[XeTeX] xetex on mac 10.4 with fink tetex distribution; cmr fonts not found

[Akira Kakuto]

> I have been using latex for some time now with much pleasure. I just  
> recently discovered xetex, and was quite pleased with the ability to  
> use additional fonts on my computer. However, when trying to compile  
> the xetex-sample2e.tex file provided with the xetex distribution, I  
> get errors saying that it cannot several of the computer modern fonts  
> needed to display math, e.g.
> *** font cmsy7 not found in psfonts.map or host system; will  
> substitute Helvetica glyphs
...

Old XeTeX is based on the old TDS.
The next version (0.995) is based on TDS 1.1,
and your problem will be automatically solved.
Before the release of 0.995, please copy the psfonts.map
into a suitable directory under $TEXMF/dvips/ , ...

Best,
Akira