xetex problem - Couldn't open font map file "kanjix.map"

[Ken Brown]

On 3/4/2012 10:03 AM, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
>>>>>> Ken Brown writes:
>
>      >  On 3/3/2012 12:21 PM, Dr. Volker Zell wrote:
>      >>  Hi
>      >>
>      >>  I just tried xetex according to
>      >>
>      >>  o http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html   (3.5 Testing the installation)
>      >>
>      >>  but got the following:
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>  01:54 PM [516]>   xetex opentype-info.tex
>      >>  This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-0.9997.5 (TeX Live 2011)
>      >>  restricted \write18 enabled.
>      >>  entering extended mode
>      >>  (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/xetex/xetexfontinfo/opentype-info.tex [1]
>      >>  ** WARNING ** Couldn't open font map file "kanjix.map".
>
>      >  I get this warning also, but it appears to be harmless.
>
>      >>  kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+240/600 --dpi 840 ec-lmssbx10
>      >>  mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for ec-lmssbx10.
>      >>  mktexpk: perhaps ec-lmssbx10 is missing from the map file.
>      >>  kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
>      >>  ** WARNING ** Could not locate a virtual/physical font for TFM "ec-lmssbx10".
>      >>  ** WARNING **>>   There are no valid font mapping entry for this font.
>      >>  ** WARNING **>>   Font file name "ec-lmssbx10" was assumed but failed to locate that font.
>      >>  ** ERROR ** Cannot proceed without .vf or "physical" font for PDF output...
>
>      >  Have you installed the texlive-collection-fontsrecommended package? This is the
>      >  one that contains the ec-lmssbx10 font.
>
> Yes it's installed and the contents was also listed in the ls-R file. Strange...
>
> BTW I just did the following steps manually
>
>      /usr/bin/updmap-sys --syncwithtrees
>      /usr/bin/updmap-sys
>      /usr/bin/mktexlsr
>
> and now everything is fine. I think the call to /usr/bin/updmap-sys is
> missing from the texlive postinstall scripts. This step at least creates
> the kanjix.map file below /var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvipdfm/updmap

The first call to updmap-sys is in the postinstall scripts.  I'm 
surprised that you need to call it a second time.  I'll look into this.

Thanks for the report.

Ken


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