On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote: > On 11/07/2013 02:44 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote: > >> On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > >> > On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > >> > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann > >> > > > >> > > <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: > >> > > > I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders > >> > > > me > >> > > > > >> > > > to use Lyx at the moment. > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated > >> > > > >> > > I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd > >> > > > >> > > w<expansion>. This could be very bad. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem > >> > > > >> > > you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you > >> > > > >> > > should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as > >> > > > >> > > root to see if it has the same problem. > >> > > >> > Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help > >> > if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the > >> > (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)? > >> > >> Ah. So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX needs > >> (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your > >> $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up. When you run as root, > >> it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary. > >> > >> Try this. Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then run > >> LyX as your usual username. If things work (after a setup timelag), > >> then there is just some messed up configuration file. > > > > This is the terminal output after following your suggestion: > > > > wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: > "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 103: Having multiple > values in <test> isn't supported and may not work as expected > > Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 138: > Having multiple values in <test> isn't supported and may not work as > expected > > LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/ > > LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu > > > > Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py" > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in <module> > > filemode = 'w') > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in basicConfig > > hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__ > > StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open()) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 926, in _open > > stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode) > > IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log' > > support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt > "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"' finished with exit code 1 > > LyX: Fertig! > > LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file > `textclass.lst'. > > LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found! > > ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'. > > No modules will be available. > > Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'. > > > > I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore > rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal output > similar to the above one: > > > > wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx & > > [1] 4419 > > wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: > "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 103: Having multiple > values in <test> isn't supported and may not work as expected > > Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 138: > Having multiple values in <test> isn't supported and may not work as > expected > > LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu > > > > Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py" > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in <module> > > filemode = 'w') > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in basicConfig > > hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__ > > StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open()) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 926, in _open > > stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode) > > IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log' > > support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt > "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"' finished with exit code 1 > > LyX: Fertig! > > LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file > `textclass.lst'. > > LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found! > > ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'. > > No modules will be available. > > Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'. > > > > I do not find the configure.log in my home (wanted to check the permission) > > > That is a file LyX wants to create, and it is being denied permissions to do > so. > > It looks as if you may have some very bad permissions problems in your > configuration. Can you do: > > # ls -l / > > and post the complete output?
Is it possible that umask could be the problem here? Scott
