On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Janmaat, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I just installed lyx on an openSUSE 12.1 linux system, from the > distribution. It reports > > > Due to some error in it, the layout file: > DocBook chapter (SGML) > could not be loaded. A default textclass with default > layouts will be used. LyX will not be able to produce > correct output > > > on launch. For any template I try to open, it reports that the layout file > is missing and the class file is missing. > When I try to reconfigure it, the message I get is > > > The system reconfiguration has failed. > Default textclass is used but LyX may not be able to work properly. > Please reconfigure again if needed.
What is the terminal output? That should tell us the specific step at which reconfigure failed. Something is going wrong with LyX finding your LaTeX installation. Are you using TexLive? Which version? If not, I think you should install that first. Scott > > > Help! > > > ==================================================== > Johannus (John) Janmaat > Associate Professor of Economics > Barber School of Arts and Sciences > University of British Columbia - Okanagan > [email protected] >
