Bug#506023: better error messages from console

[Tim Richardson]

my console output: 

> sudo evince refcard.dvi.gz
> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmbx12
> mktexpk: No such file or directory
> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
> page: Warning: font `cmbx12' at 600x600 not found, trying `cmr10' instead
> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmr10
> mktexpk: No such file or directory
> page: Warning: font `cmbx12' not found, trying metric files instead
> kpathsea: Running mkofm cmbx12
> mkofm: No such file or directory
> kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmbx12
> mktextfm: No such file or directory
> page: Warning: metric file for `cmbx12' not found, trying `cmr10' instead
> kpathsea: Running mkofm cmr10
> mkofm: No such file or directory
> kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmr10
> mktextfm: No such file or directory
> evince: Segmentation fault

I installed from cmr10 from latex-xft-fonts and then got these errors

> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmbx12
> mktexpk: No such file or directory
> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
> page: Warning: font `cmbx12' at 600x600 not found, trying `cmr10' instead
> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmr10
> mktexpk: No such file or directory
> page: Warning: font `cmbx12' not found, trying metric files instead
> kpathsea: Running mkofm cmbx12
> mkofm: No such file or directory
> kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmbx12
> mktextfm: No such file or directory
> page: Warning: metric file for `cmbx12' not found, trying `cmr10' instead
> kpathsea: Running mkofm cmr10
> mkofm: No such file or directory
> kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmr10
> mktextfm: No such file or directory
> evince: Segmentation fault
> 
I installed texlive-base-bin to get mkofm

Then I get this


> tim at antec:/usr/share/doc/gdb$ sudo evince refcard.dvi.gz
> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmbx12
> mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for cmbx12.
> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
> page: Warning: font `cmbx12' at 600x600 not found, trying `cmr10' instead
> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmr10
> mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for cmr10.
> page: Warning: font `cmbx12' not found, trying metric files instead
> kpathsea: Running mkofm cmbx12
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation  for cmbx12.
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
> mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmbx12
> This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mf.base
> I can't find the base file `mf.base'!
> grep: cmbx12.log: No such file or directory
> mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmbx12' failed to make cmbx12.tfm.
> kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmbx12
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation  for cmbx12.
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
> mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmbx12
> This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mf.base
> I can't find the base file `mf.base'!
> grep: cmbx12.log: No such file or directory
> mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmbx12' failed to make cmbx12.tfm.
> page: Warning: metric file for `cmbx12' not found, trying `cmr10' instead
> kpathsea: Running mkofm cmr10
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation  for cmr10.
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
> mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmr10
> This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mf.base
> I can't find the base file `mf.base'!
> grep: cmr10.log: No such file or directory
> mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmr10' failed to make cmr10.tfm.
> kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmr10
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation  for cmr10.
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
> mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmr10
> This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt mf.base
> I can't find the base file `mf.base'!
> grep: cmr10.log: No such file or directory
> mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmr10' failed to make cmr10.tfm.
> evince: Segmentation fault
> 

and I don't know what to do next.