Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run: solved

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Thanks for all your suggestions.

I have solved it by adding a new user to my linux and copying my stuff to 
it. Now the permissions are correct. 

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run: solved

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Thanks for all your suggestions.

I have solved it by adding a new user to my linux and copying my stuff to 
it. Now the permissions are correct. 

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run: solved

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Thanks for all your suggestions.

I have solved it by adding a new user to my linux and copying my stuff to 
it. Now the permissions are correct. 

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Richard Heck]

On 11/08/2013 02:58 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:


 It looks as if you may have some very bad permissions problems in your

 configuration. Can you do:



 # ls -l /



 and post the complete output?



 Richard

This is the output of

ls -l .lyx

no permission

under root:

insgesamt 0 (alltogether)



Sorry, I don't understand that. Can you just copy and paste the output?

rh

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Friday 08 November 2013 17:37:18 Richard Heck wrote:
 On 11/08/2013 02:58 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
   It looks as if you may have some very bad permissions problems in
   your
   
   configuration. Can you do:
   
   
   
   # ls -l /
   
   
   
   and post the complete output?
   
   
   
   Richard
  
  This is the output of
  
  ls -l .lyx
  
  no permission
  
  under root:
  
  insgesamt 0 (alltogether)
 
 Sorry, I don't understand that. Can you just copy and paste the output?
 
 rh
Richard,
I miss understood, thought you meant permission of .lyx
which is
root@wolfgang:/home/wolfgang# ls -l .lyx 
insgesamt 0
root@wolfgang:/home/wolfgang# ls -la .lyx 
insgesamt 16
d-   2 wolfgang wolfgang  4096 Nov  7 08:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 185 wolfgang wolfgang 12288 Nov  9 07:25 ..

Here is, what you were asking for:
root@wolfgang:/home/wolfgang# ls -l /
insgesamt 80
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 17:40 bin
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Okt 23 20:31 boot
drwxr-xr-x  14 root root  3440 Nov  9 07:25 dev
drwxr-xr-x 161 root root 12288 Nov  9 07:25 etc
drwxrwxrwx   8 root root  4096 Nov  5 09:46 home
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root30 Okt  6 14:45 initrd.img - 
/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64
drwxr-xr-x  16 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:10 lib
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:06 lib32
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:06 lib64
dw--w-   2 root root  4096 Okt 15 10:17 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root  4096 Nov  6 08:31 media
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Okt  6 15:40 mnt
drwxr-xr-x  19 root root  4096 Okt  6 14:39 old
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Okt 20 18:02 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 202 root root 0 Nov  9 07:25 proc
drwx--  24 root root  4096 Nov  6 09:48 root
drwxr-xr-x  27 root root  1000 Nov  9 07:25 run
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:09 sbin
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt  6 14:44 srv
drwxr-xr-x  13 root root 0 Nov  9 07:25 sys
drwxrwxrwx  13 root root  4096 Nov  9 07:30 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  11 root root  4096 Okt 17 18:12 usr
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root  4096 Okt  6 15:05 var
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root26 Okt  6 14:45 vmlinuz - 
boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Richard Heck]

On 11/08/2013 02:58 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:


 It looks as if you may have some very bad permissions problems in your

 configuration. Can you do:



 # ls -l /



 and post the complete output?



 Richard

This is the output of

ls -l .lyx

no permission

under root:

insgesamt 0 (alltogether)



Sorry, I don't understand that. Can you just copy and paste the output?

rh

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Friday 08 November 2013 17:37:18 Richard Heck wrote:
 On 11/08/2013 02:58 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
   It looks as if you may have some very bad permissions problems in
   your
   
   configuration. Can you do:
   
   
   
   # ls -l /
   
   
   
   and post the complete output?
   
   
   
   Richard
  
  This is the output of
  
  ls -l .lyx
  
  no permission
  
  under root:
  
  insgesamt 0 (alltogether)
 
 Sorry, I don't understand that. Can you just copy and paste the output?
 
 rh
Richard,
I miss understood, thought you meant permission of .lyx
which is
root@wolfgang:/home/wolfgang# ls -l .lyx 
insgesamt 0
root@wolfgang:/home/wolfgang# ls -la .lyx 
insgesamt 16
d-   2 wolfgang wolfgang  4096 Nov  7 08:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 185 wolfgang wolfgang 12288 Nov  9 07:25 ..

