"Mojca Miklavec" writes:

On Jan 7, 2008 9:47 PM, David Roderick wrote:

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pop-up texlua.exe Application Error The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022)

Hello,

First: thanks a lot for reporting. (I have no windows here, but I had so many problems with rsync on windows ... that I might be willing to torture you until it works, just as I have tortured the windows machine I have been working on a while back :)

I'm clueless about this (apart from the fact that it might be a rsync problem). Which windows are you using (XP or Vista)? (Not that I know if it's relevant at all.)

Can you please try to dowload this: http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip and try to run texlua.exe first? Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. 2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin>set CYGWIN=nontsec set CYGWIN=nontsec C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin> rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/texlua.exe . rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/texlua.exe . receiving file list ... done texlua.exe sent 150 bytes received 143 bytes 34.47 bytes/sec total size is 2560 speedup is 8.74 C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin>texlua texlua Missing script file

Then, please try to run the following (from command and "cd path-to-unzipped-stuff\bin"): set CYGWIN=nontsec rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/texlua.exe . and then see if texlua still has any problems. If not, Yes it still has problems therefore I did not do the following. try to run (single line, it will probably be broken in this mail): rsync -av --exclude 'rsync.exe' --exclude 'cygwin1.dll' rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/ .

Alternatively, you can try to run first-setup.bat (from command line as well) and see if your machine has problems with that. Big thing happens. However a problem

sent 29442 bytes received 6010615 bytes 48514.51 bytes/sec total size is 21964526 speedup is 3.64 Cannot open C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/ls-R to write. mktexlsr: Updating C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updated C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin/ls-R. Cannot open C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-project/ls-R to write. Cannot open C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R to write. mktexlsr: Updating C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updated C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/ls-R. Cannot open C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-extra/ls-R to write. mktexlsr: Updating C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updated C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/ls-R. mktexlsr: Done. LuaTools | skipping C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | skipping C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | skipping C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-project LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-fonts LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-extra LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf LuaTools | scanning path C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin LuaTools | 105 files found on 8 directories with 1 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context LuaTools | 1298 files found on 125 directories with 0 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf LuaTools | 2185 files found on 68 directories with 56 uppercase remappings LuaTools | preparing files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/10f5048df22ac601f2e2e6ae9c3f97f4.tma LuaTools | saving files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/10f5048df22ac601f2e2e6ae9c3f97f4.tma LuaTools | compiling files to C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/10f5048df22ac601f2e2e6ae9c3f97f4.tmc LuaTools | preparing files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/07ba579fc1ebcd7b6593877fb4bdd462.tma LuaTools | saving files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/07ba579fc1ebcd7b6593877fb4bdd462.tma LuaTools | compiling files to C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/07ba579fc1ebcd7b6593877fb4bdd462.tmc LuaTools | preparing files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/57723006d36a89a2230ce5b349a66b37.tma LuaTools | saving files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/57723006d36a89a2230ce5b349a66b37.tma LuaTools | compiling files to C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/57723006d36a89a2230ce5b349a66b37.tmc LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 26.609 secondswarning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... TeXExec | using search method 'kpsefast' TeXExec | using existing database TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Could not open char translation file `natural.tcx'. ! You have to increase POOLSIZE. TeXExec | generating tex format cont-nl warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Could not open char translation file `natural.tcx'. ! You have to increase POOLSIZE. TeXExec | generating tex format mptopdf warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Could not open char translation file `natural.tcx'. ! You have to increase POOLSIZE. TeXExec | using mp engine mpost TeXExec | using mps format path C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c TeXExec | generating mps format metafun warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Could not open char translation file `natural.tcx'. This is MetaPost, Version 1.002 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INIMP) ! I can't find file `metafun'. <*> metafun Please type another input file name:

If you will be able to run texlua after that, then it's installer's fault (perhaps variables are not set properly) and you should complain to Vyatcheslav. If you'll have problems running texlua after that (same error as what you have already mentioned), then you should complan to rsync developers :) But it's definitely not my fault :) :) :)

Yesterday I got Miktex 2.7 basic setup install additional packages on the fly. I got debugview also. Is this any use? Can you tell me what to do with it. This is all I can do for now because I do not have your sort of knoweledge, and therefore can only do what you instruct. The "you have to increase POOLSIZE" bit looks very omininous. Is it a problem?

