Re: Textclass other errors on new install
Russell W. Behne wrote:
Since my last [missing] post concerning this problem I have downloaded the
images for Mandriva 2007, burned in a new set of cdroms, and installed a
completly new Linux Mandriva OS. And yet the problem remains.
For some reason this release didn't come with LyX, so I downloaded it from the
2006 disttribution files online. When I click on [Help][About LyX] I get
this report:
LyX version 1.4.2 of Friday, July 13, 2006
Library directory: /usr/share/lyx
User Directory: ~/.lyx
In my /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf I have these settings:
TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/texmf
TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
This should tell LyX where to find all my texmf trees, and so LyX should
easily be able to find the missing TeX classes, but still doesn't.
Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
Sorry if I'm rehashing things here, but I don't have the entire thread
in front of me (not to mention the posting the virtual dog apparently
ate). Also, fair warning: it's been a while since I used any flavor of
Linux (I'm exiled to the World of Windows).
First, in LyX, does Help-LaTeX Configuration show a plausible version
date for LaTeX (section 1 of the document)? If not, maybe LyX is
looking in the wrong place for your LaTeX executable.
Second, if you run 'kpsewhich article.cls' (or '/usr/bin/kpsewhich
article.cls', or whatever), does it find the article class?
The last couple of times I saw something similar reported (both Windows,
IIRC), it turned out to be a glitch in the way the LaTeX distro was
installed and not something intrinsic to LyX.
/Paul
Re: Textclass other errors on new install
Russell W. Behne wrote:
Since my last [missing] post concerning this problem I have downloaded the
images for Mandriva 2007, burned in a new set of cdroms, and installed a
completly new Linux Mandriva OS. And yet the problem remains.
For some reason this release didn't come with LyX, so I downloaded it from the
2006 disttribution files online. When I click on [Help][About LyX] I get
this report:
LyX version 1.4.2 of Friday, July 13, 2006
Library directory: /usr/share/lyx
User Directory: ~/.lyx
In my /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf I have these settings:
TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/texmf
TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
This should tell LyX where to find all my texmf trees, and so LyX should
easily be able to find the missing TeX classes, but still doesn't.
Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
Sorry if I'm rehashing things here, but I don't have the entire thread
in front of me (not to mention the posting the virtual dog apparently
ate). Also, fair warning: it's been a while since I used any flavor of
Linux (I'm exiled to the World of Windows).
First, in LyX, does Help-LaTeX Configuration show a plausible version
date for LaTeX (section 1 of the document)? If not, maybe LyX is
looking in the wrong place for your LaTeX executable.
Second, if you run 'kpsewhich article.cls' (or '/usr/bin/kpsewhich
article.cls', or whatever), does it find the article class?
The last couple of times I saw something similar reported (both Windows,
IIRC), it turned out to be a glitch in the way the LaTeX distro was
installed and not something intrinsic to LyX.
/Paul
Re: Textclass & other errors on new install
Russell W. Behne wrote:
Since my last [missing] post concerning this problem I have downloaded the
images for Mandriva 2007, burned in a new set of cdroms, and installed a
completly new Linux Mandriva OS. And yet the problem remains.
For some reason this release didn't come with LyX, so I downloaded it from the
2006 disttribution files online. When I click on " [Help][About LyX] " I get
this report:
LyX version 1.4.2 of Friday, July 13, 2006
Library directory: /usr/share/lyx
User Directory: ~/.lyx
In my /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf I have these settings:
TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/texmf
TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
This should tell LyX where to find all my texmf trees, and so LyX should
easily be able to find the missing TeX classes, but still doesn't.
Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
Sorry if I'm rehashing things here, but I don't have the entire thread
in front of me (not to mention the posting the virtual dog apparently
ate). Also, fair warning: it's been a while since I used any flavor of
Linux (I'm exiled to the World of Windows).
First, in LyX, does Help->LaTeX Configuration show a plausible version
date for LaTeX (section 1 of the document)? If not, maybe LyX is
looking in the wrong place for your LaTeX executable.
Second, if you run 'kpsewhich article.cls' (or '/usr/bin/kpsewhich
article.cls', or whatever), does it find the article class?
