check the logs
Kornel Benko
kornel at lyx.org
Wed Jul 27 15:22:01 UTC 2022
Am Wed, 27 Jul 2022 17:06:10 +0200
schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann <engelmann at uni-tuebingen.de>:
> 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
Of course not. Log is created by your latex executable, and, as you mentioned
in other mail, there was no compilation start.
You may check for working kpsewhich first.
Try
$ kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFROOT
gives here '/usr9/local/texlive/2022'
Kornel
Kornel
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