Re: Problem with lyx after updating OS

[Joseph Hesse]

On 5/17/22 09:01, Giovanni via lyx-users wrote:

   venerdì 13 maggio 2022, 07:38, Joseph Hesse:


Hi,

I upgraded my OS from Fedora 35 to Fedora 36.  I had no problem with lyx
when I was using Fedora 35.  I installed lyx from my Fedora 36
repository which is lyx 2.3.6.1.

Not sure if this is helpful, but i can confirm that i have lyx running fine
under Fedora 36, upgraded from 35.

Maybe you can try:
- create new user and run lyx in a completely new environment
- change desktop environment (KDE/xfce/Gnome/...)
- try disabling/enabling wayland

HTH

G.

I got it working!!!

When I get the portal message the lyx window obscures another window.  
It is the "Portal" that I wrote about before and it very similar to a 
file manager window.  I can use it, instead of the file manager, to 
choose the lyx files to open and it works fine. Thereafter, I can use 
"open recent files to get what I want.


This is all new to me.

Thank you everyone for reading this stuff.

Joe

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Re: Problem with lyx after updating OS

[Giovanni via lyx-users]

  venerdì 13 maggio 2022, 07:38, Joseph Hesse:

> Hi,
> 
> I upgraded my OS from Fedora 35 to Fedora 36.  I had no problem with lyx 
> when I was using Fedora 35.  I installed lyx from my Fedora 36 
> repository which is lyx 2.3.6.1.

Not sure if this is helpful, but i can confirm that i have lyx running fine
under Fedora 36, upgraded from 35.

Maybe you can try:
- create new user and run lyx in a completely new environment
- change desktop environment (KDE/xfce/Gnome/...)
- try disabling/enabling wayland

HTH

G.
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Re: Jabref error

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 17.05.22 um 13:00 schrieb Herbert Voss:



Am 17.05.22 um 11:24 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann:

Slightly OT

I use jabref as a reference manager for including literature in my lyx 
documents.

I get a very annoying error >
The library has been modified by another program
 and I don't know how to handle it.

I use
JabRef 5.6--2022-04-25--5c9d898
Linux 5.10.0-14-amd64 amd64

and according to a search in the internet this error should not occur 
in version 5.6 anymore.


Has somebody a solution? I tried various changes in the preferences, 
without success so far.


Another program or instance of JabRef changed the current open file.
You could _reload_ the bib file and save it again.

Herbert
Thanks, Joel and Herbert, for the proposals. I used Herberts for the 
time being and will collect the case if I run into it again and send it 
to the JabRef maintainers.

Wolfgang
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Change lyx use of tex system

[tush via lyx-users]

I got two tex installations on my computer running Windows.
One is TeX live 2021, the other is miktex.
Is there any way to tell lyx which one to use?
Or is it rather determined by the computer via the control panel PATH (in the 
Environmental Variables menu)?

I haven't seen any menu in LyX that lets the user to choose such a thing, so I 
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Re: Problem with lyx after updating OS

[Kornel Benko via lyx-users]

Am Tue, 17 May 2022 05:40:24 -0500
schrieb Joseph Hesse :

> On 5/16/22 13:41, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> > On 5/16/22 14:16, Joseph Hesse wrote:
> >> On 5/14/22 10:47, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> >>> On 5/13/22 08:38, Joseph Hesse wrote:
>  Hi,
> 
>  I upgraded my OS from Fedora 35 to Fedora 36.  I had no problem 
>  with lyx when I was using Fedora 35.  I installed lyx from my 
>  Fedora 36 repository which is lyx 2.3.6.1.
> 
>  When I start lyx I can open one of the chapters from my book and an 
>  attempt to open another chapter causes lyx to freeze. I have to 
>  kill the lyx process to quit lyx.
> 
>  I did not back up the .lyx folder.
> 
>  Is there a way to fix this?
> 
>  This leads me to another related question.  If I write a book with 
>  a master and child document and want to give it to someone, what 
>  else besides the documents do I have to give them?
> 
>  Thank you,
>  Joe Hesse
> 
> 
> >>> If you open one chapter and then attempt to open an unrelated 
> >>> document (for instance, a help file), does it still freeze?
> >>>
> >>> Paul
> >>>
> >> Paul,
> >>
> >> Thank you for your reply.
> >>
> >> The next time I opened lyx it froze before I could do anything. Only 
> >> thing I could do was kill the process.
> >>
> >> I used dnf to remove lyx and reinstalled it.  This time when I opened 
> >> lyx and before doing anything,  i got a message at the top saying 
> >> "Portal, Select document to open is ready", The message then 
> >> disappeared and lyx froze.  I had to kill the process.
> >>
> >> In case there is something wrong with my Fedora installation I could 
> >> reinstall the OS but that is not the solution of my choice.
> >>
> >> Any help would be much appreciated.
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>
> >>
> > Joe,
> >
> > I don't recognize the "Portal ..." message. Is the document being 
> > opened on your local drive, or is it sourced from some remote site?
> >
> > Rather than removing LyX again (or, worse, reinstalling Fedora), you 
> > might try deleting the LyX configuration info and any local files. I'm 
> > not familiar with Fedora, but on Ubuntu and Mint I would delete ~/.lyx 
> > (and everything under it) and ~/.config/LyX. I'd also make sure that 
> > method I was using to start LyX did not involve a shortcut with any 
> > special settings (naming a file to open, or a working directory, or 
> > anything). Starting it from a terminal would be safest. If that still 
> > leads to a "Portal" message and/or a freeze, wiser minds will need to 
> > consult. If LyX opens and tells you to run the configuration script 
> > and restart, hopefully you'll be in business.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> Paul,
> 
> No good news.  This is what I tried.
> 
> Deleted ~/.lyx and ~/.config/LyX/lyx.conf.  Also deleted any file that 
> appears in a dot folder in my home directory with the name lyx.
> 
> Opened LyX, got the splash screen.  Did Tools-> Reconfigure, exited and 
> restarted LyX.
> 
> Opened LyX, got a window in the center giving me the version number.  
> Did File->Open and LyX immediately froze with message at top "Portal 
> Select File is Open".  I had to manually kill the LyX process.
> 
> I am running LyX from my local drive and my LyX document files are all 
> local.  Everything about my OS appears stable and I have the latest OS 
> updates.
> 
> Thank you,
> Joe
> 

It feels like you use a the native file dialog and lyx does not correct handle 
it.
Please check your 'preferences' file ( in the .lyx dir) for the entry
\use_native_filedialog true
If not there, you could enter (via text-editor) the line
\use_native_filedialog false.

