Re: LyX 2.3.6.3 fatal problems on a Mac

[Edwin Burmeister]

Hi, Stephan--

There is some misunderstanding here. What I wrote was:

“I have been unsuccessful in getting LyX 2.3.6.2 to work on my MacBookPro running OS 12.6.”

Have not been using OS 12.4 for quite awhile. There was “a critical OS 12.5 upgrade” [or maybe it was OS 12..5.1] in between that I also had installed.

In any event, my problems with LyX 2.3.6.2 have all gone away since I installed Python3.

Hope this info is helpful to you.

Best,

Ed

***********************
Edwin Burmeister
Research Professor of Economics Emeritus
Duke University
Commonwealth Professor of Economics Emeritus
University of Virginia
eb at econ.duke.edu<mailto:eb at econ.duke.edu>



On Sep 20, 2022, at 1:46 AM, Stephan Witt <st.witt at gmx.net<mailto:st.witt at gmx.net>> wrote:

Am 19.09.2022 um 23:15 schrieb Edwin Burmeister <eb at econ.duke.edu<mailto: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

***********************
Edwin Burmeister
Research Professor of Economics Emeritus
Duke University
Commonwealth Professor of Economics Emeritus
University of Virginia
eb at econ.duke.edu<mailto:eb at econ.duke.edu>



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