Re: Unable to open file on older version 2.0.8.1

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 04:30:34PM +, John Kane wrote:
> Just to be a pedant, I think it is Ubuntu 16.04.

Pedants welcome :)

And for the record, I was the one who first made the mistake of using
"16.4". Kim just copied what I put.

Thanks for the correction, John.

Scott


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Re: Unable to open file on older version 2.0.8.1

[Richard Heck]

Kim,

Please send the file privately to me (rgh...@lyx.org), if that is
possible. I will be able to
figure out what is wrong pretty quickly.

Another option: Run LyX from a terminal and try to open the file. You
should see some
more detailed error messages. Post them here---though you may also be
able to tell what
is wrong yourself, once you see them.

Richard



On 10/03/2017 12:30 PM, John Kane wrote:
> Just to be a pedant, I think it is Ubuntu 16.04.
>
> On 3 October 2017 at 10:14, Tim Q  > wrote:
>
> Hi Scott, 
> Thanks for your prompt response. 1/ I'm currently using Ubuntu
> version 16.4. 
>
> 2/ I created a file using Lyx version 2.0.8.1 which is my back up
> file.
>
> 3/ I installed Ubuntu 16.4 and Lyx 2.2.2 from Ubuntu software
> application.
>
> Now I get this message trying to open my backup file. 
>
> "Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx
> script failed to convert it."
>
> Kind regards, 
> Kim 
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 2, 2017 10:42 PM, "Scott Kostyshak"  > wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 11:29:50PM +, Tim Q wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> >
> > "" Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the
> lyx2lyx script
> > failed to convert it. ""
> >
> > This is the message i got when i tried to open a Lyx file
> from an older
> > version 2.0.8.1 that i have been using and I have Ubuntu
> 14.0. This file is
> > extremely important to me as i have been working on it for 2
> years. I
> > desperately need help on opening up this file.
>
> Hi Kim,
>
> The first thing to do is to make a backup of the file. Opening and
> saving with newer versions could change something you don't want.
>
> Did you create the file using 2.0.8.1? Which version of LyX
> are you
> using now? How did you install that version? (e.g. from Ubuntu
> PPA?).
>
> There is no Ubuntu 14.0. Do you mean 16.4?
>
> Scott
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> John Kane
> Kingston ON Canada

Re: Unable to open file on older version 2.0.8.1

[John Kane]

Just to be a pedant, I think it is Ubuntu 16.04.

On 3 October 2017 at 10:14, Tim Q  wrote:

> Hi Scott,
> Thanks for your prompt response. 1/ I'm currently using Ubuntu version
> 16.4.
>
> 2/ I created a file using Lyx version 2.0.8.1 which is my back up file.
>
> 3/ I installed Ubuntu 16.4 and Lyx 2.2.2 from Ubuntu software application.
>
> Now I get this message trying to open my backup file.
>
> "Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed
> to convert it."
>
> Kind regards,
> Kim
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 2, 2017 10:42 PM, "Scott Kostyshak"  wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 11:29:50PM +, Tim Q wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> >
> > "" Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script
> > failed to convert it. ""
> >
> > This is the message i got when i tried to open a Lyx file from an older
> > version 2.0.8.1 that i have been using and I have Ubuntu 14.0. This file
> is
> > extremely important to me as i have been working on it for 2 years. I
> > desperately need help on opening up this file.
>
> Hi Kim,
>
> The first thing to do is to make a backup of the file. Opening and
> saving with newer versions could change something you don't want.
>
> Did you create the file using 2.0.8.1? Which version of LyX are you
> using now? How did you install that version? (e.g. from Ubuntu PPA?).
>
> There is no Ubuntu 14.0. Do you mean 16.4?
>
> Scott
>
>
>


-- 
John Kane
Kingston ON Canada

Re: Unable to open file on older version 2.0.8.1

[Tim Q]

Hi Scott,
Thanks for your prompt response. 1/ I'm currently using Ubuntu version
16.4.

2/ I created a file using Lyx version 2.0.8.1 which is my back up file.

3/ I installed Ubuntu 16.4 and Lyx 2.2.2 from Ubuntu software application.

