Re: Help needed: LyX files Win->Linux Mint Gloria 7
On 08/27/2009 11:08 PM, KR Thorne wrote: Hi rh, Attached is a sample file done in the Windows version of LyX. I cannot open this file in LyX 1.6.2 installed on my Linux Mint 7 Gloria system -- returns the same error message as below. I've tried several files, all with the same result. Please let me know what you find. Well, if I save it to /tmp/, it opens up just fine, so that didn't tell us very much. I think the issue is certainly the one pointed out by Paul and Manervu: The document is encrypted in some way, but LyX is not getting a decrypted version. The only way you can get that message is if the first non-comment line of the file isn't "\lyxformat ...", which it certainly would be. Try copying the file to your home directory and opening it from there. If that does not work, open a terminal and run "cat myfile.lyx". If you don't see something like this: #LyX 1.6.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 345 \begin_document \begin_header and in particular if you get jumbled garbage, then we've found the problem. That said, the fact that I could open the file you sent me suggests that copying your LyX files to your home directory may be all you need to do. Richard
Re: Help needed: LyX files Win->Linux Mint Gloria 7
2009/8/28 Paul A. Rubin : > KR Thorne wrote: [...] >> /media/FreeAgent Drive/Encryption Folder/Seagate >> Backup/KRT-PC/C/Users/KRT/Documents/Writing/GTG_TWI_newedit_test.lyx is >> not a readable LyX document. >> >> I also tried the files I had copied to a data DVD, but cannot open them >> either. [...] > > In the midst of that path I see "Encryption Folder". Was this folder by any > chance automatically encrypted under Vista? If so, you may need to use > Vista to move the files to an unencrypted folder somewhere. This may be a folder encrypted by External HDD itself. I am wondering whether these files on DVD are copied under Vista (probably unencrypted) or under Windows. It would be nice to look into files to check whether are they text files or scrambled binary. -- Manveru jabber: manv...@manveru.pl gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl
Re: Help needed: LyX files Win->Linux Mint Gloria 7
KR Thorne wrote: Hello, I created a number of files in LyX under Windows Vista, saved in .lyx format. I have just migrated over to Linux Mint Gloria 7, and now my files will not open. I receive an error message: /media/FreeAgent Drive/Encryption Folder/Seagate Backup/KRT-PC/C/Users/KRT/Documents/Writing/GTG_TWI_newedit_test.lyx is not a readable LyX document. I also tried the files I had copied to a data DVD, but cannot open them either. Both the Windows Lyx and the Linux LyX are the latest release, 1.6.2. This is extremely important, as these are manuscripts representing several years of work. At present I cannot simply open them in Windows, as my Windows installation was not working and the recovery disks are unsuccessful (ticket open with the laptop mfr). Any help would be greatly appreciated! In the midst of that path I see "Encryption Folder". Was this folder by any chance automatically encrypted under Vista? If so, you may need to use Vista to move the files to an unencrypted folder somewhere. /Paul
Help needed: LyX files Win->Linux Mint Gloria 7
Hello, I created a number of files in LyX under Windows Vista, saved in .lyx format. I have just migrated over to Linux Mint Gloria 7, and now my files will not open. I receive an error message: /media/FreeAgent Drive/Encryption Folder/Seagate Backup/KRT-PC/C/Users/KRT/Documents/Writing/GTG_TWI_newedit_test.lyx is not a readable LyX document. I also tried the files I had copied to a data DVD, but cannot open them either. Both the Windows Lyx and the Linux LyX are the latest release, 1.6.2. This is extremely important, as these are manuscripts representing several years of work. At present I cannot simply open them in Windows, as my Windows installation was not working and the recovery disks are unsuccessful (ticket open with the laptop mfr). Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Karen
