Yes, It said it could not write the configuration file. (What in case was created with lyx 1.4.3svn...)
Alex Joost Verburg wrote: > Alex wrote: >> I had similar problem, when I compiled it from source >> (linux, SuSe x64 10.0, GCC 4.0.2 20050901). >> >> I had to rename the configuration directory for successful lyx start. >> The configuration directory contained valid config for the 1.4.3svn! > > Did the configure script fail the first time you tried to start LyX? > > Joost > >