> After successfully running lyx on Windows98 for over a year, I
> am now trying to install lyx on windows 2000. Unfortunately, I cannot
> get latex (Miktex) to run from lyx. Latex is never called, and no error
> messages appear. Miktex's dvi view, yap is called successfully, although
> it is not able to open the garbage dvi file that appears in the lyx temp
> directory. The path variables check out, as latex runs from the dos
> prompt. I tried reinstalling lyx, but that wasn't successful.
> Any suggestions?
It seems that you have installed Cygwin's tetex package (which is not
configured and therefore not usable). So any DOS program will find latex.exe
from the MikTex package but any Cygwin program (like Lyx) will find
/usr/bin/latex.exe because all internal pathes in Cygwin are in front of
$PATH!
So uninstall the tetex package this way:
1. Open Setup.exe in X:\CygInstall
2. Select 'Install from Local Directory'
3. In the package list press the 'Full/Part' button
4. Locate the tetex package line
5. In the 'New' column select 'Uninstall' using your mouse
6. Go on until Setup has finished.
Claus
