Lyx on Solaris 2.6

[David F. Nitz]

Hi,

I'm trying to install/run Lyx on Solaris 2.6.  Sources compile w/o errors,

and I'm able to start Lyx and get the splash screen, view online help.

But when I try to export to Latex an empty .tex file is created.

If I try to view th .dvi or .ps file directly from the Lyx "File" menu,

Lyx seems to go into an inifinite loop.

The same behavior happens with version 1.01 and 1.03 of Lyx.  Any

suggestions as to what is wrong here?

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David F. Nitz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Physics Department, Michigan Tech
Tel: (906)487-2274  Fax: (906) 487-2933

Still stuck on Solaris

[David F. Nitz]

Hi,

Thanks to those who responded to with suggestions regarding my
problem getting Lyx to work on Solaris 2.6.1.  Unfortunately,
none of the suggestions hit the mark.  Let me re-describe
what appears to be the crux of the problem perhaps a bit
more clearly.

Operating System: Solaris 2.6
Compiler: gcc 2.7.2

Lyx versions tried:  1.01 pre-built binary
 1.03 built from source
 1.04pre built from source

Problem:

Can't export LaTex file.  A ".tex" file is created, but size is always 0
bytes.  No error or warning messages are generated.

Any suggestions?  Thanks.

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David F. Nitz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Physics Department, Michigan Tech
Tel: (906)487-2274  Fax: (906) 487-2933

Re: Still stuck on Solaris -- Resolved

[David F. Nitz]

Hi,

I've found a work around for the problem described below.  In file
buffer.C, section Buffer:makeLaTeXFile, "fwrite" is used to write
out the TeX file.  On our system (see below) this silently fails,
producing no output.  As a work around, I replaced the "fwrite" with
"printf".  That seems to work fine.

Here are differences between the modified and original buffer.C from
lyx-1.0.4pre4.


1853,1854c1853
<   // fwrite(LFile.c_str(), sizeof(char), LFile.length(), file);
<   fprintf(file,"%s",LFile.c_str()); // 26-Aug-99 DFN kludge
---
>   fwrite(LFile.c_str(), sizeof(char), LFile.length(), file);
1921,1923c1920,1921
<   //fwrite(preamble.c_str(), sizeof(char),
<   //   preamble.length(), file);
<   fprintf(file,"%s",preamble.c_str()); // 26-Aug-99 DFN kludge
---
>   fwrite(preamble.c_str(), sizeof(char),
>  preamble.length(), file);
1993,1995c1991,1992
< // fwrite(LFile.c_str(), sizeof(char),
< //   LFile.length(), file);
<   fprintf(file,"%s",LFile.c_str()); // 26-Aug-99 DFN kludge
---
>   fwrite(LFile.c_str(), sizeof(char),
>  LFile.length(), file);
2020,2021c2017
<   // fwrite(LFile.c_str(), sizeof(char), LFile.length(), file);
<   fprintf(file,"%s",LFile.c_str()); // 26-Aug-99 DFN kludge
---
>   fwrite(LFile.c_str(), sizeof(char), LFile.length(), file);


On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, David F. Nitz wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Thanks to those who responded to with suggestions regarding my
> problem getting Lyx to work on Solaris 2.6.1.  Unfortunately,
> none of the suggestions hit the mark.  Let me re-describe
> what appears to be the crux of the problem perhaps a bit
> more clearly.
> 
> Operating System: Solaris 2.6
> Compiler: gcc 2.7.2 (Ugh)
> 
> Lyx versions tried:  1.01 pre-built binary
>1.03 built from source
>1.04pre built from source
> 
> Problem:
> 
> Can't export LaTex file.  A ".tex" file is created, but size is always 0
> bytes.  No error or warning messages are generated.
> 
> Any suggestions?  Thanks.
> 
> ---
> David F. Nitz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Physics Department, Michigan Tech
> Tel: (906)487-2274  Fax: (906) 487-2933
> 

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David F. Nitz ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Physics Department, Michigan Tech
Tel: (906)487-2274  Fax: (906) 487-2933