Now I get this message trying to open my backup file.

"Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script failed
to convert it."

Kind regards,
Kim







On Oct 2, 2017 10:42 PM, "Scott Kostyshak"  wrote:

On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 11:29:50PM +, Tim Q wrote:
> hi,
>
>
> "" Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script
> failed to convert it. ""
>
> This is the message i got when i tried to open a Lyx file from an older
> version 2.0.8.1 that i have been using and I have Ubuntu 14.0. This file
is
> extremely important to me as i have been working on it for 2 years. I
> desperately need help on opening up this file.

Hi Kim,

The first thing to do is to make a backup of the file. Opening and
saving with newer versions could change something you don't want.

Did you create the file using 2.0.8.1? Which version of LyX are you
using now? How did you install that version? (e.g. from Ubuntu PPA?).

There is no Ubuntu 14.0. Do you mean 16.4?

Scott

Re: Unable to open file on older version 2.0.8.1

[Dr Eberhard Lisse]

Ah, the joys of version control.

And the horror of not using it :-)-O

el



On 03/10/2017 01:29, Tim Q wrote:
> hi,
> 
> 
> "" Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script
> failed to convert it. ""
> 
> 
> This is the message i got when i tried to open a Lyx file from an older
> version 2.0.8.1 that i have been using and I have Ubuntu 14.0. This file
> is extremely important to me as i have been working on it for 2 years. I
> desperately need help on opening up this file.
> 
> Thank you so much,
> Kim

Re: Unable to open file on older version 2.0.8.1

[Guenter Milde]

On 2017-10-03, Scott Kostyshak wrote:

> [-- Type: text/plain, Encoding: quoted-printable --]

> On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 11:29:50PM +, Tim Q wrote:
>> hi,


>> "" Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script
>> failed to convert it. ""

>> This is the message i got when i tried to open a Lyx file from an older
>> version 2.0.8.1 that i have been using and I have Ubuntu 14.0. This file is
>> extremely important to me as i have been working on it for 2 years. I
>> desperately need help on opening up this file.

> Hi Kim,

> The first thing to do is to make a backup of the file. Opening and
> saving with newer versions could change something you don't want.

> Did you create the file using 2.0.8.1? Which version of LyX are you
> using now? How did you install that version? (e.g. from Ubuntu PPA?).

In addition, you can try to open lyx from a command line (x-terminal window)
and see if there is a more specific error message from lyx2lyx.

It is also possible to run lyx2lyx from the command line and configure it
with options (in Debian, it is not in the PATH, though, so you must call it
with the complete path):

  /usr/share/lyx/lyx2lyx/lyx2lyx --help
  
Günter  

Re: Unable to open file on older version 2.0.8.1

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 11:29:50PM +, Tim Q wrote:
> hi,
> 
> 
> "" Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script
> failed to convert it. ""
> 
> This is the message i got when i tried to open a Lyx file from an older
> version 2.0.8.1 that i have been using and I have Ubuntu 14.0. This file is
> extremely important to me as i have been working on it for 2 years. I
> desperately need help on opening up this file.

Hi Kim,

The first thing to do is to make a backup of the file. Opening and
saving with newer versions could change something you don't want.

Did you create the file using 2.0.8.1? Which version of LyX are you
using now? How did you install that version? (e.g. from Ubuntu PPA?).

There is no Ubuntu 14.0. Do you mean 16.4?

Scott


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Unable to open file on older version 2.0.8.1

[Tim Q]

hi,


"" Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script
failed to convert it. ""

This is the message i got when i tried to open a Lyx file from an older
version 2.0.8.1 that i have been using and I have Ubuntu 14.0. This file is
extremely important to me as i have been working on it for 2 years. I
desperately need help on opening up this file.

Thank you so much,
Kim

Unable to open file on older version 2.0.8.1

[Tim Q]

hi,


"" Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx script
failed to convert it. ""

This is the message i got when i tried to open a Lyx file from an older
version 2.0.8.1 that i have been using. This file is extremely important to
me as i have been working on it for 2 years. I desperately need help on
opening up this file.

Thank you so much,
Kim