Re: what provides tex metafont mf.base file?

["Pouya D. Tafti" <p.d.tafti%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 2010-05-20, Jeremy C. Reed <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost> wrote:
[...]
> \documentclass[english]{scrbook}
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
[...]

With these, I would have expected that Type 1 fonts from
font/tex-cm-super would be used (and not bitmap ones).  I would try
updating that package, and perhaps running (as root) texhash and
updmap-sys to update map files (but I still don't understand why
mf.base cannot be created!).

Otherwise, would it be possible for you to list the other packages
used in your document?  Also, what version of print/tex-pdftex are you
using (IIRC it provides pdftex.map)?

Last thing, what happens if you run mktexpk as root (with the
arguments listed in your post)?

Pouya