Re: MiKTeX 2.9 and Windows 7: strange font problem

> From: Ulrike Fischer [[email protected]]
> Sent: 2011-07-14 14:35:58 MEST
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] MiKTeX 2.9 and Windows 7: strange font problem
> 
> Am Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:31:12 +0200 (MEST) schrieb Hans Marius
> Eikseth:
> 
> > Well, today is yesterday's tomorrow, so I have uploaded a zipped folder (minimalbeispiel.zip) accessible on the following link:
> > https://files.me.com/hans.marius.eikseth/opuozt
> 
> >>From my previous post, the YAP/MiKTeX error report contains these paths:
> > 
> > Root0: \\ans-fil-rv-1\home-rv$\hans\System\Programdata\MiKTeX\2.9
> > Root1: C:\Users\hans\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9
> > Root2: C:\miktex29
> > Root3: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
> > Root4: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9
> > UserInstall: C:\miktex29
> > UserConfig: \\ans-fil-rv-1\home-rv$\hans\System\Programdata\MiKTeX\2.9
> > UserData: C:\Users\hans\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9
> > CommonInstall: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9
> > CommonConfig: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
> > CommonData: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
>  
<snip> 
> That's normal. Some of the roots have special names/functions.
> Miktex simply list at first all roots and then the named ones again.
> So Root0=UserConfig. It is also normal that some roots are mentioned
> which are actually not used/or even don't exist, I see them too. 

Thanks for your patient replies!
 
> Now to your problem. 
> 
> Your pdflatex log shows the source of the problem:
> pdfTeX warning: pdflatex (file pdftex.map): cannot open font map
> file. 
> 
> First some background: In a normal windows there exist two types
> user "profiles": the roaming profile and the local profile. In a
> network the roaming profile is normally backup on the server when
> you log out and if you log in on another pc it is copied down. The
> local profile is always only on one pc and it is quite possible that
> it is deleted when you log out - and at my opinion that is happening
> here. 
> 
> The UserData root in the local user profile (here
> C:\Users\hans\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9). UserData contains generated
> files like the filename databases (FNDB), pk-files from fonts and
> also the missing pdftex.map. 

This is most helpful! I think we are very close to finding a solution to this one :)

> pdflatex will recreate missing fndb-files on-the-fly (do you see a
> noticable delay at the start of the compilation) but it will not
> call updmap if the map is missing and so fonts are not found. 
> 
> Do the following: Call on the command line 
>   initexmf -u
> and
>   updmap
> 
> Then try your minimal example again. If it works: Check the content
> of the UserData-root, then log out and log in and check.

Yes, it worked! My minimal example compiled, but it did not compile after a logout/login.

As you suspected, the UserData root content had changed.

After (initexmf -u AND updmap):
content of C:\Users\hans\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9 are folders
dvipdfm
dvips
fontconfig
fonts
miktex
pdftex

After (logout AND login):
content of C:\Users\hans\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9 are folders
fonts
miktex

There! Do you now have further directions for solving this particular environment challenge? Is more information needed?

I am very happy to have come this far, thanks a lot Ulrike!

Best regards,
Hans Marius Eikseth

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