Newsgroup: it.comp.software.tex
Titolo: latex problem on red hat 7.2

hello!
i'm new to linux
i had a problem with latex on redhat 7.2
when i try to latex au.tex i got  error msg ,given below;
the only way for me to compile my tex file is to have revtex.cls and
other *.sty files in the same dir as my tex file.
funny , when i search my /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base
all those files are there but it look lke they got skip.
can anyone out there help me?
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This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.1) (format=latex 2001.9.7)  6
MAY 2002 15:55
**au
(au.tex
LaTeX2e <2000/06/01>
Babel <v3.7h> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german,
ngerman, i
talian, nohyphenation, loaded.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/latex209.def
File: latex209.def 1998/05/13 v0.52 Standard LaTeX file
          Entering LaTeX 2.09 COMPATIBILITY MODE
 *************************************************************
    !!WARNING!!    !!WARNING!!    !!WARNING!!    !!WARNING!!   
 
 This mode attempts to provide an emulation of the LaTeX 2.09
 author environment so that OLD documents can be successfully
 processed. It should NOT be used for NEW documents!
 
 New documents should use Standard LaTeX conventions and start
 with the \documentclass command.
 
 Compatibility mode is UNLIKELY TO WORK with LaTeX 2.09 style
 files that change any internal macros, especially not with
 those that change the FONT SELECTION or OUTPUT ROUTINES.
 
 Therefore such style files MUST BE UPDATED to use
          Current Standard LaTeX: LaTeX2e.
 If you suspect that you may be using such a style file, which
 is probably very, very old by now, then you should attempt to
 get it updated by sending a copy of this error message to the
 author of that file.
 *************************************************************
\footheight=\dimen102
\@maxsep=\dimen103
\@dblmaxsep=\dimen104
\@cla=\count79
\@clb=\count80
\mscount=\count81
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/tracefnt.sty
Package: tracefnt 1997/05/29 v3.0j Standard LaTeX package (font
tracing)
\tracingfonts=\count82
LaTeX Info: Redefining \selectfont on input line 83.
)
\symbold=\mathgroup4
\symsans=\mathgroup5
\symtypewriter=\mathgroup6
\symitalic=\mathgroup7
\symsmallcaps=\mathgroup8
\symslanted=\mathgroup9
LaTeX Font Info:    Redeclaring math alphabet \mathbf on input line
275.
LaTeX Font Info:    Redeclaring math alphabet \mathsf on input line
276.
LaTeX Font Info:    Redeclaring math alphabet \mathtt on input line
277.
LaTeX Font Info:    Redeclaring math alphabet \mathit on input line
283.
LaTeX Info: Redefining \em on input line 293.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/latexsym.sty
Package: latexsym 1998/08/17 v2.2e Standard LaTeX package (lasy
symbols)
\symlasy=\mathgroup10
LaTeX Font Info:    Overwriting symbol font `lasy' in version `bold'
(Font)                  U/lasy/m/n --> U/lasy/b/n on input line 29.
)
LaTeX Font Info:    Redeclaring math delimiter \lgroup on input line
357.
LaTeX Font Info:    Redeclaring math delimiter \rgroup on input line
359.
LaTeX Font Info:    Redeclaring math delimiter \bracevert on input
line 361.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/config/latex209.cfg)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/tools/rawfonts.sty
Package: rawfonts 1994/05/08 Low-level LaTeX 2.09 font compatibility
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/tools/somedefs.sty
Package: somedefs 1994/06/01 Toolkit for optional definitions
)
LaTeX Font Info:    Try loading font information for U+lasy on input
line 44.
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/ulasy.fd
File: ulasy.fd 1998/08/17 v2.2eLaTeX symbol font definitions
)))
! LaTeX Error: File `revtex.cls' not found.
Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: cls)
Enter file name: 
(au.aux)
\openout1 = `au.aux'.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OML/cmm/m/it on input line
4.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 4.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for T1/cmr/m/n on input line 4.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 4.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 4.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 4.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line
4.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 4.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line
4.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 4.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 4.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 4.
! LaTeX Error: The font size command \normalsize is not defined:
               there is probably something wrong with the class file.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              
 
l.4 \begin{document}
 
? 
! Undefined control sequence.
l.5 \draft
 
? 
! Emergency stop.
l.5 \draft
 
End of file on the terminal!
 
Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
 308 strings out of 20887
 3192 string characters out of 196275
 45326 words of memory out of 350001
 3280 multiletter control sequences out of 10000+15000
 18987 words of font info for 72 fonts, out of 400000 for 1000
 14 hyphenation exceptions out of 10000
 25i,0n,22p,284b,119s stack positions out of
3000i,100n,1500p,50000b,4000s
No pages of output.

 can anyone out there help me?
Wiggy13, this is an Italian newsgroup, try comp.text.tex instead.
However, have you tried
sudo mktexlsr
to rebuild the file database of your TeX distribution?
Moreover, try to avoid using LaTeX209. Switch to the new
interface, using \documentclass.
Ciao
Enrico