Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Milos Komarcevic wrote: Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 8/8/05, Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. Probably, Derek, you could get further help from Fedora mailing lists. Try it and good luck! He could try, but it's a long shot: upgrade from RHL9 to FC4 is a _gigantic_ leap of faith, most of the people on Fedora will flatly dismiss it as unsupported. I'd just back up your home dir and do a fresh install of FC4 (it really is a nice system after all). Solution: Didn't try the Fedora mailing lists. Since there were so many other problems with the upgrade (for example, I had to manually change the symlinks from LPRng to CUPS, even though I found a bug report from 2-3 years ago about a similar problem with a RH7.3-FC1 upgrade) in addition to having TeX directories in places they had no business being, I just backed up all the important scientific data and home directories and did a fresh install. Installed LyX, and now most everything seems to be working fine. thanks for the help, Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Milos Komarcevic wrote: Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 8/8/05, Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. Probably, Derek, you could get further help from Fedora mailing lists. Try it and good luck! He could try, but it's a long shot: upgrade from RHL9 to FC4 is a _gigantic_ leap of faith, most of the people on Fedora will flatly dismiss it as unsupported. I'd just back up your home dir and do a fresh install of FC4 (it really is a nice system after all). Solution: Didn't try the Fedora mailing lists. Since there were so many other problems with the upgrade (for example, I had to manually change the symlinks from LPRng to CUPS, even though I found a bug report from 2-3 years ago about a similar problem with a RH7.3-FC1 upgrade) in addition to having TeX directories in places they had no business being, I just backed up all the important scientific data and home directories and did a fresh install. Installed LyX, and now most everything seems to be working fine. thanks for the help, Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Milos Komarcevic wrote: Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: On 8/8/05, Derek Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. Probably, Derek, you could get further help from Fedora mailing lists. Try it and good luck! He could try, but it's a long shot: upgrade from RHL9 to FC4 is a _gigantic_ leap of faith, most of the people on Fedora will flatly dismiss it as unsupported. I'd just back up your home dir and do a fresh install of FC4 (it really is a nice system after all). Solution: Didn't try the Fedora mailing lists. Since there were so many other problems with the upgrade (for example, I had to manually change the symlinks from LPRng to CUPS, even though I found a bug report from 2-3 years ago about a similar problem with a RH7.3->FC1 upgrade) in addition to having TeX directories in places they had no business being, I just backed up all the important scientific data and home directories and did a fresh install. Installed LyX, and now most everything seems to be working fine. thanks for the help, Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On Monday 08 August 2005 18:08, Derek Lamb wrote: What do you get with the following command? $ rpm -qa tetex* tetex-afm-3.0-4 tetex-xdvi-3.0-4 tetex-fonts-3.0-4 tetex-dvilj-1.0.7-47 tetex-latex-3.0-4 tetex-3.0-4 tetex-dvips-3.0-4 This is OK. The next obvious task to try is to use $ rpm -Va tetex* This will verify what is installed and what did change, but most of the warnings are harmless. How did you installed lyx? just followed the directions in the INSTALL file: $ ./configure --with-frontend=qt; $ make; $ sudo make install; If you have network access it should be as easy as: # yum install lyx Derek I agree, as several other messages in this thread shown, that it is easy to backup your data and install over it. There are lots of important differences between rh9 and fc4 to garantee that the install scripts will take care of all of them... -- José Abílio Matos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 8/8/05, Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. Probably, Derek, you could get further help from Fedora mailing lists. Try it and good luck! He could try, but it's a long shot: upgrade from RHL9 to FC4 is a _gigantic_ leap of faith, most of the people on Fedora will flatly dismiss it as unsupported. I'd just back up your home dir and do a fresh install of FC4 (it really is a nice system after all). How did you installed lyx? just followed the directions in the INSTALL file: $ ./configure --with-frontend=qt; $ make; $ sudo make install; No need for that, LyX is in Fedora Extras, just get it through yum (still 1.3.5 though, but I didn't find any improvements in 1.3.6 all that important to warrant an upgarde). Regards, Milos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On Monday 08 August 2005 18:08, Derek Lamb wrote: What do you get with the following command? $ rpm -qa tetex* tetex-afm-3.0-4 tetex-xdvi-3.0-4 tetex-fonts-3.0-4 tetex-dvilj-1.0.7-47 tetex-latex-3.0-4 tetex-3.0-4 tetex-dvips-3.0-4 This is OK. The next obvious task to try is to use $ rpm -Va tetex* This will verify what is installed and what did change, but most of the warnings are harmless. How did you installed lyx? just followed the directions in the INSTALL file: $ ./configure --with-frontend=qt; $ make; $ sudo make install; If you have network access it should be as easy as: # yum install lyx Derek I agree, as several other messages in this thread shown, that it is easy to backup your data and install over it. There are lots of important differences between rh9 and fc4 to garantee that the install scripts will take care of all of them... -- José