Same positive result here on archlinux x86_64, with
Configuration Host type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Special build flags: build=release use-aspell use-enchant use-hunspell C Compiler: gcc C Compiler LyX flags: C Compiler flags: -O2 C++ Compiler: g++ (4.6.2) C++ Compiler LyX flags: C++ Compiler flags: -O2 Linker flags: Linker user flags: Qt 4 Frontend: Qt 4 version: 4.8.0 Packaging: posix LyX binary dir: /usr/local/bin LyX files dir: /usr/local/share/lyx