Re: Lyx 2.2 errors w/ miktex 2.9.6 (on win10)

[Cris Fuhrman]

I can share a bit as a win10 user of 2.2.2.

One annoying quirk of LyX and MikTeX is the fact that MikTeX on-the-fly
installs can sometimes fail for weird but not rare reasons. For example,
you configured MikTeX to use server ABC but for some strange reason that
server's archive is broken and the package LyX needs fails a sanity check.
When these failures occur, LyX gives a vague answer, probably due to the
level of nesting. It wasn't until I ran MikTeX update as administrator that
I got the helpful message that let me know to switch servers. The average
user might not be so tolerant or persistent.  It's too bad the MikTeX
redundant system is not more robust.

Another problem I encounter is with long file paths, but only when using,
say, PNG images in my LyX files. LyX again fails with an obscure error.
Debugging the image conversion in the cache showed that my the filename was
really long and at some point the converted image was "not found". I moved
my LyX file directory to a path closer to the root, thus making the cache
file names shorter, and the errors stop. I can probably reproduce this
easily, if more info is needed.

On Apr 13, 2017 09:53, "Stephan Witt"  wrote:

> Am 13.04.2017 um 15:44 schrieb Mitch Gusat :
> >
> > Seen the same issues on Mac and Linux, but it's particularly vexing on
> Windows since the recent (April'17) Miktex 2.9 release: Lyx 2.0/1/2 used to
> work flawlessly for years before the new miktex release.
>
> Hi Mitch,
>
> I’d like to get more detailed infos regarding the problems you’ve
> mentioned for LyX on Mac.
>
> Thank you
> Stephan
>
>

Re: Lyx 2.2 errors w/ miktex 2.9.6 (on win10)

[Stephan Witt]

Am 13.04.2017 um 15:44 schrieb Mitch Gusat :
> 
> Seen the same issues on Mac and Linux, but it's particularly vexing on 
> Windows since the recent (April'17) Miktex 2.9 release: Lyx 2.0/1/2 used to 
> work flawlessly for years before the new miktex release.

Hi Mitch,

I’d like to get more detailed infos regarding the problems you’ve mentioned for 
LyX on Mac.

Thank you
Stephan

Lyx 2.2 errors w/ miktex 2.9.6 (on win10)

[Mitch Gusat]

Seen the same issues on Mac and Linux, but it's particularly vexing on
Windows since the recent (April'17) Miktex 2.9 release: Lyx 2.0/1/2 used to
work flawlessly for years before the new miktex release.

Now it needs multiple re-installs, remove miktex, re-install miktex,
reconfig Lyx, check Tex (still fails), check/edit Paths, reconfig again...
even the Lyx install bundle fails to do any better... :-(

Lyx was a great tool, yet the current issues w/ paths, Tex compilers,
missing styles etc. started long ago (similar reports from a decade ago).
Now they're aggravated by whatever Miktex has changed in miktex-2.9.6236

Can we help somehow to fix this hurdle?

I can't tell my colleagues and students to keep trying to fix a broken
Lyx/Miktex install ... until they get it right :-)

cheers and thanks for Lyx!

Cheers,
Mitch
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