Hi, Bob. I tried your workarounds and it did not work for me. I think the problem here is that there are bugs in the installation process of LyX.
I am quite disappointed. On 8/16/07, Steven Truong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, I believe the root of these errors can be related to this: > > TextClassList::Read: no textclasses found!. > > Looking at c:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\lyx15\ > and I found that these packages.lst and texclass.lst have size of zero > in byte. That's wrong.. > > Anyway, someone here please take a look at this error and fix it. > > Thank Mr. Lounsbury for his workarounds and I am sure going to try it though. > > Thank you. > > On 8/16/07, Bob Lounsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/15/07, Steven Truong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I downloaded both installers and after enough uninstallation of one > > > version and trying another version, I am about to give up. > > > > > > I also followed this discussion in > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg58077.html > > > > > > and run this > > > > > > c:\program files\lyx15\resources> ..\python\python.exe configure.py > > > > > > After executing this command, a small window popped up and said "the > > > required file blah blah blah is missing ...", I then clicked OK to > > > install the missing pieces. After that, the whole thing hung or > > > refused to continue and the last thing I could see on the terminal > > > was: > > > > > > + checking for ec support in Latex format ... yes > > > > > > I had waited for roughly 1/2 hour on a laptop 1.8 GHz with 512 MB of > > > RAM (currently firefox is running with 2 tabs). > > > > > > This same problems also happened on my other 2 PCs (very new and even > > > dual core), so I do not think my computers are slow or anything. > > > > > > Please help because this is really frustrating. > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > I had a similar issue. After installing the latest 1.5.1 with the > > standard installer I clicked to run the program and nothing happened. > > I waited a few minutes and still nothing happened. I looked in the > > task manager processes and saw that lyx.exe was running. I then > > decided to restart the machine and when I hit Start->Shut Down then > > the program opened up. Strange? > > > > Anyways, rebooting XP is always a good thing. Especially if you're > > trying to install, uninstall, install, uninstall. If you want to > > uninstall and reinstall properly you would uninstall all LyX related > > programs, turn the computer off (not restart), wait 10 seconds then > > turn the computer on and install LyX. Then it would still be a good > > idea to turn the computer off, wait 10 seconds, and then turn it on > > and see if LyX is working. > > > > Good Luck, > > Bob > > >
