Hello have you looked at the .log file? Did you try to run the .tex file by simple latex?
my 2 cents mario On Sat, 2012-09-22 at 09:35 +0200, Julia Schäfer wrote: > Hello! > > I have been using Lyx 2.0.3 (on Mac OSX) on my current project for > several months now and learned to deal with most errors occurring. > However, now Lyx doesn't any longer guide me directly to the point in > my document that caused the problem but only tells me that there is a > problem as soon as I try to generate the PDF-preview. I think it > stopped doing so a couple of days ago but I can't remember why and if > I involuntarily changed any settings. Now recently I have reworked my > document and made changes all over the place (and forgot to generate > the preview every couple of minutes). So it is impossible for me > simply to 'guess' which recent change may have caused the errors Lyx > is "talking" about. Especially as it's so general problems like "LaTeX > Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item." or "Missing } > inserted." which seems to be cover terms for all kinds errors. Usually > I can figure out what the problem is if I just know where to look for > it. > > I have also tried to solve the problems by looking at the source code > but I couldn't figure out anything. As long as I can't solve the > existing problems I won't be able to generate the preview in order to > check if I don't produce any new errors as I proceed writing and the > list of 'mysterious errors' is getting longer and longer. > > So please help me!!! How can I make Lyx guide me to the problem in the > document and show me at least the paragraph containing the errors > again? > > Thank you very much! > Julia Schäfer
