Hello,
Just want to share an issue I found with the installation of TexLive in a fresh installed rolling OM.
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OpenMandriva Lx version: ROME 25.06
Desktop environment (KDE, LXQT…): KDE Plasma 6.3.4, KDE Frameworks 6.13.0, Dolphin 25.04.0
Description of the issue (screenshots if relevant):
I was trying to compile with XeLaTeX a LaTeX file that I already used to compile in other distros, but - after installed texlive - it was able to compile producing a no readeble pdf in OM.
Since I was sure that the LaTeX code can generate a valid pdf file, I tried to find a solution.
This is happening on a fresh install of an OM ROME.
I installed texlive with sudo dnf in texlive and then, due to missing dependencies, extended with a sudo dnf in texlive-scheme-full.
When compiling, I obtained:
> xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode mydocument.tex
[CUT]
Error 256 (driver return code) generating output;
file mydocument.pdf may not be valid.
Transcript written on mydocument.log.
xdvipdfmx:fatal: Cannot proceed without .vf or "physical" font for PDF output...
No output PDF file written.
The mydocument.tex file is using custom fonts. I tried to install the fonts for local user, for system or compiling without installing the fonts (and trying to use them from local folder), but nothing changed.
I tried also to not use custom fonts, but the pdf invalid generation occoured again with Latin Modern Roman and Latin Modern Sans).
At this point, I tried running the following two commands with no success to solve the compile issue:
> sudo fc-cache -fv
Font directories:
/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF
/usr/lib/X11/fonts
/opt/ttfonts
/root/.local/share/fonts
/usr/share/fonts
/root/.fonts
/usr/local/share/fonts
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi
/usr/share/fonts/Adwaita
/usr/share/fonts/OTF
/usr/share/fonts/Speedo
/usr/share/fonts/TTF
/usr/share/fonts/Type1
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro
/usr/share/fonts/cantarell
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic
/usr/share/fonts/default
/usr/share/fonts/google-crosextra-caladea
/usr/share/fonts/google-crosextra-carlito
/usr/share/fonts/misc
/usr/share/fonts/open-sans
/usr/share/fonts/ttf
/usr/local/share/fonts/a
/usr/local/share/fonts/b
/usr/local/share/fonts/c
/usr/local/share/fonts/d
/usr/local/share/fonts/f
/usr/local/share/fonts/g
/usr/local/share/fonts/h
/usr/local/share/fonts/i
/usr/local/share/fonts/j
/usr/local/share/fonts/n
/usr/local/share/fonts/s
/usr/local/share/fonts/v
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/antpolt
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/arimo
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/comic-relief
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/cousine
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/dejavu
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/droid
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/gelasio
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/hack
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/liberation
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/ptsans
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/selawik
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/tinos
/usr/share/fonts/default/TTF
/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1
/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript
/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives
/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western
/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/adobestd35
/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1: skipping, no such directory
/usr/share/X11/fonts/TTF: skipping, no such directory
/usr/lib/X11/fonts: skipping, no such directory
/opt/ttfonts: skipping, no such directory
/root/.local/share/fonts: skipping, no such directory
/usr/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 16 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/Adwaita: caching, new cache contents: 24 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/OTF: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/Speedo: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF: caching, new cache contents: 146 fonts, 12 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/antpolt: caching, new cache contents: 40 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/arimo: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/comic-relief: caching, new cache contents: 1 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/cousine: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/dejavu: caching, new cache contents: 22 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/droid: caching, new cache contents: 8 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/gelasio: caching, new cache contents: 8 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/hack: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/liberation: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/ptsans: caching, new cache contents: 8 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/selawik: caching, new cache contents: 5 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/tinos: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/Type1: caching, new cache contents: 9 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cantarell: caching, new cache contents: 11 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/default: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 3 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/default/TTF: caching, new cache contents: 70 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 1 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/adobestd35: caching, new cache contents: 35 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript: caching, new cache contents: 17 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/google-crosextra-caladea: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/google-crosextra-carlito: caching, new cache contents: 4 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/misc: caching, new cache contents: 89 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/open-sans: caching, new cache contents: 10 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/ttf: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 2 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives: caching, new cache contents: 29 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western: caching, new cache contents: 9 fonts, 0 dirs
/root/.fonts: skipping, no such directory
/usr/local/share/fonts: caching, new cache contents: 0 fonts, 12 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/a: caching, new cache contents: 33 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/b: caching, new cache contents: 48 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/c: caching, new cache contents: 28 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/d: caching, new cache contents: 15 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/f: caching, new cache contents: 39 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/g: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/h: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/i: caching, new cache contents: 30 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/j: caching, new cache contents: 96 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/n: caching, new cache contents: 355 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/s: caching, new cache contents: 12 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/local/share/fonts/v: caching, new cache contents: 63 fonts, 0 dirs
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/Adwaita: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/OTF: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/Speedo: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/Type1: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/adobe-source-code-pro: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/cantarell: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/default: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/google-crosextra-caladea: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/google-crosextra-carlito: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/misc: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/open-sans: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/ttf: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/a: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/b: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/c: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/d: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/f: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/g: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/h: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/i: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/j: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/n: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/s: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/local/share/fonts/v: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/antpolt: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/arimo: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/comic-relief: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/cousine: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/dejavu: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/droid: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/gelasio: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/hack: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/liberation: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/ptsans: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/selawik: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/tinos: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/default/TTF: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western: skipping, looped directory detected
/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/adobestd35: skipping, looped directory detected
/var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
/root/.cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
/root/.fontconfig: not cleaning non-existent cache directory
fc-cache: succeeded
> sudo mktexlsr
mktexlsr: Updating /etc/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/share/texmf-dist/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Done.
