Please start LyX with the "-dbg files" switch from a command window. You
will see something like
Log name calculated as: xxx.log
in the command window, where xxx.log is the name of the logfile that LyX
tries to read. Does that file exist?
This is the output when I start lyx, open faq and close.
Bo
C:\Program Files\LyX14\bin>.\lyx -dbg files
Setting debug level to files
Debugging `files' (Files used by LyX)
IsDirWriteable: C:/Documents and Settings/BPeng1/Local Settings/Temp/
Temporary file `C:/Documents and Settings/BPeng1/Local Settings/Temp/lyxwritetes
t2876a02948' created.
createTmpDir: tempdir=`C:/Documents and Settings/BPeng1/Local Settings/Temp/'
createTmpDir: mask=`lyx_tmpdir'
Temporary file `C:/Documents and Settings/BPeng1/Local Settings/Temp/lyx_tmpdir2
876a02948' created.
lyx: Disabling LyX socket.
Converting from latex to dvi2
Running pplatex
pplatex: Process input file FAQ.dvi
pplatex: Copy data to FAQ.dvi
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
pplatex: Process input file FAQ.dvi
pplatex: Copy data to FAQ.dvi
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
pplatex: Process input file FAQ.dvi
pplatex: Copy data to FAQ.dvi
lyx::sum() using istreambuf_iterator (fast)
Converting from dvi2 to dvi
Calling python "C:/Program Files/LyX14/Resources/scripts/clean_dvi.py" "FAQ.dvi"
"tmpfile.out"
renaming file C:/Documents and Settings/BPeng1/Local Settings/Temp/lyx_tmpdir287
6a02948/lyx_tmpbuf0/tmpfile.out to C:/Documents and Settings/BPeng1/Local Settin
gs/Temp/lyx_tmpdir2876a02948/lyx_tmpbuf0/FAQ.dvi