Here is, what you were asking for:
root@wolfgang:/home/wolfgang# ls -l /
insgesamt 80
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 17:40 bin
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Okt 23 20:31 boot
drwxr-xr-x  14 root root  3440 Nov  9 07:25 dev
drwxr-xr-x 161 root root 12288 Nov  9 07:25 etc
drwxrwxrwx   8 root root  4096 Nov  5 09:46 home
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root30 Okt  6 14:45 initrd.img - 
/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64
drwxr-xr-x  16 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:10 lib
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:06 lib32
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:06 lib64
dw--w-   2 root root  4096 Okt 15 10:17 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root  4096 Nov  6 08:31 media
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Okt  6 15:40 mnt
drwxr-xr-x  19 root root  4096 Okt  6 14:39 old
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Okt 20 18:02 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 202 root root 0 Nov  9 07:25 proc
drwx--  24 root root  4096 Nov  6 09:48 root
drwxr-xr-x  27 root root  1000 Nov  9 07:25 run
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:09 sbin
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt  6 14:44 srv
drwxr-xr-x  13 root root 0 Nov  9 07:25 sys
drwxrwxrwx  13 root root  4096 Nov  9 07:30 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  11 root root  4096 Okt 17 18:12 usr
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root  4096 Okt  6 15:05 var
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root26 Okt  6 14:45 vmlinuz - 
boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Richard Heck]

On 11/08/2013 02:58 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:


> It looks as if you may have some very bad permissions problems in your

> configuration. Can you do:

>

> # ls -l /

>

> and post the complete output?

>

> Richard

This is the output of

ls -l .lyx

no permission

under root:

insgesamt 0 (alltogether)



Sorry, I don't understand that. Can you just copy and paste the output?

rh

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Friday 08 November 2013 17:37:18 Richard Heck wrote:
> On 11/08/2013 02:58 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> > > It looks as if you may have some very bad permissions problems in
> > > your
> > > 
> > > configuration. Can you do:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > # ls -l /
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > and post the complete output?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Richard
> > 
> > This is the output of
> > 
> > ls -l .lyx
> > 
> > no permission
> > 
> > under root:
> > 
> > insgesamt 0 (alltogether)
> 
> Sorry, I don't understand that. Can you just copy and paste the output?
> 
> rh
Richard,
I miss understood, thought you meant permission of .lyx
which is
root@wolfgang:/home/wolfgang# ls -l .lyx 
insgesamt 0
root@wolfgang:/home/wolfgang# ls -la .lyx 
insgesamt 16
d-   2 wolfgang wolfgang  4096 Nov  7 08:24 .
drwxr-xr-x 185 wolfgang wolfgang 12288 Nov  9 07:25 ..

Here is, what you were asking for:
root@wolfgang:/home/wolfgang# ls -l /
insgesamt 80
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 17:40 bin
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root  4096 Okt 23 20:31 boot
drwxr-xr-x  14 root root  3440 Nov  9 07:25 dev
drwxr-xr-x 161 root root 12288 Nov  9 07:25 etc
drwxrwxrwx   8 root root  4096 Nov  5 09:46 home
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root30 Okt  6 14:45 initrd.img -> 
/boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64
drwxr-xr-x  16 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:10 lib
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:06 lib32
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:06 lib64
dw--w-   2 root root  4096 Okt 15 10:17 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root  4096 Nov  6 08:31 media
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Okt  6 15:40 mnt
drwxr-xr-x  19 root root  4096 Okt  6 14:39 old
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  4096 Okt 20 18:02 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 202 root root 0 Nov  9 07:25 proc
drwx--  24 root root  4096 Nov  6 09:48 root
drwxr-xr-x  27 root root  1000 Nov  9 07:25 run
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt 23 14:09 sbin
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 Okt  6 14:44 srv
drwxr-xr-x  13 root root 0 Nov  9 07:25 sys
drwxrwxrwx  13 root root  4096 Nov  9 07:30 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  11 root root  4096 Okt 17 18:12 usr
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root  4096 Okt  6 15:05 var
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root26 Okt  6 14:45 vmlinuz -> 
boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Richard Heck]

On 11/07/2013 02:44 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:


On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:

 On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

  On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:

   On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann

  

   engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders

me

   

to use Lyx at the moment.

   

   

   

Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated

  

   I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd

  

   wexpansion. This could be very bad.

  

  

  

   I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem

  

   you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you

  

   should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as

  

   root to see if it has the same problem.

 

  Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help

  if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the

  (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?



 Ah. So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX needs

 (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your

 $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up. When you run as root,

 it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.



 Try this. Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then run

 LyX as your usual username. If things work (after a setup timelag),

 then there is just some messed up configuration file.

This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: 
/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having 
multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected


Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 
138: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work 
as expected


LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/

LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py

Traceback (most recent call last):

File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module

filemode = 'w')

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig

hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__

StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open

stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'

support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1


LyX: Fertig!

LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass 
file `textclass.lst'.


LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!

ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.

No modules will be available.

Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore 
rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal 
output similar to the above one:


wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx 

[1] 4419

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: 
/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having 
multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected


Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 
138: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work 
as expected


LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py

Traceback (most recent call last):

File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module

filemode = 'w')

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig

hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__

StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open

stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'

support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1


LyX: Fertig!

LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass 
file `textclass.lst'.


LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!

ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.

No modules will be available.

Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I do not find the configure.log in my home (wanted to check the 
permission)




That is a file LyX wants to create, and it is being denied permissions 
to do so.


It looks as if you may have some very bad permissions problems in your 
configuration. Can you do:


# ls -l /

and post the complete 

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:
 On 11/07/2013 02:44 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

 On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:

 On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

  On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:

   On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann

  

   engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders

me

   

to use Lyx at the moment.

   

   

   

Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated

  

   I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd

  

   wexpansion. This could be very bad.

  

  

  

   I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem

  

   you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you

  

   should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as

  

   root to see if it has the same problem.

 

  Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help

  if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the

  (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?



 Ah. So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX needs

 (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your

 $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up. When you run as root,

 it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.



 Try this. Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then run

 LyX as your usual username. If things work (after a setup timelag),

 then there is just some messed up configuration file.



 This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:



 wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
 /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having multiple
 values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected

 Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 138:
 Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as
 expected

 LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/

 LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu



 Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py

 Traceback (most recent call last):

 File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module

 filemode = 'w')

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig

 hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__

 StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open

 stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)

 IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'

 support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt
 /usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1

 LyX: Fertig!

 LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file
 `textclass.lst'.

 LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!

 ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.

 No modules will be available.

 Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.



 I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore
 rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal output
 similar to the above one:



 wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx 

 [1] 4419

 wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
 /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having multiple
 values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected

 Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 138:
 Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as
 expected

 LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu



 Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py

 Traceback (most recent call last):

 File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module

 filemode = 'w')

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig

 hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__

 StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open

 stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)

 IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'

 support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt
 /usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1

 LyX: Fertig!

 LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file
 `textclass.lst'.

 LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!

 ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.

 No modules will be available.

 Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.



 I do not find the configure.log in my home (wanted to check the permission)


 That is a file LyX wants to create, and it is being denied permissions to do
 so.

 It looks as if you 

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Thursday 07 November 2013 15:05:02 Richard Heck wrote:
 On 11/07/2013 02:44 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:
   On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
 On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
 
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
  I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it
  hinders
  
  me
  
  
  
  to use Lyx at the moment.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated
 
 I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and
 cd
 
 
 
 wexpansion. This could be very bad.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main
 problem
 
 
 
 you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX
 (you
 
 
 
 should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX
 as
 
 
 
 root to see if it has the same problem.

Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it
help

if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the

(non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?
   
   Ah. So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX
   needs
   
   (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your
   
   $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up. When you run as
   root,
   
   it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.
   
   
   
   Try this. Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then
   run
   
   LyX as your usual username. If things work (after a setup timelag),
   
   then there is just some messed up configuration file.
  
  This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:
  
  wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
  /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having
  multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected
  
  Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line
  138: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work
  as expected
  
  LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/
  
  LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu
  
  Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  
  File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module
  
  filemode = 'w')
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in
  basicConfig
  
  hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__
  
  StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open
  
  stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
  
  IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
  
  support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt
  /usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1
  
  LyX: Fertig!
  
  LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass
  file `textclass.lst'.
  
  LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!
  
  ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.
  
  No modules will be available.
  
  Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.
  
  I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore
  rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal
  output similar to the above one:
  
  wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx 
  
  [1] 4419
  
  wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
  /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having
  multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected
  
  Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line
  138: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work
  as expected
  
  LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu
  
  Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  
  File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module
  
  filemode = 'w')
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in
  basicConfig
  
  hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__
  
  StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open
  
  stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
  
  IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
  
  support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt
  /usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1
  
  LyX: Fertig!
  
  LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass
  file `textclass.lst'.
  
  LayoutFile.cpp (164): 

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Richard Heck]

On 11/07/2013 02:44 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:


On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:

 On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

  On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:

   On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann

  

   engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders

me

   

to use Lyx at the moment.

   

   

   

Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated

  

   I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd

  

   wexpansion. This could be very bad.

  

  

  

   I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem

  

   you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you

  

   should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as

  

   root to see if it has the same problem.

 

  Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help

  if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the

  (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?



 Ah. So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX needs

 (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your

 $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up. When you run as root,

 it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.



 Try this. Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then run

 LyX as your usual username. If things work (after a setup timelag),

 then there is just some messed up configuration file.

