Kent Kostuk wrote:
I am having some difficulties getting LyX 1.3.5 for Win32 to start. When I attempt to execute lyx.exe I get a dialog box with the following text:
LyX wasn't able to find any layout description!
Check the contents of the file "textclass.lst"
Sorry, has to exit :-(
A reinstall did not make this problem go away. What do I need to check for to get this working?
Kent Kostuk
First, check the file textclass.lst. I'm guessing it will exist but be zero bytes.
Next, go to the bin directory, open a DOS prompt and check which version of sed you have by typing sed --version. If it's 3.02, delete sed.exe and replace it with a newer version. (I think one is linked from the Wiki; if not, you can get it from Sourceforge, as part of the GnuWin project.)
Once you have a good sed in place, try running the configuration script (...\share\configure.bat) from a DOS prompt. See if a non-empty textclass.lst is produced. If so, I think you'll be able to start LyX.
-- Paul
