Strange problem with 1.2.1 -- menubar entries vanish
Hi, as soon as I discovered the sources of version 1.2.1 on the FTP server yesterday, I transferred them to my PC and started the install process. Since I have versions 1.1.6fix1 and 1.2.0 also on my machine, I configured with --with-version-suffix, and everything went fine. After checking the new version briefly with src/lyx, I proceeded to install it with make install. As a test, I wrote a brief letter, and everything worked fine. However, problems occurred after a further step. I am currently preparing a major book manuscript for publication, and I wanted to check and compare the results of exporting it to pdf from each of the installed versions of LyX (because of the new handling of graphics formats). So I started up versions 1.1.6fix1 after having exported it with 1.2.1. When I restarted 1.2.1 after that, only one entry was left in the menubar (namely File -- normally, there are three entries: File, Edit and Help). Even after loading a file, only three entries appear in the menubar: File, Edit and Documents, and a number of the entries in the respective menues are missing. File, for example, only contains New..., Open..., Import and Exit. I thought something had gone wrong, and started a new compile of the program. But the result, much to my amazement, was the same: when starting the newly compiled program, the symptoms persisted. Then I deleted the whole directory, downloaded the sources afresh from the FTP server, recompiled, and hoped that whatever the reason for this strange behaviour was, it would now be gone. But far from it. Still, when I start up 1.2.1, the menubar entries are missing as described above. The same is true if I start version 1.2.0. Only 1.1.6fix1 still works with all menu entries. Can anybody on the list imagine what has gone wrong, and how I can fix this? I'd be much obliged! Many thanks in advance, Andreas -- PD Dr. Andreas Busch Centre for European Politics, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Economics and Society Web: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~busch University of OxfordTel. (+44)-1865-278 704 3 George Street MewsFax. (+44)-1865-278 725 Oxford OX1 2AA, United Kingdom
Re: Strange problem with 1.2.1 -- menubar entries vanish
On 21 Aug 2002 13:17:35 +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This happens because 1.2.1 is not able to find its support files (in
${prefix}/share/lyx-1.2.1, probably). We need more information to
understand what happens.
Can you tell how you configured and installed each of the versions?
Also, what happens when you launch lyx 1.2.1 from the console with the
'-dbg init' switch?
JMarc
JMarc,
many thanks for the quick reply, and for the sensible suggestion to
check with the -dbg init. The result made it clear very quickly
that I committed a grave error by simply copying the 1.2.0
preferences file to the .lyx-1.2.1 directory without editing some
of the paths given in there. As soon as I did that, the problems
went away.
Sorry for being so chaotic and unthoughtful, and many thanks for
helping me making it work again. I did some months ago post to the
list that LyX is essential to my work, and that I am very grateful
to the whole LyX developer community for producing such an
outstanding tool. I would like to repeat my heartfelt thanks again
and add those of my wife (who has just started writing up her PhD
thesis in LyX after hearing too many horror stories about problems
with MS Word...). If any of the developers pass through Oxford, be
sure to contact us -- we'll take you out for a beer!
Best,
Andreas
--
PD Dr. Andreas Busch
Centre for European Politics, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Economics and Society Web: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~busch
University of OxfordTel. (+44)-1865-278 704
3 George Street MewsFax. (+44)-1865-278 725
Oxford OX1 2AA, United Kingdom
Strange problem with 1.2.1 -- menubar entries vanish
Hi, as soon as I discovered the sources of version 1.2.1 on the FTP server yesterday, I transferred them to my PC and started the install process. Since I have versions 1.1.6fix1 and 1.2.0 also on my machine, I configured with --with-version-suffix, and everything went fine. After checking the new version briefly with src/lyx, I proceeded to install it with make install. As a test, I wrote a brief letter, and everything worked fine. However, problems occurred after a further step. I am currently preparing a major book manuscript for publication, and I wanted to check and compare the results of exporting it to pdf from each of the installed versions of LyX (because of the new handling of graphics formats). So I started up versions 1.1.6fix1 after having exported it with 1.2.1. When I restarted 1.2.1 after that, only one entry was left in the menubar (namely File -- normally, there are three entries: File, Edit and Help). Even after loading a file, only three entries appear in the menubar: File, Edit and Documents, and a number of the entries in the respective menues are missing. File, for example, only contains New..., Open..., Import and Exit. I thought something had gone wrong, and started a new compile of the program. But the result, much to my amazement, was the same: when starting the newly compiled program, the symptoms persisted. Then I deleted the whole directory, downloaded the sources afresh from the FTP server, recompiled, and hoped that whatever the reason for this strange behaviour was, it would now be gone. But far from it. Still, when I start up 1.2.1, the menubar entries are missing as described above. The same is true if I start version 1.2.0. Only 1.1.6fix1 still works with all menu entries. Can anybody on the list imagine what has gone wrong, and how I can fix this? I'd be much obliged! Many thanks in advance, Andreas -- PD Dr. Andreas Busch Centre for European Politics, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Economics and Society Web: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~busch University of OxfordTel. (+44)-1865-278 704 3 George Street MewsFax. (+44)-1865-278 725 Oxford OX1 2AA, United Kingdom
Re: Strange problem with 1.2.1 -- menubar entries vanish
On 21 Aug 2002 13:17:35 +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This happens because 1.2.1 is not able to find its support files (in
${prefix}/share/lyx-1.2.1, probably). We need more information to
understand what happens.