The last couple of times I saw something similar reported (both Windows,
IIRC), it turned out to be a glitch in the way the LaTeX distro was
installed and not something intrinsic to LyX.
/Paul
Re: Textclass other errors on new install
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 13:34, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
Russell W. Behne wrote:
I just (re)installed Linux (Mandriva 2006) on cleanly formatted
partitions, and when I open LyX (ver 1.3.5) I get an error message
saying:
Textclass error
The document uses a missing TeX class article.
LyX will not be able to produce output.
Other documents give the same error, but for a different tex class,
depending on whatever one that document is supposed to be using. I also
noticed that there's no longer several menu items, things like previewing
in PS or PDF, and exporting to anything other than ascii.
I have another directory, /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex where I keep style
files that I downloaded. (I keep them there to both make them available
to all users, and to survive formats and reinstalls of other partitions.)
After every reinstall I run this command sequence from a batch file:
rm -f /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
cp /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
/usr/bin/mktexlsr
where /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf is a custom texmf.cnf that makes LyX
recognize these files. (/usr/local is a separate partition, _all_ other
partitions were formatted during this reinstall.) (Some files I wanted to
keep were copied to another drive prior to doing the format.)
Unfortunately, in addition to the previously mentioned problems, LyX
can't find these files anymore, even after I ran the batch file. (This
batch file has always worked for me prior to this latest install.)
I'm baffled. What's wrong, and what need I do?
Did you reconfigure LyX after you ran the batch file?
/Paul
I'm sorry, I had answered this question, but for some reason it aparently
didn't get posted to the list. Yes, I did reconfigure LyX both before
after running the batch file.
Since my last [missing] post concerning this problem I have downloaded the
images for Mandriva 2007, burned in a new set of cdroms, and installed a
completly new Linux Mandriva OS. And yet the problem remains.
For some reason this release didn't come with LyX, so I downloaded it from the
2006 disttribution files online. When I click on [Help][About LyX] I get
this report:
LyX version 1.4.2 of Friday, July 13, 2006
Library directory: /usr/share/lyx
User Directory: ~/.lyx
In my /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf I have these settings:
TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/texmf
TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
This should tell LyX where to find all my texmf trees, and so LyX should
easily be able to find the missing TeX classes, but still doesn't.
Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
--
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Russ.
This is where I learned how to start a backyard nursery:
http://tinyurl.com/j6xl7
*-*
Russell's Quotes:
Tho' Modesty is a Virtue, Bashfulness is a Vice.
---Benjamin Franklin
From ``Poor Richard's Almanac''
*-*
American Gold and Silver Currency is Back:
http://tinyurl.com/b3r6a
*-*
What is freedom, really?
See this great flash presentation: http://tinyurl.com/sb91
Here's what I knew _before_ the war started: http://tinyurl.com/qu2w5
Re: Textclass other errors on new install
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 13:34, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
Russell W. Behne wrote:
I just (re)installed Linux (Mandriva 2006) on cleanly formatted
partitions, and when I open LyX (ver 1.3.5) I get an error message
saying:
Textclass error
The document uses a missing TeX class article.
LyX will not be able to produce output.
Other documents give the same error, but for a different tex class,
depending on whatever one that document is supposed to be using. I also
noticed that there's no longer several menu items, things like previewing
in PS or PDF, and exporting to anything other than ascii.
I have another directory, /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex where I keep style
files that I downloaded. (I keep them there to both make them available
to all users, and to survive formats and reinstalls of other partitions.)
After every reinstall I run this command sequence from a batch file:
rm -f /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
cp /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
/usr/bin/mktexlsr
where /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf is a custom texmf.cnf that makes LyX
recognize these files. (/usr/local is a separate partition, _all_ other
partitions were formatted during this reinstall.) (Some files I wanted to
keep were copied to another drive prior to doing the format.)
Unfortunately, in addition to the previously mentioned problems, LyX
can't find these files anymore, even after I ran the batch file. (This
batch file has always worked for me prior to this latest install.)
I'm baffled. What's wrong, and what need I do?
Did you reconfigure LyX after you ran the batch file?
/Paul
I'm sorry, I had answered this question, but for some reason it aparently
didn't get posted to the list. Yes, I did reconfigure LyX both before
after running the batch file.