Mojca

PS: alternatively, you might try to send an email to Akira (the windows compiling specialist), asking him if he's willing to try to compile rsync for windows :) since any other version of rsync is causing problems. The more requests he gets, ... :)

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Missing script file

This sometimes happens when texluac (not texlua) is not found ... Arthur

"Mojca Miklavec" writes:

On Jan 8, 2008 1:43 PM, David Roderick wrote:

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"Mojca Miklavec" writes:

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On Jan 7, 2008 9:47 PM, David Roderick wrote:

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pop-up texlua.exe Application Error The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022)

Hello,

First: thanks a lot for reporting. (I have no windows here, but I had so many problems with rsync on windows ... that I might be willing to torture you until it works, just as I have tortured the windows machine I have been working on a while back :)

I'm clueless about this (apart from the fact that it might be a rsync problem). Which windows are you using (XP or Vista)? (Not that I know if it's relevant at all.)

Can you please try to dowload this: http://minimals.contextgarden.net/setup/context-setup-mswin.zip and try to run texlua.exe first? Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. 2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin>set CYGWIN=nontsec set CYGWIN=nontsec

C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin> rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/texlua.exe . rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/texlua.exe . receiving file list ... done texlua.exe

sent 150 bytes received 143 bytes 34.47 bytes/sec total size is 2560 speedup is 8.74

C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin>texlua texlua Missing script file

Great. This means that rsync works OK (otherwise you would be getting the same error report as last time: "The application failed to initialize properly"). What makes mo wonder now is: why doesn't the installer work? Perhaps the environmental variables aren't set up properly?

You may try one more thing: can you try to set CYGWIN=nontsec globally (I have no windows here to tell you the exact procedure - if you don't know how to do that, please ask again; it's somewhere in System->Advanced->Environmental variables->...).

and then rum the installer again? But it really makes mo wonder where it goes wrong. done no reboot

C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin>texlua texlua C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin>ls ls cygwin1.dll kpathsea356.dll luatex.dll mtx-update.lua mtxrun.cmd mtxrun.lua rsync.exe texlua.exe C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin>texlua.exe texlua.exe C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin>rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/texlua.exe rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/texlua.exe receiving file list ... done -rwxr-xr-x 2560 2007/09/08 02:06:20 texlua.exe sent 116 bytes received 85 bytes 36.55 bytes/sec total size is 2560 speedup is 12.74 C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin> C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin>rsync -av --exclude 'rsync.exe' --exclude 'cygwin1.dll' rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/ rsync -av --exclude 'rsync.exe' --exclude 'cygwin1.dll' rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/ receiving file list ... done drwxr-xr-x 4096 2007/11/12 15:26:19 . -rw-r--r-- 68096 2007/12/23 13:31:00 kpathsea356.dll -rw-r--r-- 2997248 2007/12/18 12:24:18 luatex.dll -rw-r--r-- 10373 2008/01/02 21:26:29 mtx-update.lua -rwxr-xr-x 79 2007/06/26 08:47:33 mtxrun.cmd -rwxr-xr-x 250716 2007/12/29 21:33:01 mtxrun.lua -rwxr-xr-x 2560 2007/09/08 02:06:20 texlua.exe sent 138 bytes received 211 bytes 63.45 bytes/sec total size is 3329072 speedup is 9538.89 C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin>

I had a winows machine yesterday, but apparently the network had rsync port closed, so rsync didn't work at all (and installer reported: "installed successfully").

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Then, please try to run the following (from command and "cd path-to-unzipped-stuff\bin"): set CYGWIN=nontsec rsync -av rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/texlua.exe . and then see if texlua still has any problems. If not, Yes it still has problems therefore I did not do the following.

That report is not a problem (only wrong usage, or missing argument), but texlua could have been more informative about that error, yes. Last time when you reported the error texlua apparently didn't work at all.

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try to run (single line, it will probably be broken in this mail): rsync -av --exclude 'rsync.exe' --exclude 'cygwin1.dll' rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/ .

I tried this step before with global variable as CYGWIN=nontsec C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin> rsync -av --exclude 'rsync.exe' --exclude 'cygwin1.dll' rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/ . rsync -av --exclude 'rsync.exe' --exclude 'cygwin1.dll' rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/setup/mswin/bin/ . receiving file list ... done ./ kpathsea356.dll luatex.dll mtx-update.lua mtxrun.cmd mtxrun.lua sent 13490 bytes received 9259 bytes 3033.20 bytes/sec total size is 3329072 speedup is 146.34 C:\cygwin\home\David\download\lua\context\bin>

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Alternatively, you can try to run first-setup.bat (from command line as well) and see if your machine has problems with that. Big thing happens.

Well - the whole distribution is dowloaded (I guess), which is a good thing :)

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However a problem

sent 29442 bytes received 6010615 bytes 48514.51 bytes/sec total size is 21964526 speedup is 3.64 Cannot open C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/ls-R to write.

This is not a problem.

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mktexlsr: Updating C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updated C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin/ls-R. Cannot open C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-project/ls-R to write. Cannot open C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R to write.