Can you tell how you configured and installed each of the versions?
Also, what happens when you launch lyx 1.2.1 from the console with the
'-dbg init' switch?
JMarc
JMarc,
many thanks for the quick reply, and for the sensible suggestion to
check with the -dbg init. The result made it clear very quickly
that I committed a grave error by simply copying the 1.2.0
preferences file to the .lyx-1.2.1 directory without editing some
of the paths given in there. As soon as I did that, the problems
went away.
Sorry for being so chaotic and unthoughtful, and many thanks for
helping me making it work again. I did some months ago post to the
list that LyX is essential to my work, and that I am very grateful
to the whole LyX developer community for producing such an
outstanding tool. I would like to repeat my heartfelt thanks again
and add those of my wife (who has just started writing up her PhD
thesis in LyX after hearing too many horror stories about problems
with MS Word...). If any of the developers pass through Oxford, be
sure to contact us -- we'll take you out for a beer!
Best,
Andreas
--
PD Dr. Andreas Busch
Centre for European Politics, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Economics and Society Web: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~busch
University of OxfordTel. (+44)-1865-278 704
3 George Street MewsFax. (+44)-1865-278 725
Oxford OX1 2AA, United Kingdom
Strange problem with 1.2.1 -- menubar entries vanish
Hi, as soon as I discovered the sources of version 1.2.1 on the FTP server yesterday, I transferred them to my PC and started the install process. Since I have versions 1.1.6fix1 and 1.2.0 also on my machine, I configured with --with-version-suffix, and everything went fine. After checking the new version briefly with src/lyx, I proceeded to install it with make install. As a test, I wrote a brief letter, and everything worked fine. However, problems occurred after a further step. I am currently preparing a major book manuscript for publication, and I wanted to check and compare the results of exporting it to pdf from each of the installed versions of LyX (because of the new handling of graphics formats). So I started up versions 1.1.6fix1 after having exported it with 1.2.1. When I restarted 1.2.1 after that, only one entry was left in the menubar (namely File -- normally, there are three entries: File, Edit and Help). Even after loading a file, only three entries appear in the menubar: File, Edit and Documents, and a number of the entries in the respective menues are missing. File, for example, only contains New..., Open..., Import and Exit. I thought something had gone wrong, and started a new compile of the program. But the result, much to my amazement, was the same: when starting the newly compiled program, the symptoms persisted. Then I deleted the whole directory, downloaded the sources afresh from the FTP server, recompiled, and hoped that whatever the reason for this strange behaviour was, it would now be gone. But far from it. Still, when I start up 1.2.1, the menubar entries are missing as described above. The same is true if I start version 1.2.0. Only 1.1.6fix1 still works with all menu entries. Can anybody on the list imagine what has gone wrong, and how I can fix this? I'd be much obliged! Many thanks in advance, Andreas -- PD Dr. Andreas Busch Centre for European Politics, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Economics and Society Web: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~busch University of OxfordTel. (+44)-1865-278 704 3 George Street MewsFax. (+44)-1865-278 725 Oxford OX1 2AA, United Kingdom
Re: Strange problem with 1.2.1 -- menubar entries vanish
On 21 Aug 2002 13:17:35 +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This happens because 1.2.1 is not able to find its support files (in
> ${prefix}/share/lyx-1.2.1, probably). We need more information to
> understand what happens.
>
> Can you tell how you configured and installed each of the versions?
>
> Also, what happens when you launch lyx 1.2.1 from the console with the
> '-dbg init' switch?
>
> JMarc
JMarc,
many thanks for the quick reply, and for the sensible suggestion to
check with the -dbg init. The result made it clear very quickly
that I committed a grave error by simply copying the 1.2.0
preferences file to the .lyx-1.2.1 directory without editing some
of the paths given in there. As soon as I did that, the problems
went away.
Sorry for being so chaotic and unthoughtful, and many thanks for
helping me making it work again. I did some months ago post to the
list that LyX is essential to my work, and that I am very grateful
to the whole LyX developer community for producing such an
outstanding tool. I would like to repeat my heartfelt thanks again
and add those of my wife (who has just started writing up her PhD
thesis in LyX after hearing too many horror stories about problems
with MS Word...). If any of the developers pass through Oxford, be
sure to contact us -- we'll take you out for a beer!
Best,
Andreas
--
PD Dr. Andreas Busch
Centre for European Politics, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Economics and Society Web: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~busch
University of OxfordTel. (+44)-1865-278 704
3 George Street MewsFax. (+44)-1865-278 725
Oxford OX1 2AA, United Kingdom