Since my last [missing] post concerning this problem I have downloaded the
images for Mandriva 2007, burned in a new set of cdroms, and installed a
completly new Linux Mandriva OS. And yet the problem remains.
For some reason this release didn't come with LyX, so I downloaded it from the
2006 disttribution files online. When I click on [Help][About LyX] I get
this report:
LyX version 1.4.2 of Friday, July 13, 2006
Library directory: /usr/share/lyx
User Directory: ~/.lyx
In my /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf I have these settings:
TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/texmf
TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
This should tell LyX where to find all my texmf trees, and so LyX should
easily be able to find the missing TeX classes, but still doesn't.
Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
--
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Russ.
This is where I learned how to start a backyard nursery:
http://tinyurl.com/j6xl7
*-*
Russell's Quotes:
Tho' Modesty is a Virtue, Bashfulness is a Vice.
---Benjamin Franklin
From ``Poor Richard's Almanac''
*-*
American Gold and Silver Currency is Back:
http://tinyurl.com/b3r6a
*-*
What is freedom, really?
See this great flash presentation: http://tinyurl.com/sb91
Here's what I knew _before_ the war started: http://tinyurl.com/qu2w5
Re: Textclass & other errors on new install
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 13:34, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> Russell W. Behne wrote:
> > I just (re)installed Linux (Mandriva 2006) on cleanly formatted
> > partitions, and when I open LyX (ver 1.3.5) I get an error message
> > saying:
> >
> > Textclass error
> > The document uses a missing TeX class "article".
> > LyX will not be able to produce output.
> >
> > Other documents give the same error, but for a different tex class,
> > depending on whatever one that document is supposed to be using. I also
> > noticed that there's no longer several menu items, things like previewing
> > in PS or PDF, and exporting to anything other than ascii.
> >
> > I have another directory, /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex where I keep style
> > files that I downloaded. (I keep them there to both make them available
> > to all users, and to survive formats and reinstalls of other partitions.)
> > After every reinstall I run this command sequence from a batch file:
> >
> > rm -f /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
> > cp /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
> > /usr/bin/mktexlsr
> >
> > where /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf is a custom texmf.cnf that makes LyX
> > recognize these files. (/usr/local is a separate partition, _all_ other
> > partitions were formatted during this reinstall.) (Some files I wanted to
> > keep were copied to another drive prior to doing the format.)
> >
> > Unfortunately, in addition to the previously mentioned problems, LyX
> > can't find these files anymore, even after I ran the batch file. (This
> > batch file has always worked for me prior to this latest install.)
> >
> > I'm baffled. What's wrong, and what need I do?
>
> Did you reconfigure LyX after you ran the batch file?
>
> /Paul
I'm sorry, I had answered this question, but for some reason it aparently
didn't get posted to the list. Yes, I did reconfigure LyX both before &
after running the batch file.
Since my last [missing] post concerning this problem I have downloaded the
images for Mandriva 2007, burned in a new set of cdroms, and installed a
completly new Linux Mandriva OS. And yet the problem remains.
For some reason this release didn't come with LyX, so I downloaded it from the
2006 disttribution files online. When I click on " [Help][About LyX] " I get
this report:
LyX version 1.4.2 of Friday, July 13, 2006
Library directory: /usr/share/lyx
User Directory: ~/.lyx
In my /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf I have these settings:
TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/texmf
TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
This should tell LyX where to find all my texmf trees, and so LyX should
easily be able to find the missing TeX classes, but still doesn't.
Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
--
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Russ.
This is where I learned how to start a backyard nursery:
http://tinyurl.com/j6xl7
*-*
Russell's Quotes:
Tho' Modesty is a Virtue, Bashfulness is a Vice.
---Benjamin Franklin
From ``Poor Richard's Almanac''
*-*
American Gold and Silver Currency is Back:
http://tinyurl.com/b3r6a
*-*
What is freedom, really?