This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: 
/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having 
multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected


Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 
138: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work 
as expected


LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/

LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py

Traceback (most recent call last):

File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module

filemode = 'w')

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig

hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__

StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open

stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'

support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1


LyX: Fertig!

LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass 
file `textclass.lst'.


LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!

ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.

No modules will be available.

Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore 
rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal 
output similar to the above one:


wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx 

[1] 4419

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: 
/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having 
multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected


Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 
138: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work 
as expected


LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py

Traceback (most recent call last):

File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module

filemode = 'w')

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig

hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__

StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())

File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open

stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'

support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1


LyX: Fertig!

LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass 
file `textclass.lst'.


LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!

ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.

No modules will be available.

Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I do not find the configure.log in my home (wanted to check the 
permission)




That is a file LyX wants to create, and it is being denied permissions 
to do so.


It looks as if you may have some very bad permissions problems in your 
configuration. Can you do:


# ls -l /

and post the complete 

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:
 On 11/07/2013 02:44 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

 On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:

 On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

  On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:

   On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann

  

   engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders

me

   

to use Lyx at the moment.

   

   

   

Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated

  

   I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd

  

   wexpansion. This could be very bad.

  

  

  

   I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem

  

   you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you

  

   should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as

  

   root to see if it has the same problem.

 

  Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help

  if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the

  (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?



 Ah. So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX needs

 (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your

 $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up. When you run as root,

 it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.



 Try this. Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then run

 LyX as your usual username. If things work (after a setup timelag),

 then there is just some messed up configuration file.



 This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:



 wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
 /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having multiple
 values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected

 Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 138:
 Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as
 expected

 LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/

 LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu



 Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py

 Traceback (most recent call last):

 File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module

 filemode = 'w')

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig

 hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__

 StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open

 stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)

 IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'

 support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt
 /usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1

 LyX: Fertig!

 LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file
 `textclass.lst'.

 LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!

 ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.

 No modules will be available.

 Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.



 I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore
 rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal output
 similar to the above one:



 wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx 

 [1] 4419

 wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
 /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having multiple
 values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected

 Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 138:
 Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as
 expected

 LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu



 Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py

 Traceback (most recent call last):

 File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module

 filemode = 'w')

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig

 hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__

 StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())

 File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open

 stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)

 IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'

 support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt
 /usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1

 LyX: Fertig!

 LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file
 `textclass.lst'.

 LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!

 ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.

 No modules will be available.

 Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.



 I do not find the configure.log in my home (wanted to check the permission)


 That is a file LyX wants to create, and it is being denied permissions to do
 so.

 It looks as if you 

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Thursday 07 November 2013 15:05:02 Richard Heck wrote:
 On 11/07/2013 02:44 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:
   On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
 On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
 
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
  I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it
  hinders
  
  me
  
  
  
  to use Lyx at the moment.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated
 
 I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and
 cd
 
 
 
 wexpansion. This could be very bad.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main
 problem
 
 
 
 you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX
 (you
 
 
 
 should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX
 as
 
 
 
 root to see if it has the same problem.

Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it
help

if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the

(non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?
   
   Ah. So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX
   needs
   
   (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your
   
   $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up. When you run as
   root,
   
   it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.
   
   
   
   Try this. Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then
   run
   
   LyX as your usual username. If things work (after a setup timelag),
   
   then there is just some messed up configuration file.
  
  This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:
  
  wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
  /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having
  multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected
  
  Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line
  138: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work
  as expected
  
  LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/
  
  LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu
  
  Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  
  File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module
  
  filemode = 'w')
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in
  basicConfig
  
  hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__
  
  StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open
  
  stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
  
  IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
  
  support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt
  /usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1
  
  LyX: Fertig!
  
  LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass
  file `textclass.lst'.
  
  LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!
  
  ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.
  
  No modules will be available.
  
  Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.
  
  I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore
  rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal
  output similar to the above one:
  
  wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx 
  
  [1] 4419
  
  wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
  /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 103: Having
  multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as expected
  
  Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line
  138: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work
  as expected
  
  LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu
  
  Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  
  File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module
  
  filemode = 'w')
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in
  basicConfig
  
  hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__
  
  StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open
  
  stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
  
  IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
  
  support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt
  /usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1
  
  LyX: Fertig!
  
  LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass
  file `textclass.lst'.
  
  LayoutFile.cpp (164): 

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Richard Heck]

On 11/07/2013 02:44 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:


On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:

> On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

> > On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:

> > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann

> > >

> > >  wrote:

> > > > I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders

> > > > me

> > > >

> > > > to use Lyx at the moment.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated

> > >

> > > I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd

> > >

> > > w. This could be very bad.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem

> > >

> > > you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you

> > >

> > > should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as

> > >

> > > root to see if it has the same problem.

