check the logs

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 27.07.22 um 16:34 schrieb Kornel Benko:
> Am Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:16:46 +0200
> schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann <engelmann at uni-tuebingen.de>:
> 
>> 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).
> 
> You can try to use different latex executable.
> Also maybe your path to working latex execs is wrong.
> In any case, you could use option '-dbg files' to get a hint about used dirs.
> 
> (Search for 'Temporary file ` something ' created'
>   there should be a directory 'lyx_tmpbuf0', this is what we are after)
> 
> 	Kornel
> 
> 
In /tmp/lyx_tmpdir.iglaCqHuYdHi
are 	
/lyx_tmpbuf2
  containing A-SP-Jul26.tex
with tex stuff

and A-SP-Jul26.tex.dep-pdf
with this content:
2038071327 1658933632 
/tmp/lyx_tmpdir.iglaCqHuYdHi/lyx_tmpbuf2/A-SP-Jul26.tex
and
lyxsocket

There is no log file

Wolfgang