Scisoft causes problems with Latex/xdvi on Linux. Why?
This problem is caused by a name clash. There is a command “access” which is used by tetex (the version of Tex/Latex commonly installed on Linux machines) and also one in /scisoft/saord/bin as part of the SAO RD collection. When you define Scisoft this picks up the latter rather than the former as it is nearer the start of the “path”. This really messes tetex up completely and typically leads to errors related to font creation. The easiest solution is to add /usr/bin at the front of your search path again. This will get tetex working again at the expense of SAO RD – probably the lesser of two evils.
