Scott: In part you replied:
>>This version info is very useful. The 2.4.0~RC3 means that you're not >>actually using an official released LyX version. Which linux >>distribution do you use? Did you install LyX using your package manager >>or did you install directly (e.g., by compiling) yourself? I am so sorry to have wasted your time. I had no idea I was not using an official released version. I did not compile it myself. A package manager would have downloaded it for me. I reviewed my computer system install notes.....and as is usual, they are very poor. I recorded a little bit when I installed Ubuntu LTS 24, having used LTS 18 for many years. But nothing about the LYX install, which I did when installing 24. I will now go to the LYX web site, and follow the instructions for removing my current LYX version and installing 2.4. I do recall that repositories are frequently not up to date. And I do recall having to compile some applications myself (maybe LYX) if I wanted the latest version. This I have always avoided. But not this time, if I have to compile, I will....new experiences are good for oneself. Not having an "official released version" is very scary. Who knows where some package manager got it from. I really should know this. Again I am sorry to have wasted your time, and I will be more careful in the future. Thank you for your detailed response, Doran On Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM Scott Kostyshak <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Doran and welcome! > > Comments in-line below. > > On Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 04:41:02PM -0500, Doran Smith wrote: > > > I am reporting a repeatable crash with LYX. > > Thanks for your very high quality bug report with details. > > > > The original file compiled to a 72 page PDF. However, I cut out the part > > that makes LYX crash to less than one page, and it still crashes. See > > attached LYX file. > > Thanks a lot for taking the time to make a minimal example. I know it > takes time to do that cutting down. > > > Version 2.4.0~RC3 > > This version info is very useful. The 2.4.0~RC3 means that you're not > actually using an official released LyX version. Which linux > distribution do you use? Did you install LyX using your package manager > or did you install directly (e.g., by compiling) yourself? > > This version is old and there have been a lot of fixes since then. > > > See attached file “crash_example.lyx”. > > > > To make the crash happen: > > I can reproduce, thanks to your helpful recipe. This is a nasty bug > since it is about memory consumption. At least on my system, it keeps > eating up memory until I kill LyX. > > The good news: the bug was already fixed, both in 2.4.x (which is our > latest stable code) and in the development code which will soon become > 2.5.0. > > > Personal note. For the record I love LYX. A few years ago I used it to > > (self-)publish a 350 page book that I actually printed a few copies of. > LYX > > worked mint and the printed copy was beautiful. Currently, I am using LYX > > to record my progress on a physics research problem that I am doing. The > > first volume of the books is 402 pages, the second (current) volume is 72 > > pages. The PDF compile time got long enough that I decided to split it > into > > two volumes. A big thank you to all the developers who make LYX such a > > great package. > > Very interesting to know! Thanks for sharing. We look forward to your > future bug reports. Especially since it seems you're working with long > documents that involve math, your testing is important. Let us know if > anything seems to be slow on LyX side (nothing we can do about the long > LaTeX compilation though). > > Best, > Scott >
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