Re: LyX 2.3.6.3 fatal problems on a Mac

[Stephan Witt]

Am 19.09.2022 um 23:15 schrieb Edwin Burmeister <eb at econ.duke.edu>:
> 
> Hi—
> 
> I do not know how to use LyX “bug reporting” and hope you can help me.
> 
> I have been unsuccessful in getting LyX 2.3.6.2 to work on my MacBookPro running OS 12.6.

Hi Edwin,

that’s bad, sorry to hear that.

I remember you’ve made a trac ticket in LyX bug tracker. There you’ve mentioned using LyX-2.3.6.2 on Monterey 12.4.

Does it mean you’ve upgraded your OS from 12.4 to 12.6? Or is it a new system?

JMarc is right (see the other answer), there is a possible problem with Python on Mac since OS 12.3… but it might be not your problem if you’ve installed it yet.

> I downloaded your DMG file many time thinking that perhaps there was a transmission error. But nothing works. Even tried a mirror.
> 
> Here is a partial list of problem that I have encountered:
> 
> (1) When opening LyX, the word LyX appears briefly on the Menu Bar and then disappears completely. The main LyX window never opens.
> 
> (2) Sometimes I get a message about needing to Reconfigure LyX. When I try to do so, I get a message that it failed.
> 
> (3) Sometimes I get a message that the cite engine is missing.
> 
> (4) The file LyX-2.3 located in /Library/Application Support/ contains ONLY an empty cache file.
> 
> (5) Once-- do not recall exactly what I was doing at the time-- I got a message that said something like, “You have encountered a bug in LyX.”
> 
> 
> I have spent at least 4 or 5 hours trying various alternatives in hopes of getting LyX to work. None have been successful.
> 
> Will you please let me know by Reply email what I should do now?

You may try to start the LyX binary inside a terminal window. E.g. type

/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx

and hit enter and wait for any error message and post it here.

BR, 
Stephan

> 
> Your help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Ed
> 
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> Duke University
> Commonwealth Professor of Economics Emeritus
> University of Virginia
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