Relevant informations (hardware involved, software version, logs or output…):
The only commands that saved me are the following:
> sudo texhash
texhash: Updating /etc/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf-dist/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Done.
> sudo updmap-sys
updmap will read the following updmap.cfg files (in precedence order):
/etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg
updmap may write changes to the following updmap.cfg file:
/etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
dvips output dir: "/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap"
pdftex output dir: "/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap"
dvipdfmx output dir: "/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvipdfmx/updmap"
updmap [WARNING]: generated map uptex-haranoaji-04.map (from uptex-@jaEmbed@@jaVariant@.map) does not exist, not activating it!
updmap [WARNING]: generated map uptex-tc-arphic.map (from uptex-tc-@tcEmbed@.map) does not exist, not activating it!
updmap [WARNING]: generated map otf-ko-baekmuk.map (from otf-ko-@koEmbed@.map) does not exist, not activating it!
updmap [WARNING]: generated map ptex-haranoaji-04.map (from ptex-@jaEmbed@@jaVariant@.map) does not exist, not activating it!
updmap [WARNING]: generated map uptex-ko-baekmuk.map (from uptex-ko-@koEmbed@.map) does not exist, not activating it!
updmap [WARNING]: generated map otf-haranoaji.map (from otf-@jaEmbed@.map) does not exist, not activating it!
updmap [WARNING]: generated map otf-tc-arphic.map (from otf-tc-@tcEmbed@.map) does not exist, not activating it!
updmap [WARNING]: generated map otf-sc-arphic.map (from otf-sc-@scEmbed@.map) does not exist, not activating it!
updmap [WARNING]: generated map uptex-sc-arphic.map (from uptex-sc-@scEmbed@.map) does not exist, not activating it!
updmap [WARNING]: generated map otf-up-haranoaji.map (from otf-up-@jaEmbed@.map) does not exist, not activating it!
updmap is creating new map files
using the following configuration:
LW35 font names : URWkb (/etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg)
prefer outlines : true (/etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg)
texhash enabled : true
download standard fonts (dvips) : false (/etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg)
download standard fonts (pdftex) : true (/etc/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg)
jaEmbed replacement string : haranoaji (/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
jaVariant replacement string : -04 (/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
scEmbed replacement string : arphic (/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
tcEmbed replacement string : arphic (/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
koEmbed replacement string : baekmuk (/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
create a mapfile for pxdvi : false (default)
Scanning for LW35 support files [ 3 files]
Scanning for MixedMap entries [ 9 files]
Scanning for KanjiMap entries [ 0 files]
Scanning for Map entries [ 10 files]
Generating output for dvipdfmx...
Generating output for ps2pk...
Generating output for dvips...
Generating output for pdftex...
Files generated:
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips/updmap:
15758 2025-06-28 18:14:56 builtin35.map
21231 2025-06-28 18:14:56 download35.map
67791 2025-06-28 18:14:56 psfonts_pk.map
74861 2025-06-28 18:14:56 psfonts_t1.map
80328 2025-06-28 18:14:56 ps2pk.map
74861 2025-06-28 18:14:56 psfonts.map = psfonts_t1.map
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap:
80335 2025-06-28 18:14:56 pdftex_dl14.map
78670 2025-06-28 18:14:56 pdftex_ndl14.map
80335 2025-06-28 18:14:56 pdftex.map = pdftex_dl14.map
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvipdfmx/updmap:
281 2025-06-28 18:14:56 kanjix.map
Transcript written on: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.log
updmap: updating ls-R files.
After I launched these two commands, the mydocument.pdf file is correctly generated, leaving me with only the non essential warnings.
I don’t know if this can be related with the post install scripts of TexLive.
Hope this can be helpful for someone else.