Abílio Matos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Paul Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 8/8/05, Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. Probably, Derek, you could get further help from Fedora mailing lists. Try it and good luck! He could try, but it's a long shot: upgrade from RHL9 to FC4 is a _gigantic_ leap of faith, most of the people on Fedora will flatly dismiss it as unsupported. I'd just back up your home dir and do a fresh install of FC4 (it really is a nice system after all). How did you installed lyx? just followed the directions in the INSTALL file: $ ./configure --with-frontend=qt; $ make; $ sudo make install; No need for that, LyX is in Fedora Extras, just get it through yum (still 1.3.5 though, but I didn't find any improvements in 1.3.6 all that important to warrant an upgarde). Regards, Milos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On Monday 08 August 2005 18:08, Derek Lamb wrote: > > What do you get with the following command? > > > >$ rpm -qa "tetex*" > > tetex-afm-3.0-4 > tetex-xdvi-3.0-4 > tetex-fonts-3.0-4 > tetex-dvilj-1.0.7-47 > tetex-latex-3.0-4 > tetex-3.0-4 > tetex-dvips-3.0-4 This is OK. The next obvious task to try is to use $ rpm -Va tetex* This will verify what is installed and what did change, but most of the warnings are harmless. > > How did you installed lyx? > > just followed the directions in the INSTALL file: > $ ./configure --with-frontend=qt; > $ make; > $ sudo make install; If you have network access it should be as easy as: # yum install lyx > Derek I agree, as several other messages in this thread shown, that it is easy to backup your data and install over it. There are lots of important differences between rh9 and fc4 to garantee that the install scripts will take care of all of them... -- José Abílio Matos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 8/8/05, Derek Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, > > not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big > > surprise) rather than a LyX problem. > > Probably, Derek, you could get further help from Fedora mailing lists. > Try it and good luck! He could try, but it's a long shot: upgrade from RHL9 to FC4 is a _gigantic_ leap of faith, most of the people on Fedora will flatly dismiss it as unsupported. I'd just back up your home dir and do a fresh install of FC4 (it really is a nice system after all). >> How did you installed lyx? >> >> >just followed the directions in the INSTALL file: >$ ./configure --with-frontend=qt; >$ make; >$ sudo make install; No need for that, LyX is in Fedora Extras, just get it through yum (still 1.3.5 though, but I didn't find any improvements in 1.3.6 all that important to warrant an upgarde). Regards, Milos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Milos Komarcevic wrote: Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have run texhash and LyX-Edit-Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX-Help-LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ??? And every item in the document is followed by a Found: ???. So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. How about, working as root: # cd /usr/share/lyx (or /usr/local/share/lyx depending on your setup) # ./configure Look through the output, does it find the classes ok? Then run LyX-Edit-Reconfigure as normal user again. HTH, Milos Well, it didn't help in the sense of getting LyX to run, but it did help in further diagnosing the problem. The first few lines read: checking for a LaTeX2e program... (latex latex2e) +checking for latex... not useable +checking for latex2e... no So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. Thanks for the ideas anyway, Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On 8/8/05, Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have run texhash and LyX-Edit-Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX-Help-LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ??? And every item in the document is followed by a Found: ???. So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. How about, working as root: # cd /usr/share/lyx (or /usr/local/share/lyx depending on your setup) # ./configure Look through the output, does it find the classes ok? Then run LyX-Edit-Reconfigure as normal user again. Well, it didn't help in the sense of getting LyX to run, but it did help in further diagnosing the problem. The first few lines read: checking for a LaTeX2e program... (latex latex2e) +checking for latex... not useable +checking for latex2e... no So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. Probably, Derek, you could get further help from Fedora mailing lists. Try it and good luck! Paul
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On Monday 08 August 2005 16:53, Derek Lamb wrote: So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. What do you get with the following command? $ rpm -qa tetex* How did you installed lyx? Thanks for the ideas anyway, Derek -- José Abílio Matos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Jose' Matos wrote: On Monday 08 August 2005 16:53, Derek Lamb wrote: So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. What do you get with the following command? $ rpm -qa tetex* tetex-afm-3.0-4 tetex-xdvi-3.0-4 tetex-fonts-3.0-4 tetex-dvilj-1.0.7-47 tetex-latex-3.0-4 tetex-3.0-4 tetex-dvips-3.0-4 How did you installed lyx? just followed the directions in the INSTALL file: $ ./configure --with-frontend=qt; $ make; $ sudo make install; Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Milos Komarcevic wrote: Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have run texhash and LyX-Edit-Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX-Help-LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ??? And every item in the document is followed by a Found: ???. So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. How