On Sat, Mar 15 2008, Morgan Brassel wrote:
I'm experiencing problems with the xetex engine on debian sid. I'm using the official packages context and texlive-xetex. Maybe one of you has the same setup and has a hint... When I try to compile a simple "hello world!" document, I get the following message:
This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996-patch1 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/cont-en.fmt was written by pdftex (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
Hello, If there is no xetex-format, then I get a similar error. So, first generate the xetex format: texexec --make --all --xetex Then, check where the format has been written (perhaps /var/lib/texmf/web2c/xetex/cont-en.fmt). Update the lsr-database: mktexlsr Check, if at least kpsewhich finds the format: kpsewhich -engine xetex cont-en.fmt It should find the same file, that you've just generated before. Then, you should be able to compile "Hello world!". Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/