On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Uwe Stöhr <uwesto...@web.de> wrote: > Am 20.02.2012 03:22, schrieb Paul Johnson: > > No, because then new users would have an incomplete MiKTeX installation and > their LyX could not provide all its features. > > >> In my case, it hangs checking for "dvilualatex". > > > This looks like a problem of the MiKTeX installation and is independent if > you on the fly installation is set or not. LuaTeX is part of a basic MiKTeX > installation and must therefore be there. > > Can you please try to > 1. uninstall LyX _completely_ > 2. open an Internet connection and log in as admin > 3. reinstall LyX using this installer: > http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117&release_id=18855 > (I tested that this installer works on Win 7.) > > If you still have the same problems you need to reinstall MiKTeX: > regards Uwe
Dear Uwe: Sorry to write again before waiting for you to answer. I could not sleep, so decided to try the LyX-2.0.2-4 installs in the lab systems. This time I tried several variations. I have ALL SUCCESS to report on the Lyx Installer-2.0.2-4, but still a problem with the installer bundle. On 3 machines, I removed LyX, made sure it was gone from registry. On two of those systems, I had MikTex 2.8 (fully updated) and on one I had MikTeX 2.9. On all of these, I was able to run the LyX 2.0.2-4 installer as administrator. The install was smooth, and there was a new menu that asked me to update MikTeX and launched the MikTeX installer. On all those systems, I put the MikTeX package update setting at YES, (I had in mind the warning on the MikTeX site about the ASK option). On a 4th machine, I removed both LyX and MikTex, and ran the LyX installer bundle 2.0.2-4. That install was interesting, it invited me to install JabRef, which ran fine. It warned me to accept the MikTeX default configuration, which had the package option at ASK. The MikTeX and LyX installs finished without error, so far as I could tell. The installer invited me to launch LyX. The first thing I tried was to "Reconfigure". Lyx ran through a series of checks, and it seems to be hung at this spot + checking for "dvilualatex" ... yes It has not finished the reconfig, not offered the menu that says LyX has been reconfigured and settings will not take effect until LyX is restarted. I have left that sitting in that state for about 30 minutes, there's no evidence that it is downloading packages or doing anything. Windows TaskManager reports LyX is not responding. After waiting another 10 minutes, I used TaskManager to kill it. I went to start menu -> MikTeX -> MikTeX -> Maintenance (admin) -> Settings and changed the Package thing to YES. After that, I start Lyx, and run Reconfigure, it goes through fine, and LyX says it is reconfigured and I should close & restart to use the new classes. So, on the basis of 1 machine with the package setting at ASK, I'm still thinking there's some LyX/MikTeX install trouble. I don't want to go back and break this for no purpose. If you want to tell me how to test this install, I will be glad to do it. pj -- Paul E. Johnson Professor, Political Science Assoc. Director 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 Center for Research Methods University of Kansas University of Kansas http://pj.freefaculty.org http://quant.ku.edu
