Robert Neumann wrote:
Hello,
I tried to install lyx 143-4 on Windows xp using the network installation
package. Everything runs fine, all the miktech is installed.
When I try to open Lyx the dos-shell appears for half a second, as usually but
then nothing happens...
I rebooted but it didn't help
Is there any solution. There is one thing: At the last installationscreen I am
told that IEEEtran.cls is missing and will be installed from Random package
repository. I don't get any message, whether this works but I think, this can't
be the problem for the not running lyx.
Thanks
Robert
Try opening a DOS shell, switching to the LyX bin directory, and running
lyx.exe there. The shell will stay open and maybe you can see what is
going on. You can also try running with the debug option to get more
info (including the dreaded 'lyx -dbg any', which will give you more
messages than you could possibly want).
Also, have a look in C:\Documents and Settings\<your name
here>\Application Data\LyX1.4.x to see if the packages.lst and
textclass.lst files were written there (and whether they are longer than
zero bytes). If they are missing or zero-length, odds are the
configuration script burped.
The IEEEtran.cls message might be meaningful if you're behind a firewall
or proxy server. There's a known bug where LyX looks for a missing
class, MikTeX tries to install it automatically (but fails due to
network issues), and the failure causes the configuration script to blink.
/Paul