See this great flash presentation: http://tinyurl.com/sb91
Here's what I knew _before_ the war started: http://tinyurl.com/qu2w5
Re: Textclass other errors on new install
Russell W. Behne wrote: I just (re)installed Linux (Mandriva 2006) on cleanly formatted partitions, and when I open LyX (ver 1.3.5) I get an error message saying: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article. LyX will not be able to produce output. Other documents give the same error, but for a different tex class, depending on whatever one that document is supposed to be using. I also noticed that there's no longer several menu items, things like previewing in PS or PDF, and exporting to anything other than ascii. I have another directory, /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex where I keep style files that I downloaded. (I keep them there to both make them available to all users, and to survive formats and reinstalls of other partitions.) After every reinstall I run this command sequence from a batch file: rm -f /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf cp /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf /usr/bin/mktexlsr where /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf is a custom texmf.cnf that makes LyX recognize these files. (/usr/local is a separate partition, _all_ other partitions were formatted during this reinstall.) (Some files I wanted to keep were copied to another drive prior to doing the format.) Unfortunately, in addition to the previously mentioned problems, LyX can't find these files anymore, even after I ran the batch file. (This batch file has always worked for me prior to this latest install.) I'm baffled. What's wrong, and what need I do? Did you reconfigure LyX after you ran the batch file? /Paul
Re: Textclass other errors on new install
Russell W. Behne wrote: I just (re)installed Linux (Mandriva 2006) on cleanly formatted partitions, and when I open LyX (ver 1.3.5) I get an error message saying: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article. LyX will not be able to produce output. Other documents give the same error, but for a different tex class, depending on whatever one that document is supposed to be using. I also noticed that there's no longer several menu items, things like previewing in PS or PDF, and exporting to anything other than ascii. I have another directory, /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex where I keep style files that I downloaded. (I keep them there to both make them available to all users, and to survive formats and reinstalls of other partitions.) After every reinstall I run this command sequence from a batch file: rm -f /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf cp /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf /usr/bin/mktexlsr where /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf is a custom texmf.cnf that makes LyX recognize these files. (/usr/local is a separate partition, _all_ other partitions were formatted during this reinstall.) (Some files I wanted to keep were copied to another drive prior to doing the format.) Unfortunately, in addition to the previously mentioned problems, LyX can't find these files anymore, even after I ran the batch file. (This batch file has always worked for me prior to this latest install.) I'm baffled. What's wrong, and what need I do? Did you reconfigure LyX after you ran the batch file? /Paul
Re: Textclass & other errors on new install
Russell W. Behne wrote: I just (re)installed Linux (Mandriva 2006) on cleanly formatted partitions, and when I open LyX (ver 1.3.5) I get an error message saying: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class "article". LyX will not be able to produce output. Other documents give the same error, but for a different tex class, depending on whatever one that document is supposed to be using. I also noticed that there's no longer several menu items, things like previewing in PS or PDF, and exporting to anything other than ascii. I have another directory, /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex where I keep style files that I downloaded. (I keep them there to both make them available to all users, and to survive formats and reinstalls of other partitions.) After every reinstall I run this command sequence from a batch file: rm -f /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf cp /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf /usr/bin/mktexlsr where /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf is a custom texmf.cnf that makes LyX recognize these files. (/usr/local is a separate partition, _all_ other partitions were formatted during this reinstall.) (Some files I wanted to keep were copied to another drive prior to doing the format.) Unfortunately, in addition to the previously mentioned problems, LyX can't find these files anymore, even after I ran the batch file. (This batch file has always worked for me prior to this latest install.) I'm baffled. What's wrong, and what need I do? Did you reconfigure LyX after you ran the batch file? /Paul
Textclass other errors on new install
