check the logs

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 27.07.22 um 16:12 schrieb Kornel Benko:
> Am Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:09:54 +0200
> schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann <engelmann at uni-tuebingen.de>:
> 
>> Am 27.07.22 um 16:04 schrieb Kornel Benko:
>>> Am Wed, 27 Jul 2022 15:48:16 +0200
>>> schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann <engelmann at uni-tuebingen.de>:
>>>    
>>>> I worked today on a document and tried to export is as pdf (Lua-TeX).
>>>> I got this message:
>>>>
>>>> The external program
>>>> lualatex
>>>> finished with an error. It is recommended you fix the cause of the
>>>> external program's error (check the logs).
>>>>
>>>> So I went back to the version of yesterday, in which the export worked.
>>>>
>>>> However, I get the same error.
>>>>
>>>> Very strange!
>>>>
>>>> Where do I find the log file?
>>>
>>> The log-file is in the lyx-temp-directory (this changes with each session, so do not
>>> exit lyx)
>>>
>>> Use
>>> 	Document->LaTeX Log->Open Containing Directory
>>> from within LyX. You should get some file manager open this dir.
>>>    
>>>> I use
>>>>
>>>> Version 2.4.0dev (not released yet)
>>>> Built from git commit hash 53ed3dc0
>>>> Qt Version (run-time): 5.15.2 on platform xcb
>>>> Qt Version (compile-time): 5.15.2
>>>> Python detected: python3 -tt
>>>>
>>>> Wolfgang
>>>
>>> 	Kornel
>>>
>>>    
>> Thanks, Kornel, but Document->LaTeX Log
>> is greyed out
>> Wolfgang
> 
> You have to Export (or View) first.
> 
> 	Kornel
> 
> 
Yes, I did export or view. In both cases I get immediately

The external program
pdflatex
finished with an error. It is recommended you fix the cause of the 
external program's error (check the logs).