I just tried context for the first time on a Linux Fedora Core 4 PC (after downloading and installing the latest cont-tmf.zip over the original installation in my default /usr/share/texmf directory; I then ran 'fmtutil --all'). My simple file, samplecontext.tex, reads: \starttext a test \stoptext I then tried: % texexec samplecontext and get the following errors ==>: TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 fixing texformat path : .:{!!/usr/local/people/tbrowde/.texmf-config,!!/usr/local/people/tbrowde /.texmf-var,/usr/local/people/tbrowde/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf-config,!! /usr/share/texmf-var,!!/usr/local/share/texmf,!!/usr/share/texmf,!!/usr/ share/texmf-dist}/web2c/{$engine,} fixing engine variable : pdfetex executable : pdfetex format : cont-en inputfile : samplecontext output : standard interface : en current mode : none TeX run : 1 This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/natural.tcx) entering extended mode (./samplecontext.tex ConTeXt ver: 2005.01.31 fmt: 2006.1.27 int: english mes: english language : language en is active system : cont-new loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.14 \newcontextversion {2006.03.25 13:21} ? systems : beware: some patches loaded from cont-new.tex color : palette rollover is available system (E-TEX) : [line 1231] system (E-TEX) : [line 1286] ) system : cont-old loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-old.tex loading : Context Old Macros ) system : cont-fil loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-fil.tex loading : Context File Synonyms ) system : cont-sys.rme loaded (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-syn.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.14 \starttypescriptcollection [synonyms] ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.864 \stoptypescriptcollection ? ) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-enc.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.27 \starttypescriptcollection [encodings] ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.358 \definetypescriptprefix [c:t2a] [la] ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.359 \definetypescriptprefix [c:t2b] [lb] ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.360 \definetypescriptprefix [c:t2c] [lc] ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.361 \definetypescriptprefix [c:x2] [rx] ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.1108 \stoptypescriptcollection ? ) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-dis.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-siz.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.16 \starttypescriptcollection [size] ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.847 \stoptypescriptcollection ? ) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-map.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.14 \starttypescriptcollection [map files] ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.193 \stoptypescriptcollection ? ) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-spe.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.17 \starttypescriptcollection [special features] ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.47 \stoptypescriptcollection ? ) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-exa.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.16 \starttypescriptcollection [examples] ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.252 \stoptypescriptcollection ? ) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/type-akb.tex ! Undefined control sequence. l.32 \starttypescriptcollection [adobe kb mappings] ? ! Undefined control sequence. l.251 \stoptypescriptcollection ? )) bodyfont : 12pt rm is loaded language : patterns en->default:default->1->2:2 de->texnansi:texnansi->3 ->2:2 de->ec:ec->4->2:2 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:2 fr->ec:ec->6->2:2 es->def ault:default->7->2:2 it->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:2 it->ec:ec->9->2:2 nl->texnan si:texnansi->10->2:2 nl->ec:ec->11->2:2 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : samplecontext.top loaded (./samplecontext.top) fonts : using map file: original-public-lm.map fonts : using map file: original-ams-euler.map fonts : using map file: original-ams-base.map fonts : using map file: t5-base.map fonts : using map file: ec-base.map fonts : using map file: 8r-base.map fonts : using map file: ec-public-lm.map fonts : using map file: original-base.map systems : begin file samplecontext at line 1 ! Undefined control sequence. <inserted text> \restoreendofline \let \checkedutility \docheckedutility \dofinaloutput ...output \the \everybeforeshipout \ifspecialbasedsettings \m... \finaloutput ...EAEAEA \dofinaloutput \fi \fi #1#2 \resetselectiepagina \verh... \sidefloatoutput ...e \else \finalsidefloatoutput \global \sidefloatvsize \n... \dodonormaloutput ...lty \the \OTRcommand \output \outputmessage -{normal}\o... \invokeoutputroutine ...enalty }\dodonormaloutput \outputmessage -{trying}\o... ... l.5 \stoptext ? [1.1] systems : end file samplecontext at line 5 ) Output written on samplecontext.dvi (1 page, 304 bytes). Transcript written on samplecontext.log. return code : 256 run time : 13 seconds total run time : 13 seconds <== EOF It looks like a bad installation. Any ideas? Thanks for your help. -Tom Tom Browder Niceville, Florida USA