Russell W. Behne wrote:
Since my last [missing] post concerning this problem I have downloaded the
images for Mandriva 2007, burned in a new set of cdroms, and installed a
completly new Linux Mandriva OS. And yet the problem remains.
For some reason this release didn't come with LyX, so I downloaded it from the
2006 disttribution files online. When I click on " [Help][About LyX] " I get
this report:
LyX version 1.4.2 of Friday, July 13, 2006
Library directory: /usr/share/lyx
User Directory: ~/.lyx
In my /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf I have these settings:
TEXMFLOCAL = /usr/local/texmf
TEXMF = {$HOMETEXMF,!!$TEXMFLOCAL,!!$TEXMFMAIN}
This should tell LyX where to find all my texmf trees, and so LyX should
easily be able to find the missing TeX classes, but still doesn't.
Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?
Sorry if I'm rehashing things here, but I don't have the entire thread
in front of me (not to mention the posting the virtual dog apparently
ate). Also, fair warning: it's been a while since I used any flavor of
Linux (I'm exiled to the World of Windows).
First, in LyX, does Help->LaTeX Configuration show a plausible version
date for LaTeX (section 1 of the document)? If not, maybe LyX is
looking in the wrong place for your LaTeX executable.
Second, if you run 'kpsewhich article.cls' (or '/usr/bin/kpsewhich
article.cls', or whatever), does it find the article class?
The last couple of times I saw something similar reported (both Windows,
IIRC), it turned out to be a glitch in the way the LaTeX distro was
installed and not something intrinsic to LyX.
/Paul