> >

> > Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help

> > if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the

> > (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?

>

> Ah. So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX needs

> (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your

> $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up. When you run as root,

> it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.

>

> Try this. Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then run

> LyX as your usual username. If things work (after a setup timelag),

> then there is just some messed up configuration file.

This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: 
"/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 103: Having 
multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work as expected


Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 
138: Having multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work 
as expected


LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/

LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in 

filemode = 'w')

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in basicConfig

hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__

StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 926, in _open

stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'

support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
"/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"' finished with exit code 1


LyX: Fertig!

LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass 
file `textclass.lst'.


LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!

ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.

No modules will be available.

Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore 
rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal 
output similar to the above one:


wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx &

[1] 4419

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: 
"/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 103: Having 
multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work as expected


Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 
138: Having multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work 
as expected


LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in 

filemode = 'w')

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in basicConfig

hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__

StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 926, in _open

stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'

support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
"/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"' finished with exit code 1


LyX: Fertig!

LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass 
file `textclass.lst'.


LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!

ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.

No modules will be available.

Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I do not find the configure.log in my home (wanted to check the 
permission)




That is a file LyX wants to create, and it is being denied permissions 
to do so.


It looks as if you may have some 

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Richard Heck  wrote:
> On 11/07/2013 02:44 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:
>
>> On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
>
>> > On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
>
>> > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
>
>> > >
>
>> > >  wrote:
>
>> > > > I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders
>
>> > > > me
>
>> > > >
>
>> > > > to use Lyx at the moment.
>
>> > > >
>
>> > > >
>
>> > > >
>
>> > > > Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated
>
>> > >
>
>> > > I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd
>
>> > >
>
>> > > w. This could be very bad.
>
>> > >
>
>> > >
>
>> > >
>
>> > > I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem
>
>> > >
>
>> > > you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you
>
>> > >
>
>> > > should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as
>
>> > >
>
>> > > root to see if it has the same problem.
>
>> >
>
>> > Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help
>
>> > if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the
>
>> > (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?
>
>>
>
>> Ah. So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX needs
>
>> (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your
>
>> $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up. When you run as root,
>
>> it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.
>
>>
>
>> Try this. Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then run
>
>> LyX as your usual username. If things work (after a setup timelag),
>
>> then there is just some messed up configuration file.
>
>
>
> This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:
>
>
>
> wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
> "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 103: Having multiple
> values in  isn't supported and may not work as expected
>
> Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 138:
> Having multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work as
> expected
>
> LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/
>
> LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu
>
>
>
> Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
> File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in 
>
> filemode = 'w')
>
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in basicConfig
>
> hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
>
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__
>
> StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
>
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 926, in _open
>
> stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
>
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
>
> support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt
> "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"' finished with exit code 1
>
> LyX: Fertig!
>
> LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file
> `textclass.lst'.
>
> LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!
>
> ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.
>
> No modules will be available.
>
> Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.
>
>
>
> I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore
> rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal output
> similar to the above one:
>
>
>
> wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx &
>
> [1] 4419
>
> wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
> "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 103: Having multiple
> values in  isn't supported and may not work as expected
>
> Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 138:
> Having multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work as
> expected
>
> LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu
>
>
>
> Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
> File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in 
>
> filemode = 'w')
>
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in basicConfig
>
> hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
>
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__
>
> StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
>
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 926, in _open
>
> stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
>
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
>
> support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt
> "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"' finished with exit code 1
>
> LyX: Fertig!
>
> LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file
> `textclass.lst'.
>
> LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!
>
> ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules 

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Thursday 07 November 2013 15:05:02 Richard Heck wrote:
> On 11/07/2013 02:44 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> > On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:
> > > On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
> > > > > 
> > > > >  wrote:
> > > > > > I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it
> > > > > > hinders
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > me
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > to use Lyx at the moment.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and
> > > > > cd
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > w. This could be very bad.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main
> > > > > problem
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX
> > > > > (you
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX
> > > > > as
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > root to see if it has the same problem.
> > > > 
> > > > Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it
> > > > help
> > > > 
> > > > if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the
> > > > 
> > > > (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?
> > > 
> > > Ah. So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX
> > > needs
> > > 
> > > (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your
> > > 
> > > $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up. When you run as
> > > root,
> > > 
> > > it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Try this. Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then
> > > run
> > > 
> > > LyX as your usual username. If things work (after a setup timelag),
> > > 
> > > then there is just some messed up configuration file.
> > 
> > This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:
> > 
> > wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
> > "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 103: Having
> > multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work as expected
> > 
> > Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line
> > 138: Having multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work
> > as expected
> > 
> > LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/
> > 
> > LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu
> > 
> > Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"
> > 
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > 
> > File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in 
> > 
> > filemode = 'w')
> > 
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in
> > basicConfig
> > 
> > hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
> > 
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__
> > 
> > StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
> > 
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 926, in _open
> > 
> > stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
> > 
> > IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
> > 
> > support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt
> > "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"' finished with exit code 1
> > 
> > LyX: Fertig!
> > 
> > LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass
> > file `textclass.lst'.
> > 
> > LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!
> > 
> > ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.
> > 
> > No modules will be available.
> > 
> > Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.
> > 
> > I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore
> > rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal
> > output similar to the above one:
> > 
> > wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx &
> > 
> > [1] 4419
> > 
> > wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning:
> > "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 103: Having
> > multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work as expected
> > 
> > Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line
> > 138: Having multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work
> > as expected
> > 
> > LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu
> > 
> > Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"
> > 
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > 
> > File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in 
> > 
> > filemode = 'w')
> > 
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in
> > basicConfig
> > 
> > hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
> > 
> > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in 