about, working as root: # cd /usr/share/lyx (or /usr/local/share/lyx depending on your setup) # ./configure Look through the output, does it find the classes ok? Then run LyX-Edit-Reconfigure as normal user again. HTH, Milos Well, it didn't help in the sense of getting LyX to run, but it did help in further diagnosing the problem. The first few lines read: checking for a LaTeX2e program... (latex latex2e) +checking for latex... not useable +checking for latex2e... no So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. Thanks for the ideas anyway, Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On 8/8/05, Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have run texhash and LyX-Edit-Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX-Help-LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ??? And every item in the document is followed by a Found: ???. So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. How about, working as root: # cd /usr/share/lyx (or /usr/local/share/lyx depending on your setup) # ./configure Look through the output, does it find the classes ok? Then run LyX-Edit-Reconfigure as normal user again. Well, it didn't help in the sense of getting LyX to run, but it did help in further diagnosing the problem. The first few lines read: checking for a LaTeX2e program... (latex latex2e) +checking for latex... not useable +checking for latex2e... no So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. Probably, Derek, you could get further help from Fedora mailing lists. Try it and good luck! Paul
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On Monday 08 August 2005 16:53, Derek Lamb wrote: So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. What do you get with the following command? $ rpm -qa tetex* How did you installed lyx? Thanks for the ideas anyway, Derek -- José Abílio Matos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Jose' Matos wrote: On Monday 08 August 2005 16:53, Derek Lamb wrote: So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. What do you get with the following command? $ rpm -qa tetex* tetex-afm-3.0-4 tetex-xdvi-3.0-4 tetex-fonts-3.0-4 tetex-dvilj-1.0.7-47 tetex-latex-3.0-4 tetex-3.0-4 tetex-dvips-3.0-4 How did you installed lyx? just followed the directions in the INSTALL file: $ ./configure --with-frontend=qt; $ make; $ sudo make install; Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Milos Komarcevic wrote: Derek Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I have run texhash and LyX->Edit->Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX->Help->LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that "The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ???" And every item in the document is followed by a "Found: ???". So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. How about, working as root: # cd /usr/share/lyx (or /usr/local/share/lyx depending on your setup) # ./configure Look through the output, does it find the classes ok? Then run LyX->Edit->Reconfigure as normal user again. HTH, Milos Well, it didn't help in the sense of getting LyX to run, but it did help in further diagnosing the problem. The first few lines read: checking for a LaTeX2e program... (latex latex2e) +checking for "latex"... not useable +checking for "latex2e"... no So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. Thanks for the ideas anyway, Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On 8/8/05, Derek Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I have run texhash and LyX->Edit->Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx > >>directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no > >>avail. > >> > >>When I do LyX->Help->LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that "The LaTeX > >>version that LyX will use is: ???" And every item in the document is > >>followed by a "Found: ???". So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I > >>upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file > >>said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. > >> > >>I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. > >>Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. > > > >How about, working as root: > > > ># cd /usr/share/lyx (or /usr/local/share/lyx depending on your setup) > ># ./configure > > > >Look through the output, does it find the classes ok? Then run > >LyX->Edit->Reconfigure as normal user again. > > > Well, it didn't help in the sense of getting LyX to run, but it did help > in further diagnosing the problem. The first few lines read: > > checking for a LaTeX2e program... (latex latex2e) > +checking for "latex"... not useable > +checking for "latex2e"... no > > So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, > not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big > surprise) rather than a LyX problem. Probably, Derek, you could get further help from Fedora mailing lists. Try it and good luck! Paul
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On Monday 08 August 2005 16:53, Derek Lamb wrote: > So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, > not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big > surprise) rather than a LyX problem. What do you get with the following command? $ rpm -qa "tetex*" How did you installed lyx? > Thanks for the ideas anyway, > Derek -- José Abílio Matos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Jose' Matos wrote: On Monday 08 August 2005 16:53, Derek Lamb wrote: So, I now have to agree with Paul that there is a problem with my LaTeX, not with LyX. So this should get classified as a Fedora bug (big surprise) rather than a LyX problem. What do you get with the following command? $ rpm -qa "tetex*" tetex-afm-3.0-4 tetex-xdvi-3.0-4 tetex-fonts-3.0-4 tetex-dvilj-1.0.7-47 tetex-latex-3.0-4 tetex-3.0-4 tetex-dvips-3.0-4 How did you