LyX v2.5.2 PDF crash when figures are missing?

Richard Kimberly Heck rikiheck at gmail.com
Thu Sep 3 14:50:31 UTC 2026


On 9/3/26 7:04 AM, Bernt Lie via lyx-users wrote:
> LyX v2.5.2... corrupted PDF file with undefined figures -- I don't think this used to crash in the past?
>
> I am copying a LyX file from one location to another. When I open the file in the new directory, figures are flagged as "not found", even though I have placed a copy of the figure directory in the same location relative to the LyX document.

Check the path to the figure. It is probably an absolute path.

> A perhaps related question... I have now set up LyX so that it (i) checks the OS, (ii) based on outcome of OS specifies path to my OneDrive location on my laptops. This works fine for templates, etc. But not for figures and child documents, I suspect?

It is possible to set a relative path for figures and child documents. 
But I think you have to do  it very explicitly.

Riki




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