From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 13:01:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E796116A4CE for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:01:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from forrie.com (forrie.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.156.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB2FA43FE3 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:01:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from forrie@forrie.com) Received: from dell.forrie.com (wks.forrie.net. [192.168.1.21]) by forrie.com with ESMTP id hABL0mJ6052216; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:00:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from forrie@forrie.com) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20031111160000.01c1fb50@192.168.1.1> X-Sender: forrie@192.168.1.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:00:48 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Larry Rosenman From: Forrest Aldrich In-Reply-To: <217350000.1068584180@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20031111152727.01bd8dd8@192.168.1.1> <194310000.1068582748@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20031111154329.01be4e70@192.168.1.1> <217350000.1068584180@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.3.0(snapshot 20010925) (forrie.ne.client2.attbi.com) X-MailScanner-LocalNet: Found to be clean Subject: Re: Nroff error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:01:09 -0000 Yes, I have actually. And this makes it even more mysterious. Check this out: bash-2.05b# truss -o /tmp/truss.out man perl Formatting page, please wait...troff: fatal error: can't find macro file tty-char Done. bash-2.05b# cat /tmp/truss.out bash-2.05b# truss -o /tmp/truss.out man sh bash-2.05b# truss -o /tmp/truss.out man bash I get that error first, then each subsequent returns nothing... and /tmp/truss.out is empty. Forrest At 03:56 PM 11/11/2003, Larry Rosenman wrote: >One idea... > >Have you tried truss(1)'ing the man command to see what files it's looking >for? > >truss -o /tmp/truss.out man xxx > >? > > > >--On Tuesday, November 11, 2003 15:45:11 -0500 Forrest Aldrich > wrote: > >>Hi Larry, >> >>I seem to have this file: >> >>-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 5102 Nov 9 22:24 /usr/share/tmac/tty-char.tmac >>-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1551 Nov 9 22:24 /usr/share/tmac/tty.tmac >> >>This has been a problem for a long time - none of my manpages work at >>all. I've tried reinstalling (makeworld/installworld,e tc) to no avail. >>Also, if I remove /usr/local/share/groff, I get more errors. >> >>So I think something is just plain wrong. I've tested my MANPATH and >>looked at /etc/manpath.config, and don't see problems. >> >>I'm getting to the point where I'm losing time by not having some >>manpages available, etc. >> >> >>Thanks, >>Forrest >> >> >>At 03:32 PM 11/11/2003, you wrote: >> >> >>>--On Tuesday, November 11, 2003 15:28:03 -0500 Forrest Aldrich >>> wrote: >>> >>>>Can someone explain what this error might be: >>>> >>>>nroff -man nasm.1 > nasm.man >>>>troff: fatal error: can't find macro file tty-char >>>>*** Error code 1 >>>> >>>>Long-standing issue on the system I'm using -- it affects usage of >>>>manpages (they don't work). Can't figure it out... >>>The following file is probably missing (drop the /stable/ from the path): >>> >>>/stable/usr/share/tmac/tty-char.tmac >>> >>>It can (probably) be copied from: >>> >>>/stable/usr/src/contrib/groff/tmac/tty-char.tmac >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler >>>Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org >>>US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 > > > >-- >Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler >Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org >US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 >