Version 2.4.0~RC4 Instant preview stops working when inserting floats or comments

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 5/17/24 13:58, fcanatay at gmail.com wrote:
>> Alternatively, are you able to run LyX from a terminal in order to have other error messages ?
> Running LyX from terminal I got the following:
>
> qt.qpa.fonts: Populating font family aliases took 163 ms. Replace uses of missing font family "Serif" with one that exists to avoid this cost.
> Warning: Failed: dvips lyxpreviewZhflDz.dvi ... looking for PDF
> Error: Failed to extract metrics info from lyxpreviewZhflDz.log

Something is wrong here. The "Failed" warning is why the preview is 
failing. Try running:

     lyx -dbg graphics

and see if you get more information. You can also open the messages pane 
and then under "Settings" in that window activate graphics debug info.

Riki