Hello, I downloaded the files "generic*** etc" and tried to install (following the 'simpleslides.pdf'); it seemed to succeed. But the compilation 'texexec generic ...tex' failed. So I tried same tests: ------------------------------------------ rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ texexec generic-talk-15min-45min.tex TeXExec | processing document 'generic-talk-15min-45min.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file generic-talk-15min-45min.top TeXExec | using randomseed 822 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled. (/usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-context/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt tcfmgr: config file `tcfmgr.map' (usually in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig) not found. fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.040151 rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find . -name "cont-en.fmt" rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "cont-en.fmt" /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/fc4b4b59a4904326c19d982f9a3c28fe/formats/cont-en.fmt /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-linux-64/web2c/xetex/cont-en.fmt rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "tcfmgr.map" /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr.map rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ find /usr/local/texlive/2007/ -name "fmtutil.cnf" /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf-var/web2c/fmtutil.cnf /usr/local/texlive/2007/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf rene@KUBUNTU64:~/Context/Slides$ sudo mktexlsr mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE... mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. ------------------------------------------------- Something is wrong ... Can you help me ? -- René Bastian www.pythoneon.org www.musiques-rb.org