Hi Richard, I think, I might have done the "bisection" after my initial mail, earlier today. It looks like it was the graphical images I had.
Do you, perhaps, know what file extensions I must avoid for statistical visualizations? On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 6:40 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote: > On 09/06/2017 06:03 AM, Mxolisi Msibi wrote: > > Hi Richard, > > Thanks so much for the quick reply. A simple "Hello World" seem to be > working fine. So, what can the problem the? > > I'm starting to worry that it's prob the math formulas of which I need LyX > for for documenting. > > > Can you send me the file privately by email? That is probably the easiest > thing. > > Otherwise, the usual way to try to solve this is to 'bisect': Delete half > the document and see if it works then. If so, then the problem is in the > other half, so restore that, delete the part you had kept before, etc. Keep > going like this until you isolate what is causing the problem. > > Richard > > > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote: > >> On 09/05/2017 04:06 AM, Mxolisi Msibi wrote: >> >> >> Hi Doc, >> >> I'm having trouble with my LyX. Seem to break down every time I want to >> extract or view in pdf. I googled the error and I followed the subsequent >> remedy but to no avail, I keep getting the same problem. I, even, tried >> comparing to some of my classmates' but the settings look similar. >> >> Do you, perhaps, know what needs to be done to get it back proper? Sample >> error screen shot below. >> >> >> First question: Can you compile a very simple LyX file? I.e., start a new >> file, type "Hello World", and try to view the PDF. Does it work? If not, >> then there is some major problem in your installation, and I'd recommend >> removing everything related to LyX and re-installing. >> >> If that isn't the problem, we can try more things. But the LaTeX log you >> attached is truncated: It is not the complete file. So it's impossible to >> see what the error might be. >> >> Richard >> >> > >