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Wednesday 06 November 2013 07:23:21 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
 On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
 
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
  may be something is wrong here:
  
  my local /tmp dir
  
  permission shows for the lyx_tmpdir files
  
  4 d- 2 wolfgang
  
  is this correct?
 
 This does not look correct. What are the permissions of your /tmp
 directory? Can you show both the command you use to get permissions
 and the output? Note that I am no Debian expert but I wanted to give
 you some feedback since it's been almost 24h.
 
 Scott

The permissions of the local /tmp dir are rwx 

But I am a bit confused:
In my file manager dolphin the /tmp of my /Home shows 0 files, but if I do a
wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ ls -l /tmp
I get a list of directories and files, among them the 
lyx_tmpdir.
directory.

I wonder whether it has to do with the fact that I have a harddisk in my PC 
which contains the debian system
and a harddisk which contains my data and backups
If I open a terminal for this harddisk:
wolfgang@wolfgang:/home$ 
and a ls -l shows among others drwx rwx rwx for wolfgang wolfgang

may be lyx is as confused as I am to find the correct /tmp on this second 
harddisk?

I noticed also that I can't complete a name with the
-- 
-- 
key
e.g.
cd w (I press the right/left arrow key tio get wolfgang) gives me
cd wbash: cannot create temp file for here-document: no permission
I am not sure whether this has to do with the issue above.

I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me to use 
Lyx at the moment.
Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

 I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me to use
 Lyx at the moment.

 Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated

I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd
wexpansion. This could be very bad.

I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem
you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you
should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as
root to see if it has the same problem.

Scott

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
 On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
 
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
  I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me
  to use Lyx at the moment.
  
  Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated
 
 I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd
 wexpansion. This could be very bad.
 
 I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem
 you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you
 should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as
 root to see if it has the same problem.

Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help if I 
create a new user and try it there until I have solved the (non-Lyx) issue 
under my current Home (or Homes)?

By the way, the completion of a name does also work under root.

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
 On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:

 On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann



 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

  I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me

  to use Lyx at the moment.

 

  Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated



 I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd

 wexpansion. This could be very bad.



 I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem

 you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you

 should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as

 root to see if it has the same problem.



 Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help if I
 create a new user and try it there until I have solved the (non-Lyx) issue
 under my current Home (or Homes)?



 By the way, the completion of a name does also work under root.

Creating a new user is a good idea. The best idea would be to seek out
a Debian expert :)

Scott

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:
 On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
   On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
   
   engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders
me

to use Lyx at the moment.



Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated
   
   I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd
   
   wexpansion. This could be very bad.
   
   
   
   I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem
   
   you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you
   
   should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as
   
   root to see if it has the same problem.
  
  Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help
  if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the
  (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?
 
 Ah.  So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX needs
 (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your
 $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up.  When you run as root,
 it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.
 
 Try this.  Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then run
 LyX as your usual username.  If things work (after a setup timelag),
 then there is just some messed up configuration file.

This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-
fonts.conf, line 103: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and 
may not work as expected
Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 138: 
Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as 
expected
LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/
LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module
filemode = 'w')
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig
hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__
StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open
stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1
LyX: Fertig!
LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file  
`textclass.lst'.
LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!
ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.
No modules will be available.
Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore 
rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal output 
similar to the above one:

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx 
[1] 4419
wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-
fonts.conf, line 103: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and 
may not work as expected
Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 138: 
Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as 
expected
LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module
filemode = 'w')
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig
hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__
StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open
stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1
LyX: Fertig!
LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file  
`textclass.lst'.
LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!
ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.
No modules will be available.
Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I do not find the configure.log in my home (wanted to check the permission)

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Wednesday 06 November 2013 07:23:21 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
 On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
 
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
  may be something is wrong here:
  
  my local /tmp dir
  
  permission shows for the lyx_tmpdir files
  
  4 d- 2 wolfgang
  
  is this correct?
 
