Re: LyX 2.3.6.3 fatal problems on a Mac

[Stephan Witt]

Am 20.09.2022 um 14:53 schrieb Edwin Burmeister <eb at econ.duke.edu>:
> 
> Hi, Stephan--
> 
> There is some misunderstanding here.

Probably.

> 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.

My question was: did you upgrade the system (with OS 12.4 + LyX + Python) to 12.6 or did you install LyX on a new system with 12.6?

> 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.

I’d guess you installed LyX w/o Python on a new system.

> Hope this info is helpful to you.

My question is important to know how to help other users or to improve the LyX install process and to avoid your problems - if possible.

BR,
Stephan

> 
> Best,
> 
> Ed
> 
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> Duke University
> Commonwealth Professor of Economics Emeritus
> University of Virginia
> eb at econ.duke.edu
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sep 20, 2022, at 1:46 AM, Stephan Witt <st.witt at gmx.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>> ***********************
>>> Edwin Burmeister
>>> Research Professor of Economics Emeritus
>>> Duke University
>>> Commonwealth Professor of Economics Emeritus
>>> University of Virginia
>>> eb at econ.duke.edu
>>> 
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