I don't think I've ever seen this before. Having replaced the dying hard disk, I've done a clean install of slink. The ability to use latex seems to come and go (mostly go), and I've given the tetex files a purge/reinstall cycle, but still no luck.
The output is hawkinsttyp0:ch_1.scarcity>latex scarcity.tex This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2) I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! I've used find on a working machine, and this file doesn't seem to exist anyway. I was briefly able to make the system work through lyx, but now I get the output (from a postscript preview) of: This is dvips(k) 5.82 Copyright 1998 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com) dvips: ! DVI file can't be opened. I assume that this is something very simple, but I'm stumped. Rick -- Prof. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (319) 266-7114 http://eyry.econ.iastate.edu/hawk These opinions will not be those of UNI until it pays my retainer.