2.4.0-beta-2 possible regression: Float inset stops instant preview functionality in Fedora 37 X86_64

[Neal Becker]

On Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 7:39 AM José Matos <jaomatos at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2023-01-19 at 11:08 -0800, Eric Barkan wrote:
> > ose,
> >
> > Here's my output from "Copy version info":
> >
> >
> > Version 2.4.0-beta2
> > (Sunday, December 11, 2022)
> >
> > Qt Version (run-time): 5.15.8 on platform xcb
> > Qt Version (compile-time): 5.15.8
> > OS Version (run-time): Fedora Linux 37 (Thirty Seven)
> > Python detected: python3 -tt
> >
> > Python --version gives "Python 3.11.1"
> >
> > Also, I've tried running beta-2 from a terminal and I find that
> > "Error:
> > No DVI or PDF output. latex failed." is printed after each attempt to
> > preview by clicking in and out of an equation.
>
> I am sorry for the slow responses still dealing with the last bits of
> the first semester here.
>
> First there is a remark that needs to be done. Since lyx-devel uses a
> different configuration directory, by default ~/.lyx-devel, the
> configurations are not synchronized with those used by LyX 2.3 (that
> should be using, in general, ~/.lyx.
>
> LyX has debugging options that allow a better handling of the several
> internal processes.
>
> Please, both to you and @Neal Becker, try to run LyX 2.4 from the
> command line like this:
>
> $ lyx-devel -dbg graphics
>
> Is there any interesting bit in the console?
>
> Error: Failed to extract metrics info from lyxpreviewlYmtTI.log
graphics/PreviewLoader.cpp (753): PreviewLoader::finishedInProgress(1):
processing failed for python -tt $$s/scripts/lyxpreview2bitmap.py --png
"/tmp/lyx_tmpdir.KxvirIvkKhib/lyx_tmpbuf0/lyxpreviewlYmtTI.tex" --dpi 115
--fg 000000 --bg ffffff --latex=lualatex --bibtex="bibtex"
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