On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Paul A. Rubin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter M. 'Mike' Sanchez wrote: > > Hello Fellow LyX users! I need some help...please! > > > > Problem: When I try to use any of the view or export features (e.g., > > pdflatex, ps2pdf, etc.), the software seems to get in a loop utilizing > > about 50% CPU. My system is a 2.6Ghz Intel duo processor Windows XP > > with all update service packs. I used the Standard Web Installer: > > LyX-1.5.4-1-Installer.exe > > <ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.5.4/LyX-1.5.4-1-Installer.exe> (10 MB). > > > This installer will setup a complete LyX environment, required > > components will be downloaded automatically...from > > http://wiki.lyx.org/Windows/Windows. Everything seems to have installed > > ok, and I have created a book using LyX. I just cannot create a PDF or > > DVI output file > > > > Kindest regards, > > > > Peter M. 'Mike' Sanchez > > > > Does this happen with other documents, or just the book you created? If > it's just the book, I suspect that MiKTeX is choking on something. Try > exporting the book to a LaTeX file and running MiKTeX on it from a > command prompt. Maybe MiKTeX will throw up a message indicating what's > going wrong. Another possibility is divide-and-conquer; lop out about > half the book and see if you can get a PDF out of the rest. If so, try > adding back bits at a time until something comes unglued. > > /Paul
I'm wondering if MiKTeX is installed as the link he points to is not the 'complete' installer. Bob
