, I found I could not use LaTeX at all. When compiling a .tex file followed by dvips or dvipdf, the system complained of all fonts being missing and produced a small .ps file containing no text at all - just blank pages. Downloading later RPMs of teTeX and updating did not cure this symptom either.
After much hacking, I discovered that the file mf.base was missing in the directory /usr/share/texmf/web2c/, although it can be found in /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/.
Therefore the cure is simple. Do the following (as root):
cp -p /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/mf.base /usr/share/texmf/web2c/
or, alternatively, a symbolic link:
ln -s /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/mf.base /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mf.base
would also do the job in a little more memory-economical way. I realize this oversight is Mandriva's and not yours. Perhaps you could point it out to the teTeX package maintainer if no one else has already done so.
I hope this note proves useful to others who have installed Mandriva 2008 (from your DVD or elsewhere) and who use LaTeX.
W.A.B. Evans
LM |
Thanks for the tip. We're happy to pass this fix on to other readers who have installed our Mandriva DVD.
I tried the latest DVD from Linux Magazine, which promises Knoppix 5.3.1 with KDE 4. I was a bit disappointed to see KDE 3.5.9 boot up. Even http://knopper.net/knoppix/knoppix53-en.html says this version of Knoppix has KDE 3.5.9, so I was a little surprised that the magazine is saying it has KDE 4.
I even tried "desktop=kde4" (as someone suggested in a forum via google search) in the boot menu with no effect. Is the disk damaged, or have I made a mistake?
Mr Srdjan Todorovic
LM |
When the Knoppix splash screen appears, instead of letting the system boot to the default configuration, enter the following command at the boot prompt:
knoppix desktop=kde4
This command should definitely get you into KDE 4.
We produced the screenshots of the KDE 4 environment by booting into it that way.
KDE 4 is on the DVD but it isn't started by default.
Erratum: Issue #90 DVD "Virtual Distro Sampler" |
Several of you emailed us with concerns about the Ubuntu system on the Virtual Distro Sampler DVD included with Issue 90. Specifically:
The following workaround should help you get your user account up and running:
sudo su cd /media/disk/etc/ chmod 777 sudoers
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
chmod 440 sudoers
Username: ubuntu Password: ubuntu After that, you should be able to create new users and use the system normally. |