lyx 2.4.0dev crashes

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 29.01.22 um 16:06 schrieb Kornel Benko via lyx-users:
> Am Sat, 29 Jan 2022 15:27:15 +0100
> schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users <lyx-users at lists.lyx.org>:
> 
>> Am 29.01.22 um 15:07 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users:
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 29.01.22 um 13:40 schrieb Scott Kostyshak via lyx-users:
>>>> which -a lyx
>>> /usr/local/bin/lyx
>>> /usr/bin/lyx
>>>
>>> ups! twice??
>>>
>>> ldd outputs in appendix
>>>
>>> Wolfgang
>>>    
>>
>> This is the
>> wolfgang at Fuji:/usr/bin$ ls lyx*
>> lyx  lyxclient
>> wolfgang at Fuji:/usr/bin$ cd /usr/local/bin/
>>
>> wolfgang at Fuji:/usr/local/bin$ ls lyx*
>> lyx  lyxclient
>>   > is Version 2.4.0dev (not released yet)
>>
>> /usr/bin$ ./lyx
>> LyX: Unknown tag `\citation_search_view' [around line 507 of file
>> ~/.lyx/lyxrc.defaults current token: '\citation_search_view' context: '']
>> LyXRC.cpp (417): Conversion failed for /home/wolfgang/.lyx/preferences
>> Warning: Die Konfigurationsdatei konnte nicht gelesen werden
>> ----------------------------------------
>> Fehler beim Lesen der Konfigurationsdatei
>> preferences.
>> Bitte prüfen Sie Ihre Installation.
>>
>>   > this does not start lyx
>>
>> wolfgang at Fuji:/usr/local/bin$ ./lyx
>> LyXComm: Pipe /home/wolfgang/.lyx/lyxpipe.in already exists.
>> If no other LyX program is active, please delete the pipe by hand and
>> try again.
>> qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 5 (BadAtom), sequence: 795,
>> resource id: 0, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
>> Warning: Failed to produce 1 preview snippet(s)
>>
>>   > this starts lyx
>>
>> Should I just remove the /usr/bin lyx binary?
>>
>> Wolfgang
>> Warning: Failed to produce 1 preview snippet(s)
>>
>>
> It may be that /usr/bin/lyx is provided by your package manager. So removing it
> manually would be a very bad style IMO.
> 
> Better to set
> a;) either your PATH to have /usr/local/bin prior to /usr/bin
> or
> b;) if your OS is debian based, use synaptic to withdraw the lyx.
>      You may also check if the '/usr/bin/lyx' belongs to a package
>      $ dpkg -S `which lyx`
> 
> 	Kornel
> 
> 
Thanks, Kornel,
I have completely removed the lyx 2.3.6 version using synaptic of my Debian.
Since the 2.4.0. version is not yet available via synaptic, I keep this 
developmental version which I compiled before.
Wolfgang