I guess I am experiencing some of this problems because I work on a network station. Even though I have administrator rights, I just can not get this to work.
If the LyX installer just could have downloaded MikTex like it did before I think it would have worked, since 1.6 worked flawlessly on the same (school) network. 2011/9/13 Brian Linfoot <br...@linfoot.myzen.co.uk> > On 13/09/2011 15:44, Christian Wilhelmsen wrote: > >> Tried to compile, and get this output from messages: >> >> 16:42:41.737: Previewing ... >> >> 16:42:41.743: (buffer-view: Ctrl+R) >> >> 16:42:41.798: pdflatex "file.tex" >> >> 16:42:41.868: This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11 (MiKTeX 2.9) >> >> 16:42:42.829: (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied) >> >> D:\LyXSVN\LyX2.0.x\src\**support\Systemcall.cpp(259): Systemcall: >> 'pdflatex "file.tex"' finished with exit code 1 >> >> Error: Cannot view file >> >> ------------------------------**---------- >> >> File does not exist: C:/Users/chriswil.AD/AppData/** >> Local/Temp/lyx_tmpdir.Hp4684/**lyx_tmpbuf2/file.pdf >> >> 16:42:47.585: Error while previewing format: pdf2 >> >> >> >> I seem to remember having seen this before with LyX 2.0.0 > > I suspect your LyX installation possibly has screwed up it's temp > directory path, > Do you have an old lyx version on your system? I've had a new LyX setup > part grab an old set of user preferences > Suggest you check your lyx temp directory set in tools/preferences matches > C:/Users/chriswil.AD/AppData/**Local/Temp/ > Try a file search for file.pdf while you have a coffee break. > Best to close and reopen LyX after you reset and save any path in > "preferences". ; "apply " doesn't seem to do the trick reliably > It gets frustrating but it is sortable; > Best wishes > brian >
