If you edit the file findKnownMotifs.pl and move the call to printMotif to come before testing $svgFlag you will find that .motif files are printed again.

In the following I have commented out the call from where it need not be, and introduced it as the first line, right before the if block:

   printMotif($_, $directory . "/$knownDir/$matrixFile"); # this should be done regardless of $svgFlag                                                                                                        
    if ($svgFlag) {
        my $str = HomerSVGLogo::motif2svg($_,$bitFlag,$rnaFlag2);
            open SVG, ">$directory/$knownDir/$logoFile.svg";
            print SVG $str;
            close SVG;
            print MAIN "$str\n";
    } else {
    #printMotif($_, $directory . "/$knownDir/$matrixFile"); # this should be done regardless of $svgFlag                                                                                               
            `profile2seq.pl "$directory/$knownDir/$matrixFile" 100 > "$tmpFile"`;
            my $width = $widthFactor * $_->{'len'};
            `seqlogo -a $bits -f "$tmpFile" -F PNG -S -c -o "$directory/$knownDir/$logoFile" -h $height -w $width`;
    `seqlogo -a $bits -f "$tmpFile" -F PDF -S -c -o "$directory/$knownDir/$logoFile" -h $height -w $width 2> /dev/null`;
    print MAIN "<IMG src=\"$knownDir/$logoFile.png\"/>";
}

I expect this change was mistakenly introduced while refactoring the code to support svg as alternate output format for logos.

I have reported this to the author of this code.

~ Similarly afflicted in Kansas USA!