Kornel

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Re: Jabref error

[Herbert Voss]

Am 17.05.22 um 11:24 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann:

Slightly OT

I use jabref as a reference manager for including literature in my lyx 
documents.

I get a very annoying error >
The library has been modified by another program
 and I don't know how to handle it.

I use
JabRef 5.6--2022-04-25--5c9d898
Linux 5.10.0-14-amd64 amd64

and according to a search in the internet this error should not occur 
in version 5.6 anymore.


Has somebody a solution? I tried various changes in the preferences, 
without success so far.


Another program or instance of JabRef changed the current open file.
You could _reload_ the bib file and save it again.

Herbert
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Re: Jabref error

[Joel Kulesza]

On Tue, May 17, 2022 at 03:25 Wolfgang Engelmann 
wrote:

> Slightly OT
>
> I use jabref as a reference manager for including literature in my lyx
> documents.
> I get a very annoying error >
> The library has been modified by another program
>   and I don't know how to handle it.
>
> I use
> JabRef 5.6--2022-04-25--5c9d898
> Linux 5.10.0-14-amd64 amd64
>
> and according to a search in the internet this error should not occur in
> version 5.6 anymore.
>
> Has somebody a solution? I tried various changes in the preferences,
> without success so far.
>
> Wolfgang
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>
Wolfgang,

I have seen the same message and I ignore it (it has never caused me
problems). I also keep my .bib in a git repository to provide additional
assurance/monitoring regarding changes. I recommend raising this to JabRef
developers, particularly if you’re able to reliably reproduce the behavior
through some repeatable process.

Thanks,
Joel
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Re: Problem with lyx after updating OS

[Joseph Hesse]

On 5/16/22 13:41, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

On 5/16/22 14:16, Joseph Hesse wrote:

On 5/14/22 10:47, Paul A. Rubin wrote:

On 5/13/22 08:38, Joseph Hesse wrote:

Hi,

I upgraded my OS from Fedora 35 to Fedora 36.  I had no problem 
with lyx when I was using Fedora 35.  I installed lyx from my 
Fedora 36 repository which is lyx 2.3.6.1.


When I start lyx I can open one of the chapters from my book and an 
attempt to open another chapter causes lyx to freeze. I have to 
kill the lyx process to quit lyx.


I did not back up the .lyx folder.

Is there a way to fix this?

This leads me to another related question.  If I write a book with 
a master and child document and want to give it to someone, what 
else besides the documents do I have to give them?


Thank you,
Joe Hesse


If you open one chapter and then attempt to open an unrelated 
document (for instance, a help file), does it still freeze?


Paul


Paul,

Thank you for your reply.

The next time I opened lyx it froze before I could do anything. Only 
thing I could do was kill the process.


I used dnf to remove lyx and reinstalled it.  This time when I opened 
lyx and before doing anything,  i got a message at the top saying 
"Portal, Select document to open is ready", The message then 
disappeared and lyx froze.  I had to kill the process.


In case there is something wrong with my Fedora installation I could 
reinstall the OS but that is not the solution of my choice.


Any help would be much appreciated.

Joe



Joe,

I don't recognize the "Portal ..." message. Is the document being 
opened on your local drive, or is it sourced from some remote site?


Rather than removing LyX again (or, worse, reinstalling Fedora), you 
might try deleting the LyX configuration info and any local files. I'm 
not familiar with Fedora, but on Ubuntu and Mint I would delete ~/.lyx 
(and everything under it) and ~/.config/LyX. I'd also make sure that 
method I was using to start LyX did not involve a shortcut with any 
special settings (naming a file to open, or a working directory, or 
anything). Starting it from a terminal would be safest. If that still 
leads to a "Portal" message and/or a freeze, wiser minds will need to 
consult. If LyX opens and tells you to run the configuration script 
and restart, hopefully you'll be in business.


Paul



Paul,

No good news.  This is what I tried.

Deleted ~/.lyx and ~/.config/LyX/lyx.conf.  Also deleted any file that 
appears in a dot folder in my home directory with the name lyx.


Opened LyX, got the splash screen.  Did Tools-> Reconfigure, exited and 
restarted LyX.


Opened LyX, got a window in the center giving me the version number.  
Did File->Open and LyX immediately froze with message at top "Portal 
Select File is Open".  I had to manually kill the LyX process.


I am running LyX from my local drive and my LyX document files are all 
local.  Everything about my OS appears stable and I have the latest OS 
updates.


Thank you,
Joe

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Jabref error

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Slightly OT

I use jabref as a reference manager for including literature in my lyx 
documents.

I get a very annoying error >
The library has been modified by another program
 and I don't know how to handle it.

I use
JabRef 5.6--2022-04-25--5c9d898
Linux 5.10.0-14-amd64 amd64

and according to a search in the internet this error should not occur in 
version 5.6 anymore.


Has somebody a solution? I tried various changes in the preferences, 
without success so far.


Wolfgang
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