check the logs

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 27.07.22 um 17:22 schrieb Kornel Benko:
> 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
> 
> 
kpsewhich -var-value=TEXMFROOT
returns nothing.
I tried it also root, home, wolfgang
no return

Wolfgang