On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Steve Litt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:34:28 -0500 > Scott Kostyshak <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Steve Litt >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I googled this thing from here to eternity, and didn't find anything >> > helpful. This happened right after I replaced Ubuntu 11.10 with >> > Xubuntu 12.10. This book, whose document class is based on Memoir, >> > got four error messages like this: >> > >> > Class memoir Error: The pagestyle 'cleared' is marked as an alias >> > page style. > > [clip] > >> > >> > Right now I'm assuming this is caused by either my failure to >> > install something, or a change within Memoir. Has anybody run into >> > this or do you have an idea of its cause and/or solution? >> >> Hi Steve, >> >> What version of LyX are you using? Are you using the LyX Ubuntu PPA? >> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnUbuntu#toc3 >> It might be worth using that (e.g. daily PPA lyx2.0 which is what will >> turn into LyX 2.0.6) and seeing if the problem is fixed. >> >> If not, do you have a MWE? >> >> Scott > > Thanks Scott, > > It turned out to be a Memoir thing at a lower level than LyX, and I > worked around it by commenting out four statements whose purpose I long > ago forgot.
Glad you got it fixed. > Upgrading an app beyond what comes with the distro (Xubuntu 12.10 in > this case) is a last resort in my life. Distros are kind of like a > Chinese puzzle, and if you upgrade an app, a lot of times you need to > upgrade a dependency, and that breaks other things... > > I never upgrade as a diagnostic test, but only if: > > 1) I'm sure it will fix it (known problem with my version, etc), or > 2) I want the new version anyway (probably because of enhanced features) Steve, these are wise words. I sometimes find myself upgrading things for no reason and sometimes I pay the price. You are right that there are potential disadvantages to upgrading. In this case, I think the risk is small if you do what I suggested (the daily PPA and install lyx2.0) because of two reasons: 1) This should bring in no extra dependencies (I don't think LyX ever changes dependencies between minor releases) and 2) Instead of upgrading your LyX, this installs alongside your existing distribution. Then, to run LyX you can either do 'lyx yourFile.lyx' (which is what you currently have installed) or 'lyx2.0 yourFile.lyx' (which is the version from the PPA). lyx2.0 also uses a different home folder by default, ~/.lyx2.0 I think so in theory 'lyx' should never know the existence of its hopefully more mature older sibling, 'lyx2.0'. However, although I've found this to be true in practice, you never know. Of course, things can always go wrong, especially since the PPAs are new and although we haven't heard any problems (at all) I don't think many people have been using them. Best, Scott
