Dear Jobst,
> In /usr/local/texlive/2010/web2c/texmf.cnf I find
>
> TEXMFLOCAL = $SELFAUTOPARENT/../texmf-local
>
> and
>
> TEXMF = {$TEXMFCONFIG,$TEXMFVAR,$TEXMFHOME,!!$TEXMFSYSCONFIG,!!
> TEXMFSYSVAR,!!TEXMFMAIN,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFDIST}
Does kpsewhich texmf.cnf output
/usr/local/texlive/2010/web2c/texmf.cnf ?
Best,
Akira