Re: Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
Matthias Hunstig uni-paderborn.de> writes: > If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end > up with a "clean" system? On Windows XP, look in C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data and delete any folders with 'Lyx' or 'Miktex' in their names. Note that this will delete any customized layouts, keyboard bindings etc. you might have stored for LyX. If you have any such things, it would be prudent to archive copies first. Also look in C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data for MikTeX directories. (LyX stores nothing there, but I think MiKTeX does.) Repeat this above with "All Users" in place of to catch anything stored if either LyX of MiKTeX was installed for all users. Paul
Re: Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
On 15.09.2011 09:31, Matthias Hunstig wrote: Hi, It would be a good idea to export a file to LaTeX (pdflatex), then run pdflatex against it in a DOS window. That might help pin down whether there are problems with your LaTeX (MiKTeX?) distribution. I tried exporting three files and see three different behaviours. Looks like my whole installation is even more broken than I thought. I think I will wipe all LyX and MikTeX from disk and try re-installing afterwards. If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end up with a "clean" system? Matthias Assuming windows 7, you may want to delete (or simply rename/move it) the LyX preferences folder ("lyx20"), in the AppData\Roaming folder in you home directory (the AppData folder is hidden). that would be C:\Users\your_login\AppData\Roaming\lyx20 on windows 7, and something like (from memory) C:\Documents and Settings\your_login\AppData\Roaming\lyx20 on XP. Also, some apps can help checking for leftovers ("ccleaner" is such an app) when uninstalling a soft (they are safe to use to analyse the left-overs, you may want to be careful if you use them for cleaning) Sincerely, Olivier
Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
Hi, > It would be a good idea to export a file to LaTeX (pdflatex), then run > pdflatex against it in a DOS window. That might help pin down whether there > are problems with your LaTeX (MiKTeX?) distribution. I tried exporting three files and see three different behaviours. Looks like my whole installation is even more broken than I thought. I think I will wipe all LyX and MikTeX from disk and try re-installing afterwards. If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end up with a "clean" system? Matthias
Re: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)
It would be a good idea to export a file to LaTeX (pdflatex), then run pdflatex against it in a DOS window. That might help pin down whether there are problems with your LaTeX (MiKTeX?) distribution. Paul
Re: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Matthias Hunstig wrote: > Hello everybody, > > today, I installed LyX 2.0.1 using Uwe's installer > (http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117&release_id=18767) > over my somewhat broken 2.0 installation > (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/70495/focus=70618, main > cause seems to be a problem with network drives and/or limited rights users > in WinXP) in the hope that it might fix something. > > Unfortunately, things got worse instead. Pdflatex now runs infinitely long > (not proven, but at least very long, i. e. over one hour for a one page > document) in the background. Tex files are created in the temporary folder, > but no pdf is created. Any idea why this might be and how it could be solved? > > To be honest, I am quite frustrated with LyX now. I love it when it works, > but in the last weeks I spent more time fixing problems than actually writing > in LyX. I just stumpled across Portable Lyx 2.0 > (http://portable-lyx.impossible-exil.info/). Maybe this is a solution for me > and other people struggeling with installation problems. > Or you could try Cygwin (on Windows), or installing a Linux distro such as Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine such as VMWare. This worked pretty fine for me when I needed to use Windows, and sometimes it is less of a hassle than getting an open-source thingy working on Windows. If you install in a VMWare you need only very little knowledge about Linux. I cannot help with your actual problem. Sorry Liviu > Regards > > Matthias > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)
Hello everybody, today, I installed LyX 2.0.1 using Uwe's installer (http://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5117&release_id=18767) over my somewhat broken 2.0 installation (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.editors.lyx.general/70495/focus=70618, main cause seems to be a problem with network drives and/or limited rights users in WinXP) in the hope that it might fix something. Unfortunately, things got worse instead. Pdflatex now runs infinitely long (not proven, but at least very long, i. e. over one hour for a one page document) in the background. Tex files are created in the temporary folder, but no pdf is created. Any idea why this might be and how it could be solved? To be honest, I am quite frustrated with LyX now. I love it when it works, but in the last weeks I spent more time fixing problems than actually writing in LyX. I just stumpled across Portable Lyx 2.0 (http://portable-lyx.impossible-exil.info/). Maybe this is a solution for me and other people struggeling with installation problems. Regards Matthias