installed lyx? just followed the directions in the INSTALL file: $ ./configure --with-frontend=qt; $ make; $ sudo make install; Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have run texhash and LyX-Edit-Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX-Help-LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ??? And every item in the document is followed by a Found: ???. So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. How about, working as root: # cd /usr/share/lyx (or /usr/local/share/lyx depending on your setup) # ./configure Look through the output, does it find the classes ok? Then run LyX-Edit-Reconfigure as normal user again. HTH, Milos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have run texhash and LyX-Edit-Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX-Help-LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ??? And every item in the document is followed by a Found: ???. So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. How about, working as root: # cd /usr/share/lyx (or /usr/local/share/lyx depending on your setup) # ./configure Look through the output, does it find the classes ok? Then run LyX-Edit-Reconfigure as normal user again. HTH, Milos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Derek Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have run texhash and LyX->Edit->Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx > directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no > avail. > > When I do LyX->Help->LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that "The LaTeX > version that LyX will use is: ???" And every item in the document is > followed by a "Found: ???". So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I > upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file > said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. > > I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. > Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. How about, working as root: # cd /usr/share/lyx (or /usr/local/share/lyx depending on your setup) # ./configure Look through the output, does it find the classes ok? Then run LyX->Edit->Reconfigure as normal user again. HTH, Milos
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On 8/5/05, Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just upgraded my machine from Redhat 9 to Fedora Core 4. Since the upgrade (which I saw inclued a tetex upgrade), LyX 1.3.6 does not recognize any Tex document classes: 'The document uses a missing TeX class article. LyX will not be able to produce output'. I found previous messages on the archives with similar troubles and tried those solutions (in particular http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg40759.html and http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg39463.html ), but they did not work for me. My TeX classes are present: they are found by LyX in View-TeX Information -LaTeX classes -article.cls (for example), and they are also found by doing $ kpsewhich tex article.cls /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls I have run texhash and LyX-Edit-Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX-Help-LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ??? And every item in the document is followed by a Found: ???. So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. Derek: try to use the latex command (from the command line) on a LaTeX document to check whether the problem comes exclusively from the LaTeX side. Paul
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Hi, I just upgraded my machine from Redhat 9 to Fedora Core 4. Since the upgrade (which I saw inclued a tetex upgrade), LyX 1.3.6 does not recognize any Tex document classes: 'The document uses a missing TeX class article. LyX will not be able to produce output'. I found previous messages on the archives with similar troubles and tried those solutions (in particular http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg40759.html and http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg39463.html ), but they did not work for me. My TeX classes are present: they are found by LyX in View-TeX Information -LaTeX classes -article.cls (for example), and they are also found by doing $ kpsewhich tex article.cls /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls I have run texhash and LyX-Edit-Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX-Help-LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ??? And every item in the document is followed by a Found: ???. So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. thanks, Derek Lamb Paul Smith wrote: Derek: try to use the latex command (from the command line) on a LaTeX document to check whether the problem comes exclusively from the LaTeX side. Paul ok, I asked someone to make sure I was doing that correctly (I use LyX so I don't have to use LaTex more than necessary), and I got this: $ latex code-comparison.tex This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) %-line parsing enabled. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/web2c' is not writable. I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! So why did the new distro create a /web2c anyway? That sure wasn't there before. And I shouldn't have to have write permission to a root-mounted directory just to run LaTeX (though I suppose that I could). So $ locate latex.fmt /usr/share/texmf/web2c/platex.fmt /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/pdflatex.fmt /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/latex.fmt shows that these files exist somewhere at least, but not in /web2c. There is a /web2c/tex.fmt, but no /web2c/latex.fmt When I make /web2c writable and rerun the above command, a bunch of text flies by, ending with: No pages of output. Transcript written on latex.log.' instead of a filename. I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! I checked /web2c/latex.log and it doesn't appear to have anything useful in it (but if you want it ask me), it ends with a bunch of TeX memory diagnostics and the phrase No pages of output. Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On 8/5/05, Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derek: try to use the latex command (from the command line) on a LaTeX document to check whether the problem comes exclusively from the LaTeX side. ok, I asked someone to make sure I was doing that correctly (I use LyX so I don't have to use LaTex more than necessary), and I got this: $ latex code-comparison.tex This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) %-line parsing enabled. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/web2c' is not writable. I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! So, Derek, the problem seems to be coming from your LaTeX distribution. Usually, it is very difficult to correct problems coming from upgrades of operating systems. Many experts advice to do always a clean installation of the operation system. Unfortunately, I can not help you further, but I hope other people can. Good luck! Paul
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On 8/5/05, Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just upgraded my machine from Redhat 9 to Fedora Core 4. Since the upgrade (which I saw inclued a tetex upgrade), LyX 1.3.6 does not recognize any Tex document classes: 'The document uses a missing TeX class article. LyX will not be able to produce output'. I found previous messages on the archives with similar troubles and tried those solutions (in particular http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg40759.html and http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg39463.html ), but they did not work for me. My TeX classes are present: they are found by LyX in View-TeX Information -LaTeX classes -article.cls (for example), and they are also found by doing $ kpsewhich tex article.cls /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls I have run texhash and LyX-Edit-Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX-Help-LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ??? And every item in the document is followed by a Found: ???. So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. Derek: try to use the latex command (from the command line) on a LaTeX document to check whether the problem comes exclusively from the LaTeX side. Paul
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Hi, I just upgraded my machine from Redhat 9 to Fedora Core 4. Since the upgrade (which I saw inclued a tetex upgrade), LyX 1.3.6 does not recognize any Tex document classes: 'The document uses a missing TeX class article. LyX will not be able to produce output'. I found previous messages on the archives with similar troubles and tried those solutions (in particular http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg40759.html and http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg39463.html ), but they did not work for me. My TeX classes are present: they are found by LyX in View-TeX Information -LaTeX classes -article.cls (for example), and they are also found by doing $ kpsewhich tex article.cls /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls I have run texhash and LyX-Edit-Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX-Help-LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ??? And every item in the document is followed by a Found: ???. So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. thanks, Derek Lamb Paul Smith wrote: Derek: try to use the latex command (from the command line) on a LaTeX document to check whether the problem comes exclusively from the LaTeX side. Paul ok, I asked someone to make sure I was doing that correctly (I use LyX so I don't have to use LaTex more than necessary), and I got this: $ latex code-comparison.tex This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) %-line parsing enabled. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/web2c' is not writable. I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! So why did the new distro create a /web2c anyway? That sure wasn't there before. And I shouldn't have to have write permission to a root-mounted directory just to run LaTeX (though I suppose that I could). So $ locate latex.fmt /usr/share/texmf/web2c/platex.fmt /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/pdflatex.fmt /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/latex.fmt shows that these files exist somewhere at least, but not in /web2c. There is a /web2c/tex.fmt, but no /web2c/latex.fmt When I make /web2c writable and rerun the above command, a bunch of text flies by, ending with: No pages of output. Transcript written on latex.log.' instead of a filename. I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! I checked /web2c/latex.log and it doesn't appear to have anything useful in it (but if you want it ask me), it ends with a bunch of TeX memory diagnostics and the phrase No pages of output. Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On 8/5/05, Derek Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Derek: try to use the latex command (from the command line) on a LaTeX document to check whether the problem comes exclusively from the LaTeX side. ok, I asked someone to make sure I was doing that correctly (I use LyX so I don't have to use LaTex more than necessary), and I got this: $ latex code-comparison.tex This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) %-line parsing enabled. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/web2c' is not writable. I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! So, Derek, the problem seems to be coming from your LaTeX distribution. Usually, it is very difficult to correct problems coming from upgrades of operating systems. Many experts advice to do always a clean installation of the operation system. Unfortunately, I can not help you further, but I hope other people can. Good luck! Paul
