SOLVED - Help! How do I get the File-Edit-View....Help menu back

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 28.02.22 um 19:58 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann via lyx-users:
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> Am 28.02.22 um 19:17 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann:
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>>>> These two lines are missing in my notebook Debian.
>>>> There must be something fundamentally wrong.
>>>
>>> Maybe the display manager. (Is it unity?) If yes, look for the panel 
>>> on top of the screen.
>>> I had this problem with unity at least.
>>>
>>>     Kornel
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> my is on the notebook sddm, on the PC Mint lightdm
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> I checked the former, it was up to date (removed stuff not used anymore)
> 
> There was an additional white control line on top of the desktop which I 
> removed.
> 
> Starting from a terminal
> $ lyx24x
> qt.qpa.xcb: QXcbConnection: XCB error: 5 (BadAtom), sequence: 597, 
> resource id: 0, major code: 20 (GetProperty), minor code: 0
> Warning: 609: Format not supported.
> Warning: Quitting.
> Error: Dokumentformat-Fehler
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> but shows lyx. And, heureka, it has the missing top!
> 
> loading examples/de/welcome.lyx works alright
> 
all other lyx files are working.
Only those which I created/worked on during the time of the disaster are 
giving this error:

> loading another file gives
> /tmp/lyx_tmpdir.PrXtIVAGvvMT/Buffer_convertLyXFormatetZcbC.lyx ist kein 
> lesbares LyX-Dokument.
> Must inquire why. Perhaps remove the tmpdir?


> 
> Glad that lyx is now showing its normal appearance. Thanks for help and 
> patience, especially Kornel and Jürgen
> 
> Yours,
> Wolfgang

off topic: For those (German understanding) a nice mirror of my 
understanding of IT stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a3QuhqpMUc

Wolfgang