I just (re)installed Linux (Mandriva 2006) on cleanly formatted partitions, and when I open LyX (ver 1.3.5) I get an error message saying: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article. LyX will not be able to produce output. Other documents give the same error, but for a different tex class, depending on whatever one that document is supposed to be using. I also noticed that there's no longer several menu items, things like previewing in PS or PDF, and exporting to anything other than ascii. I have another directory, /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex where I keep style files that I downloaded. (I keep them there to both make them available to all users, and to survive formats and reinstalls of other partitions.) After every reinstall I run this command sequence from a batch file: rm -f /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf cp /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf /usr/bin/mktexlsr where /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf is a custom texmf.cnf that makes LyX recognize these files. (/usr/local is a separate partition, _all_ other partitions were formatted during this reinstall.) (Some files I wanted to keep were copied to another drive prior to doing the format.) Unfortunately, in addition to the previously mentioned problems, LyX can't find these files anymore, even after I ran the batch file. (This batch file has always worked for me prior to this latest install.) I'm baffled. What's wrong, and what need I do? -- Russ. *---=[Russell's Quotes]=--* ``I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know ofEach of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and of my own part, I disbelieve them all.'' --Thomas Paine To Paine belongs the honor of naming our country the United States of America. He was the first to use the name in print, and it was his own creation. *-* American Gold and Silver Currency is Back: http://www.libertydollar.org/default.asp?REFERER=NRC16499 *-* What is freedom, really? See this great flash presentation: http://www.isil.org/resources/introduction.swf http://www.TruthAboutWar.org
Textclass other errors on new install
I just (re)installed Linux (Mandriva 2006) on cleanly formatted partitions, and when I open LyX (ver 1.3.5) I get an error message saying: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class article. LyX will not be able to produce output. Other documents give the same error, but for a different tex class, depending on whatever one that document is supposed to be using. I also noticed that there's no longer several menu items, things like previewing in PS or PDF, and exporting to anything other than ascii. I have another directory, /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex where I keep style files that I downloaded. (I keep them there to both make them available to all users, and to survive formats and reinstalls of other partitions.) After every reinstall I run this command sequence from a batch file: rm -f /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf cp /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf /usr/bin/mktexlsr where /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf is a custom texmf.cnf that makes LyX recognize these files. (/usr/local is a separate partition, _all_ other partitions were formatted during this reinstall.) (Some files I wanted to keep were copied to another drive prior to doing the format.) Unfortunately, in addition to the previously mentioned problems, LyX can't find these files anymore, even after I ran the batch file. (This batch file has always worked for me prior to this latest install.) I'm baffled. What's wrong, and what need I do? -- Russ. *---=[Russell's Quotes]=--* ``I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know ofEach of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and of my own part, I disbelieve them all.'' --Thomas Paine To Paine belongs the honor of naming our country the United States of America. He was the first to use the name in print, and it was his own creation. *-* American Gold and Silver Currency is Back: http://www.libertydollar.org/default.asp?REFERER=NRC16499 *-* What is freedom, really? See this great flash presentation: http://www.isil.org/resources/introduction.swf http://www.TruthAboutWar.org
Textclass & other errors on new install
I just (re)installed Linux (Mandriva 2006) on cleanly formatted partitions, and when I open LyX (ver 1.3.5) I get an error message saying: Textclass error The document uses a missing TeX class "article". LyX will not be able to produce output. Other documents give the same error, but for a different tex class, depending on whatever one that document is supposed to be using. I also noticed that there's no longer several menu items, things like previewing in PS or PDF, and exporting to anything other than ascii. I have another directory, /usr/local/texmf/tex/latex where I keep style files that I downloaded. (I keep them there to both make them available to all users, and to survive formats and reinstalls of other partitions.) After every reinstall I run this command sequence from a batch file: rm -f /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf cp /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf /usr/bin/mktexlsr where /usr/local/texmf/texmf.cnf is a custom texmf.cnf that makes LyX recognize these files. (/usr/local is a separate partition, _all_ other partitions were formatted during this reinstall.) (Some files I wanted to keep were copied to another drive prior to doing the format.) Unfortunately, in addition to the previously mentioned problems, LyX can't find these files anymore, even after I ran the batch file. (This batch file has always worked for me prior to this latest install.) I'm baffled. What's wrong, and what need I do? -- Russ. *---=[Russell's Quotes]=--* ``I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know ofEach of those churches accuse the other of unbelief; and of my own part, I disbelieve them all.'' --Thomas Paine To Paine belongs the honor of naming our country the United States of America. He was the first to use the name in print, and it was his own creation. *-* American Gold and Silver Currency is Back: http://www.libertydollar.org/default.asp?REFERER=NRC16499 *-* What is freedom, really? See this great flash presentation: http://www.isil.org/resources/introduction.swf http://www.TruthAboutWar.org