Neither this. The directories don't exist, but that's no harm (perhaps mktexlsr could ignore those warnings just as it does on unix).

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mktexlsr: Updating C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updated C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/ls-R. Cannot open C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-extra/ls-R to write. mktexlsr: Updating C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updated C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/ls-R. mktexlsr: Done.

mktexlsr aparently works so far.

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LuaTools | skipping C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | skipping C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | skipping C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-project LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-fonts LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-extra LuaTools | locating list of C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf LuaTools | scanning path C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin LuaTools | 105 files found on 8 directories with 1 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context LuaTools | 1298 files found on 125 directories with 0 uppercase remappings LuaTools | scanning path C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf LuaTools | 2185 files found on 68 directories with 56 uppercase remappings LuaTools | preparing files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/10f5048df22ac601f2e2e6ae9c3f97f4.tma LuaTools | saving files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/10f5048df22ac601f2e2e6ae9c3f97f4.tma LuaTools | compiling files to C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/10f5048df22ac601f2e2e6ae9c3f97f4.tmc LuaTools | preparing files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/07ba579fc1ebcd7b6593877fb4bdd462.tma LuaTools | saving files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/07ba579fc1ebcd7b6593877fb4bdd462.tma LuaTools | compiling files to C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/07ba579fc1ebcd7b6593877fb4bdd462.tmc LuaTools | preparing files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/57723006d36a89a2230ce5b349a66b37.tma LuaTools | saving files in C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/57723006d36a89a2230ce5b349a66b37.tma LuaTools | compiling files to C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-cache/luatex-cache/context/5f8b142e8ab6872a8c62f7e46179684b/trees/57723006d36a89a2230ce5b349a66b37.tmc LuaTools | LuaTools | runtime: 26.609 secondswarning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories:

OK, that's the only real problem so far. Apparently texmf.cnf is missing, or at leat it isn't found.

I have c:\localtexmf directory I do not have a c:\texmf directory Miktex 2.7 has deleted it.

This is where I get lost. What's wrong with the files? Where are they? (Do they exist?) A problem with cygwin paths perhaps? One thing that I could imagine is that md5 checksums might vary depending on whether one uses "cygwin" or normal paths, but there's no way for me to test that at the moment. Or perhaps some variables are set up the wrong way (stored with cygwin path, which is not seen by other applications).

Do you have cygwin installed as well (only out of curiosity - in case it interferes with rsync's dll library)?

Yes I have the complete version of cygwin (6 months old)

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C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c

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Trying to proceed... TeXExec | using search method 'kpsefast' TeXExec | using existing database TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Could not open char translation file `natural.tcx'. ! You have to increase POOLSIZE. TeXExec | generating tex format cont-nl warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Could not open char translation file `natural.tcx'. ! You have to increase POOLSIZE. TeXExec | generating tex format mptopdf warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Could not open char translation file `natural.tcx'. ! You have to increase POOLSIZE. TeXExec | using mp engine mpost TeXExec | using mps format path C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-mswin/web2c TeXExec | generating mps format metafun warning: Configuration file texmf.cnf not found! Searched these directories: C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-local/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf-context/web2c;C:/cygwin/home/David/download/lua/context/tex/texmf/web2c Trying to proceed... warning: Could not open char translation file `natural.tcx'. This is MetaPost, Version 1.002 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INIMP) ! I can't find file `metafun'. <*> metafun

Please type another input file name:

The same problem all over the place ...

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If you will be able to run texlua after that, then it's installer's fault (perhaps variables are not set properly) and you should complain to Vyatcheslav. If you'll have problems running texlua after that (same error as what you have already mentioned), then you should complan to rsync developers :) But it's definitely not my fault :) :) :)

Yesterday I got Miktex 2.7 basic setup install additional packages on the fly. I got debugview also. Is this any use?

Of course it is. You can use MikTeX to compile your documents now :) (But LuaTeX won't work if you wonder about that.)

The standalone has some advantages, but if you're only looking for something easy-to-use, MikTeX is extremely user-friendly. The minimals might not be propely debugged yet (as you might have noticed).

But people like you can be very helpful to help with debugging, so i hope that you will have enough patience to help us getting rid of the problems you have spotted. Some of them only appear under certain conditions. Getting rid of them should be a priority.

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Can you tell me what to do with it. This is all I can do for now because I do not have your sort of knoweledge, and therefore can only do what you instruct. The "you have to increase POOLSIZE" bit looks very omininous. Is it a problem?

POOLSIZE has nothing to do with the problem you experience. The problem is that the file where this should be set (texmy.cnf) cannot be found, and possibly that some tools give you some wrong problem reports (it's difficult to test programs in so weird conditions).

Mojca

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