 This does not look correct. What are the permissions of your /tmp
 directory? Can you show both the command you use to get permissions
 and the output? Note that I am no Debian expert but I wanted to give
 you some feedback since it's been almost 24h.
 
 Scott

The permissions of the local /tmp dir are rwx 

But I am a bit confused:
In my file manager dolphin the /tmp of my /Home shows 0 files, but if I do a
wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ ls -l /tmp
I get a list of directories and files, among them the 
lyx_tmpdir.
directory.

I wonder whether it has to do with the fact that I have a harddisk in my PC 
which contains the debian system
and a harddisk which contains my data and backups
If I open a terminal for this harddisk:
wolfgang@wolfgang:/home$ 
and a ls -l shows among others drwx rwx rwx for wolfgang wolfgang

may be lyx is as confused as I am to find the correct /tmp on this second 
harddisk?

I noticed also that I can't complete a name with the
-- 
-- 
key
e.g.
cd w (I press the right/left arrow key tio get wolfgang) gives me
cd wbash: cannot create temp file for here-document: no permission
I am not sure whether this has to do with the issue above.

I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me to use 
Lyx at the moment.
Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

 I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me to use
 Lyx at the moment.

 Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated

I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd
wexpansion. This could be very bad.

I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem
you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you
should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as
root to see if it has the same problem.

Scott

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
 On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
 
 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
  I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me
  to use Lyx at the moment.
  
  Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated
 
 I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd
 wexpansion. This could be very bad.
 
 I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem
 you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you
 should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as
 root to see if it has the same problem.

Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help if I 
create a new user and try it there until I have solved the (non-Lyx) issue 
under my current Home (or Homes)?

By the way, the completion of a name does also work under root.

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
 On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:

 On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann



 engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

  I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me

  to use Lyx at the moment.

 

  Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated



 I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd

 wexpansion. This could be very bad.



 I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem

 you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you

 should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as

 root to see if it has the same problem.



 Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help if I
 create a new user and try it there until I have solved the (non-Lyx) issue
 under my current Home (or Homes)?



 By the way, the completion of a name does also work under root.

Creating a new user is a good idea. The best idea would be to seek out
a Debian expert :)

Scott

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:
 On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
  On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
   On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
   
   engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:
I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders
me

to use Lyx at the moment.



Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated
   
   I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd
   
   wexpansion. This could be very bad.
   
   
   
   I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem
   
   you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you
   
   should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as
   
   root to see if it has the same problem.
  
  Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help
  if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the
  (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?
 
 Ah.  So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX needs
 (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your
 $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up.  When you run as root,
 it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.
 
 Try this.  Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then run
 LyX as your usual username.  If things work (after a setup timelag),
 then there is just some messed up configuration file.

This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-
fonts.conf, line 103: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and 
may not work as expected
Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 138: 
Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as 
expected
LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/
LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module
filemode = 'w')
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig
hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__
StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open
stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1
LyX: Fertig!
LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file  
`textclass.lst'.
LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!
ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.
No modules will be available.
Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore 
rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal output 
similar to the above one:

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx 
[1] 4419
wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-
fonts.conf, line 103: Having multiple values in test isn't supported and 
may not work as expected
Fontconfig warning: /etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf, line 138: 
Having multiple values in test isn't supported and may not work as 
expected
LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt /usr/share/lyx/configure.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File /usr/share/lyx/configure.py, line 17, in module
filemode = 'w')
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 1530, in basicConfig
hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 903, in __init__
StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File /usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py, line 926, in _open
stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
/usr/share/lyx/configure.py' finished with exit code 1
LyX: Fertig!
LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file  
`textclass.lst'.
LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!
ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.
No modules will be available.
Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I do not find the configure.log in my home (wanted to check the permission)

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Wednesday 06 November 2013 07:23:21 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
> 
>  wrote:
> > may be something is wrong here:
> > 
> > my local /tmp dir
> > 
> > permission shows for the lyx_tmpdir files
> > 
> > 4 d- 2 wolfgang
> > 
> > is this correct?
> 
> This does not look correct. What are the permissions of your /tmp
> directory? Can you show both the command you use to get permissions
> and the output? Note that I am no Debian expert but I wanted to give
> you some feedback since it's been almost 24h.
> 
> Scott

The permissions of the local /tmp dir are rwx 

But I am a bit confused:
In my file manager dolphin the /tmp of my /Home shows 0 files, but if I do a
wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ ls -l /tmp
I get a list of directories and files, among them the 
lyx_tmpdir.
directory.

