diff --git a/glafp-utils/docbook/db2dvi.dir/db2dvi.sh b/glafp-utils/docbook/db2dvi.dir/db2dvi.sh
index 013d07160d5a51bcbd8cf5e91d9c833e037afac5..1f59e708c8f458c0d3b60bbe9b6033458ec369e4 100644
--- a/glafp-utils/docbook/db2dvi.dir/db2dvi.sh
+++ b/glafp-utils/docbook/db2dvi.dir/db2dvi.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES"]
-then
-  if [ ! -f "$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE" ]
-  then
-    echo "CATALOG file not set up; see installation guide for details."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  SGML_CATALOG_FILES=$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE
+if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES" ] ; then
+  for i in "$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE" /usr/share/sgml/CATALOG.docbkdsl ; do
+    if [ -n "$i" -a -r "$i" ] ;  then
+      SGML_CATALOG_FILES="$i"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES" ] ; then
+  echo "CATALOG file not set up; see installation guide for details."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 # Dave Mason's option to specify a different stylesheet
diff --git a/glafp-utils/docbook/db2html.dir/db2html.sh b/glafp-utils/docbook/db2html.dir/db2html.sh
index b7337cb7dcc32e4020c2c5405a7329dc820deb71..383e1276b8579368a3a62eebb066a9c39017d3c8 100644
--- a/glafp-utils/docbook/db2html.dir/db2html.sh
+++ b/glafp-utils/docbook/db2html.dir/db2html.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES"]
-then
-  if [ ! -f "$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE" ]
-  then
-    echo "CATALOG file not set up; see installation guide for details."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  SGML_CATALOG_FILES=$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE
+if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES" ] ; then
+  for i in "$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE" /usr/share/sgml/CATALOG.docbkdsl ; do
+    if [ -n "$i" -a -r "$i" ] ;  then
+      SGML_CATALOG_FILES="$i"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES" ] ; then
+  echo "CATALOG file not set up; see installation guide for details."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 HTML_STYLESHEET=$HTML_DIR/html/docbook.css
diff --git a/glafp-utils/docbook/db2pdf.dir/db2pdf.sh b/glafp-utils/docbook/db2pdf.dir/db2pdf.sh
index 07f762aa74bc26a2422f6ce65633307722497b25..c7c259d27b5b2e14c9309d010ad601065cbdd8d5 100644
--- a/glafp-utils/docbook/db2pdf.dir/db2pdf.sh
+++ b/glafp-utils/docbook/db2pdf.dir/db2pdf.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES"]
-then
-  if [ ! -f "$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE" ]
-  then
-    echo "CATALOG file not set up; see installation guide for details."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  SGML_CATALOG_FILES=$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE
+if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES" ] ; then
+  for i in "$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE" /usr/share/sgml/CATALOG.docbkdsl ; do
+    if [ -n "$i" -a -r "$i" ] ;  then
+      SGML_CATALOG_FILES="$i"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES" ] ; then
+  echo "CATALOG file not set up; see installation guide for details."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 TMPFN=`echo $1 | sed 's/\.sgml//'`
diff --git a/glafp-utils/docbook/db2rtf.dir/db2rtf.sh b/glafp-utils/docbook/db2rtf.dir/db2rtf.sh
index dc90e49e3999f2c7002ac28f6fcc4750178bef18..48b352132533d9d3b6d9bb418a2bd7cec23d9221 100644
--- a/glafp-utils/docbook/db2rtf.dir/db2rtf.sh
+++ b/glafp-utils/docbook/db2rtf.dir/db2rtf.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES"]
-then
-  if [ ! -f "$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE" ]
-  then
-    echo "CATALOG file not set up; see installation guide for details."
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  SGML_CATALOG_FILES=$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE
+if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES" ] ; then
+  for i in "$FPTOOLS_CATALOG_FILE" /usr/share/sgml/CATALOG.docbkdsl ; do
+    if [ -n "$i" -a -r "$i" ] ;  then
+      SGML_CATALOG_FILES="$i"
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$SGML_CATALOG_FILES" ] ; then
+  echo "CATALOG file not set up; see installation guide for details."
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 output=db2rtf.rtf