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On 8/5/05, Derek Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just upgraded my machine from Redhat 9 to Fedora Core 4. Since the > upgrade (which I saw inclued a tetex upgrade), LyX 1.3.6 does not > recognize any Tex document classes: 'The document uses a missing TeX > class "article". LyX will not be able to produce output'. I found > previous messages on the archives with similar troubles and tried those > solutions (in particular > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg40759.html and > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg39463.html ), > but they did not work for me. My TeX classes are present: they are > found by LyX in View->TeX Information ->LaTeX classes ->article.cls (for > example), and they are also found by doing > $ kpsewhich tex article.cls > /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls > > I have run texhash and LyX->Edit->Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx > directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no > avail. > > When I do LyX->Help->LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that "The LaTeX > version that LyX will use is: ???" And every item in the document is > followed by a "Found: ???". So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I > upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file > said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. > > I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. > Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. Derek: try to use the latex command (from the command line) on a LaTeX document to check whether the problem comes exclusively from the LaTeX side. Paul
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
Hi, I just upgraded my machine from Redhat 9 to Fedora Core 4. Since the upgrade (which I saw inclued a tetex upgrade), LyX 1.3.6 does not recognize any Tex document classes: 'The document uses a missing TeX class "article". LyX will not be able to produce output'. I found previous messages on the archives with similar troubles and tried those solutions (in particular http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg40759.html and http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg39463.html ), but they did not work for me. My TeX classes are present: they are found by LyX in View->TeX Information ->LaTeX classes ->article.cls (for example), and they are also found by doing $ kpsewhich tex article.cls /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls I have run texhash and LyX->Edit->Reconfigure, deleted my ~/.lyx directory and restarted, even reinstalled LyX just to be sure, to no avail. When I do LyX->Help->LaTeX Configuration, Section 1 says that "The LaTeX version that LyX will use is: ???" And every item in the document is followed by a "Found: ???". So LyX can't find LaTeX just because I upgraded my OS? To be fair, I never bothered to check what this file said before the upgrade, as everything worked fine. I am now out of ideas, and any you have would be much appreciated. Reinstalling teTeX seems a bit extreme, since everything is here already. thanks, Derek Lamb Paul Smith wrote: Derek: try to use the latex command (from the command line) on a LaTeX document to check whether the problem comes exclusively from the LaTeX side. Paul ok, I asked someone to make sure I was doing that correctly (I use LyX so I don't have to use LaTex more than necessary), and I got this: $ latex code-comparison.tex This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) %&-line parsing enabled. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/web2c' is not writable. I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! So why did the new distro create a /web2c anyway? That sure wasn't there before. And I shouldn't have to have write permission to a root-mounted directory just to run LaTeX (though I suppose that I could). So $ locate latex.fmt /usr/share/texmf/web2c/platex.fmt /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/pdflatex.fmt /usr/share/texmf-var/web2c/latex.fmt shows that these files exist somewhere at least, but not in /web2c. There is a /web2c/tex.fmt, but no /web2c/latex.fmt When I make /web2c writable and rerun the above command, a bunch of text flies by, ending with: "No pages of output. Transcript written on latex.log.' instead of a filename. I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! " I checked /web2c/latex.log and it doesn't appear to have anything useful in it (but if you want it ask me), it ends with a bunch of TeX memory diagnostics and the phrase "No pages of output." Derek
Re: no TeX classes after FC4 upgrade
On 8/5/05, Derek Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Derek: try to use the latex command (from the command line) on a LaTeX > >document to check whether the problem comes exclusively from the LaTeX > >side. > > > ok, I asked someone to make sure I was doing that correctly (I use LyX > so I don't have to use LaTex more than necessary), and I got this: > > $ latex code-comparison.tex > This is pdfeTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.4) > %&-line parsing enabled. > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt > fmtutil: format directory `/web2c' is not writable. > I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! So, Derek, the problem seems to be coming from your LaTeX distribution. Usually, it is very difficult to correct problems coming from upgrades of operating systems. Many experts advice to do always a clean installation of the operation system. Unfortunately, I can not help you further, but I hope other people can. Good luck! Paul