I wonder whether it has to do with the fact that I have a harddisk in my PC 
which contains the debian system
and a harddisk which contains my data and backups
If I open a terminal for this harddisk:
wolfgang@wolfgang:/home$ 
and a ls -l shows among others drwx rwx rwx for wolfgang wolfgang

may be lyx is as confused as I am to find the correct /tmp on this second 
harddisk?

I noticed also that I can't complete a name with the
<-- 
--> 
key
e.g.
cd w (I press the right/left arrow key tio get wolfgang) gives me
cd wbash: cannot create temp file for here-document: no permission
I am not sure whether this has to do with the issue above.

I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me to use 
Lyx at the moment.
Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
 wrote:

> I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me to use
> Lyx at the moment.
>
> Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated

I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd
w. This could be very bad.

I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem
you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you
should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as
root to see if it has the same problem.

Scott

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
> 
>  wrote:
> > I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me
> > to use Lyx at the moment.
> > 
> > Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated
> 
> I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd
> w. This could be very bad.
> 
> I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem
> you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you
> should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as
> root to see if it has the same problem.

Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help if I 
create a new user and try it there until I have solved the (non-Lyx) issue 
under my current Home (or Homes)?

By the way, the completion of a name does also work under root.

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
 wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
>
>>
>
>>  wrote:
>
>> > I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders me
>
>> > to use Lyx at the moment.
>
>> >
>
>> > Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated
>
>>
>
>> I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd
>
>> w. This could be very bad.
>
>>
>
>> I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem
>
>> you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you
>
>> should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as
>
>> root to see if it has the same problem.
>
>
>
> Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help if I
> create a new user and try it there until I have solved the (non-Lyx) issue
> under my current Home (or Homes)?
>
>
>
> By the way, the completion of a name does also work under root.

Creating a new user is a good idea. The best idea would be to seek out
a Debian expert :)

Scott

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote:
> On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:
> > On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
> > > 
> > >  wrote:
> > > > I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it hinders
> > > > me
> > > > 
> > > > to use Lyx at the moment.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated
> > > 
> > > I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and cd
> > > 
> > > w. This could be very bad.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main problem
> > > 
> > > you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX (you
> > > 
> > > should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX as
> > > 
> > > root to see if it has the same problem.
> > 
> > Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it help
> > if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the
> > (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)?
> 
> Ah.  So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX needs
> (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your
> $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up.  When you run as root,
> it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary.
> 
> Try this.  Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then run
> LyX as your usual username.  If things work (after a setup timelag),
> then there is just some messed up configuration file.

This is the terminal output after following your suggestion:

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-
fonts.conf", line 103: Having multiple values in  isn't supported and 
may not work as expected
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 138: 
Having multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work as 
expected
LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/
LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in 
filemode = 'w')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in basicConfig
hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__
StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 926, in _open
stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
"/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"' finished with exit code 1
LyX: Fertig!
LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file  
`textclass.lst'.
LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!
ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.
No modules will be available.
Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore 
rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal output 
similar to the above one:

wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx &
[1] 4419
wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-
fonts.conf", line 103: Having multiple values in  isn't supported and 
may not work as expected
Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 138: 
Having multiple values in  isn't supported and may not work as 
expected
LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu

Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in 
filemode = 'w')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in basicConfig
hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__
StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 926, in _open
stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode)
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log'
support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt 
"/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"' finished with exit code 1
LyX: Fertig!
LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass file  
`textclass.lst'.
LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found!
ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'.
No modules will be available.
Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'.

I do not find the configure.log in my home (wanted to check the permission)

Wolfgang

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

 may be something is wrong here:

 my local /tmp dir

 permission shows for the lyx_tmpdir files

 4 d- 2 wolfgang

 is this correct?

This does not look correct. What are the permissions of your /tmp
directory? Can you show both the command you use to get permissions
and the output? Note that I am no Debian expert but I wanted to give
you some feedback since it's been almost 24h.

Scott

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de wrote:

 may be something is wrong here:

 my local /tmp dir

 permission shows for the lyx_tmpdir files

 4 d- 2 wolfgang

 is this correct?

This does not look correct. What are the permissions of your /tmp
directory? Can you show both the command you use to get permissions
and the output? Note that I am no Debian expert but I wanted to give
you some feedback since it's been almost 24h.

Scott

Re: lyx 2.0.6 debian failes to run

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann
 wrote:

> may be something is wrong here:
>
> my local /tmp dir
>
> permission shows for the lyx_tmpdir files
>
> 4 d- 2 wolfgang
>
> is this correct?

This does not look correct. What are the permissions of your /tmp
directory? Can you show both the command you use to get permissions
and the output? Note that I am no Debian expert but I wanted to give
you some feedback since it's been almost 24h.

Scott