On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 05:38:08PM -0500, Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> On 2/10/20 4:03 PM, Martin Weise wrote:
> > On 10.02.20 21:52, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 09:10:51PM +0100, Martin Weise wrote:
> > > > On 10.02.20 17:34, Kornel Benko wrote:
> > > > > Am Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:54:27 +0100
> > > > > schrieb Martin Weise <m...@rtinweise.de>:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > > I'm wondering whether LyX successfully compiles the PDF file in 
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > temp directory but then fails to copy or move it to the target 
> > > > > > > directory.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Paul
> > > > > > No, Document -> View (pdflatex) produces nothing either. Nor does 
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > LuaTeX way. LyX leaves no pdf file in the temp dir. It just leaves 
> > > > > > .aux,
> > > > > > .dvi,. log, .tex and .dep-pdf files.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Martin
> > > > > That (.dvi) is the clue probably. Select different output in
> > > > > Document->Settings...->Formats->Default output format: -> PDF 
> > > > > (pdflatex)
> > > > > 
> > > > >       Kornel
> > > > > 
> > > > No, I'm afraid that's not it. pdflatex keeps throwing the assertion
> > > > error message, when run through LyX, regardless of what I choose as the
> > > > default output format.
> > > Still I think Kornel picked up on an important clue: we need to figure
> > > out why there's a .dvi file in the temporary directory. If you exit LyX
> > > and start LyX again (which should use a fresh temp dir), and compile a
> > > simple .lyx file, can you confirm that there's a .dvi in the temporary
> > > directory?
> > > 
> > > Scott
> > > 
> > Positive. There's a .dvi file in the (new) temporary directory after I
> > choose File->Export->PDF (pdflatex).
> > 
> Do you have an entry for "LaTeX (pdflatex) -> PDF (pdflatex)" in Tools >
> Preferences... > File Handling > Converters and, if so, what do the
> "Converter:" and "Extra flag:" boxes say?

In addition to Paul's question, can you send us your preferences file?
It is a text file and you can find its location by going to Help > About
and looking in the "User directory" path that is listed there.

Best,

Scott

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