On Thursday 07 November 2013 15:05:02 Richard Heck wrote: > On 11/07/2013 02:44 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 November 2013 16:54:13 David L. Johnson wrote: > > > On 11/06/2013 03:47 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 06 November 2013 09:26:57 Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:20 AM, Wolfgang Engelmann > > > > > > > > > > <engelm...@uni-tuebingen.de> wrote: > > > > > > I am sorry to bother you with this off topic issue, but it > > > > > > hinders > > > > > > > > > > > > me > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to use Lyx at the moment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any suggestions/proposals are very welcome and appreciated > > > > > > > > > > I'm surprised this isn't causing more problems besides LyX and > > > > > cd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > w<expansion>. This could be very bad. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know enough to have any advice on solving the main > > > > > problem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you're experiencing. If you are really only concerned about LyX > > > > > (you > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > should be concerned about more, IMO), you could try running LyX > > > > > as > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > root to see if it has the same problem. > > > > > > > > Good idea, Scott. Under root it runs without problems. Would it > > > > help > > > > > > > > if I create a new user and try it there until I have solved the > > > > > > > > (non-Lyx) issue under my current Home (or Homes)? > > > > > > Ah. So either you have a permissions problem with some file LyX > > > needs > > > > > > (this should not happen, but...), or there is something in your > > > > > > $HOME/.lyx directory that is messing things up. When you run as > > > root, > > > > > > it only looks in /root/.lyx, creating what it needs if necessary. > > > > > > > > > > > > Try this. Rename your $HOME/.lyx directory to something else, then > > > run > > > > > > LyX as your usual username. If things work (after a setup timelag), > > > > > > then there is just some messed up configuration file. > > > > This is the terminal output after following your suggestion: > > > > wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: > > "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 103: Having > > multiple values in <test> isn't supported and may not work as expected > > > > Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line > > 138: Having multiple values in <test> isn't supported and may not work > > as expected > > > > LyX: Erstellen des Verzeichnisses /home/wolfgang/.lyx/ > > > > LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu > > > > Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py" > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > > File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in <module> > > > > filemode = 'w') > > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in > > basicConfig > > > > hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode) > > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__ > > > > StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open()) > > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 926, in _open > > > > stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode) > > > > IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log' > > > > support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt > > "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"' finished with exit code 1 > > > > LyX: Fertig! > > > > LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass > > file `textclass.lst'. > > > > LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found! > > > > ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'. > > > > No modules will be available. > > > > Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'. > > > > I waited for about 10 minutes, but lyx was not started. I therefore > > rebooted, but the result was again that lyx did not start. Terminal > > output similar to the above one: > > > > wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ lyx & > > > > [1] 4419 > > > > wolfgang@wolfgang:~$ Fontconfig warning: > > "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line 103: Having > > multiple values in <test> isn't supported and may not work as expected > > > > Fontconfig warning: "/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-droid-sans-fonts.conf", line > > 138: Having multiple values in <test> isn't supported and may not work > > as expected > > > > LyX: Konfiguriere das Benutzerverzeichnis neu > > > > Running: python -tt "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py" > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > > File "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py", line 17, in <module> > > > > filemode = 'w') > > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 1530, in > > basicConfig > > > > hdlr = FileHandler(filename, mode) > > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 903, in __init__ > > > > StreamHandler.__init__(self, self._open()) > > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/logging/__init__.py", line 926, in _open > > > > stream = open(self.baseFilename, self.mode) > > > > IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/wolfgang/configure.log' > > > > support/Systemcall.cpp (273): Systemcall: 'python -tt > > "/usr/share/lyx/configure.py"' finished with exit code 1 > > > > LyX: Fertig! > > > > LayoutFile.cpp (107): LayoutFileList::Read: unable to find textclass > > file `textclass.lst'. > > > > LayoutFile.cpp (164): LayoutFileList::Read: no textclasses found! > > > > ModuleList.cpp (136): unable to find modules file `lyxmodules.lst'. > > > > No modules will be available. > > > > Could not create cache directory `/home/wolfgang/.lyx/cache'. > > > > I do not find the configure.log in my home (wanted to check the > > permission) > > That is a file LyX wants to create, and it is being denied permissions > to do so. > > It looks as if you may have some very bad permissions problems in your > configuration. Can you do: > > # ls -l / > > and post the complete output? > > Richard
This is the output of ls -l .lyx no permission under root: insgesamt 0 (alltogether) Scott: Is it possible that umask could be the problem here? umask 0777 Wolfgang
