On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 06:07:59AM -0600, Robert E. Riding said > Package: lyx > Version: 1.3.4-2 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > Upon opening most lyx documents, an alert is given: > > The document uses a missing TeX class "article" > LyX will not be able to produce output > > or perhaps > > The document uses a missing TeX class "letter" > LyX will not be able to produce output > > Checking the available classes, article.cls and letter.cls > are both listed.
On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 11:55:54PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said > Hi > > do you still have the program ? > If it was your first install of lyx and maybe tetex-bin the > following may help. > > > tetex-bin version 2.0.2-17 change the place where some tex files > are generated : > tetex-bin (2.0.2-17) unstable; urgency=high > > * Corrected bugnumber in the fourth changelog entry of last > * version - > bug was closed manually [frank]. > * Move xdvi.cfg to /etc/texmf/ (closes: #234921). > * We now use e-TeX (and pdfe-TeX) as our basic engines for > * (pdf)LaTeX. > See NEWS.Debian for details. Many thanks to Hilmar for this. > [frank] > * Enable VARTEXMF; updmap now puts the generated map files > * there > (closes: #213310) [frank]. > > VARTEXMF is /var/lib/texmf . it seems previous tex had > /usr/lib/texmf but it is not in the unofficial tex policy. As > lyx look there (/usr/lib) for the texmf.cnf file which is > required for it to find the tex classes (articles, ...) > > My guess is that only affect new users. tetex-bin does not remove > those dir if they already exists. Only their contents may not be > updated. So now that you have installed an old version the > problem won't happen anymore. > > If so it is a duplicate of: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=279728 > "Use the correct location for web2c/texmf.cnf" > > > I fixed the issue by replacing : > if [ -e /usr/bin/texconfig ] && fgrep -q TEXMFMAIN > /usr/lib/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf; then > by > if [ -e /usr/bin/texconfig ] && fgrep -q TEXMFMAIN > /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf; then > in lyx-common postinst. Can either of you guys reproduce this with 1.3.6-1? I *think* it's fixed (#279728 was). -rob -- Words of the day: threat South Africa un-Australian enemy of the state India -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]