Thanks Paul! I never did a careful study of exactly what was causing all
the problems, but putting an EndFrame environment between every slide seemed
to fix my old presentation. Supposedly this isn't necessary in most
circumstances, but it worked.
Best,
David
On Jan 3, 2008 8:29 AM, Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Rosenberg wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm running LyX 1.5.3 on Windows, and am having trouble with
> compiling
> > the Beamer Example (beamerlyxexample1.lyx). I'm pasting in part of my
> log
> > below. I also have problems with one of my older beamer presentations I
> > made with an earlier version of LyX. For that presentation, I get an
> error
> > -- after exporting to Latex and trying to compile, I get the following:
> >
> > ERROR: Package mathptmx Error: The symbols \jmath, \amalg and \coprod
> >
> > --- TeX said ---
> > (mathptmx) are not available with this package.
> >
> > See the mathptmx package documentation for explanation.
> > Type H <return> for immediate help.
> > ...
> >
> > l.290 \lyxframeend
> > {}\section{Kernel Cotraining}
> > ----------------
> > Anyway, the first error in the compilation of the Beamer Example is the
> > exact same as the error
> > ERROR: Undefined control sequence.
> >
> > --- TeX said ---
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] #1#2#3#4->\pgfsincos
> > {#3}\setlength [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > {#1}\addtolengt...
> > l.1219 \lyxframeend
> > {}\lyxagainframe{<6>hierarchy}
> > --- HELP ---
> > TeX encountered an unknown command name. You probably misspelled the
> > name. If this message occurs when a LaTeX command is being processed,
> > the command is probably in the wrong place---for example, the error
> > can be produced by an \item command that's not inside a list-making
> > environment. The error can also be caused by a missing \documentclass
> > command.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
> >
>
> The beamer example has all sorts of problems. I think in part it may be
> a matter of beamer having been updated and the example document not
> having been updated (?).
>
> As to your document, the answer to the first error is simpler. Quoting
> section 6.4 of the psnfss2e manual (regarding known deficiencies of the
> mathptmx package):
>
> "* The symbols \jmath, \coprod and \amalg are not available."
>
> I take that to mean that if you need those symbols, you'll have to
> change your font selection. Why this was not a problem when you
> originally built the presentation I can't say. I don't use mathptmx, so
> I don't know whether it throws this message even when you are not using
> those symbols, or whether it means all three symbols are present, or
> just one of them, or what.
>
> As to the second message, unfortunately all sorts of problems result in
> LaTeX deciding that \lyxframeend is undefined (when in fact it is
> defined). So that tells you something is broken, but not what. If
> fixing the font problem (or eliminating use of \jmath, \coprod and/or
> \amalg) does not solve it, the best I can suggest is a bisection search
> -- cut out half the slides and recompile to see which half of the
> presentation has the error, then iterate until you narrow down the
> source. If you can pin down the approximate location but not the exact
> cause, post a small but sufficient example here and perhaps someone can
> figure it out.
>
> /Paul
>
>
