Hi all, I've run into the same problem a few others seem to have running LyX on Mavericks ( https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg96089.html), although I can get it to launch occasionally. When launched the application often bounces and then hangs. No error messages are explicitly displayed.
I'm using the latest OS X binary from the site ( ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.1.0/LyX-2.1.0+qt4-cocoa.dmg). I do get some error messages from the console: 5/6/14 3:55:34.206 PM spindump[66201]: lyx [66185] didn't gather any samples due to audio running 5/6/14 3:55:57.031 PM ReportCrash[66206]: Saved crash report for luatex[66192] version ??? to /Users/<me>/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/luatex_2014-05-06-155557_<me>.crash The second one has a crash report, included below. It seems like luatex is segfaulting. Thank you for making LyX! Sam Birch Process: luatex [66192] Path: /usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/x86_64-darwin/luatex Identifier: luatex Version: ??? Code Type: X86-64 (Native) Parent Process: Python [66189] Responsible: luatex [66192] User ID: 501 Date/Time: 2014-05-06 15:55:56.356 OS Version: Mac OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) Report Version: 11 Anonymous UUID: <me> Sleep/Wake UUID: <me> Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV) Exception Codes: EXC_I386_GPFLT Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread 0 lualatex 0x00000001001301c8 0x100000000 + 1245640 1 lualatex 0x0000000100133623 0x100000000 + 1259043 2 lualatex 0x0000000100158868 0x100000000 + 1411176 3 lualatex 0x0000000100199b3c 0x100000000 + 1678140 4 lualatex 0x00000001001bc3ea 0x100000000 + 1819626 5 lualatex 0x00000001001cd807 0x100000000 + 1890311 6 lualatex 0x00000001001bc658 0x100000000 + 1820248 7 lualatex 0x00000001001bb81c 0x100000000 + 1816604 8 lualatex 0x00000001001bb883 0x100000000 + 1816707 9 lualatex 0x00000001001b27cc 0x100000000 + 1779660 10 lualatex 0x00000001000029ff 0x100000000 + 10751 11 lualatex 0x00000001000033c4 0x100000000 + 13252 12 lualatex 0x0000000100035db2 0x100000000 + 220594 13 lualatex 0x000000010003605b 0x100000000 + 221275 14 lualatex 0x00000001000d7d94 0x100000000 + 884116 15 lualatex 0x00000001000ae887 0x100000000 + 714887 16 lualatex 0x00000001000b1128 0x100000000 + 725288 17 lualatex 0x00000001000a8100 0x100000000 + 688384 18 lualatex 0x0000000100001b0e 0x100000000 + 6926 19 lualatex 0x0000000100001544 0x100000000 + 5444 Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit): rax: 0x249a140318f4185e rbx: 0x000000000000025f rcx: 0x000000000000024f rdx: 0x0000000000001278 rdi: 0x000000010862ce40 rsi: 0x000000010862d3c0 rbp: 0x00007fff5fbfe1c0 rsp: 0x00007fff5fbfe120 r8: 0x0000000008620001 r9: 0x0000000108600000 r10: 0x000000000000000d r11: 0x000000000825979f r12: 0x000000010867f740 r13: 0x000000000000000a r14: 0x0000000000000002 r15: 0x000000010a083160 rip: 0x00000001001301c8 rfl: 0x0000000000010202 cr2: 0x0000000100180dc0 Logical CPU: 1 Error Code: 0x00000000 Trap Number: 13 Binary Images: 0x100000000 - 0x10072afef +lualatex (???) <6CF1C250-DA48-34FC-931B-F2CE566F7DE0> /usr/texbin/lualatex 0x7fff61a9f000 - 0x7fff61ad2817 dyld (239.4) <2B17750C-ED1B-3060-B64E-21897D08B28B> /usr/lib/dyld 0x7fff897e8000 - 0x7fff89803ff7 libsystem_malloc.dylib (23.10.1) <A695B4E4-38E9-332E-A772-29D31E3F1385> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_malloc.dylib 0x7fff89874000 - 0x7fff89875ffb libremovefile.dylib (33) <3543F917-928E-3DB2-A2F4-7AB73B4970EF> /usr/lib/system/libremovefile.dylib 0x7fff898e6000 - 0x7fff8990dffb libsystem_info.dylib (449.1.3) <7D41A156-D285-3849-A2C3-C04ADE797D98> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib 0x7fff89db1000 - 0x7fff89db1ff7 libkeymgr.dylib (28) <3AA8D85D-CF00-3BD3-A5A0-E28E1A32A6D8> /usr/lib/system/libkeymgr.dylib 0x7fff89dd0000 - 0x7fff89e22fff libc++.1.dylib (120) <4F68DFC5-2077-39A8-A449-CAC5FDEE7BDE> /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib 0x7fff89e23000 - 0x7fff89e24ff7 libsystem_blocks.dylib (63) <FB856CD1-2AEA-3907-8E9B-1E54B6827F82> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_blocks.dylib 0x7fff89eee000 - 0x7fff89ef3fff libmacho.dylib (845) <1D2910DF-C036-3A82-A3FD-44FF73B5FF9B> /usr/lib/system/libmacho.dylib 0x7fff8c1a7000 - 0x7fff8c1affff libsystem_dnssd.dylib (522.90.2) <A0B7CF19-D9F2-33D4-8107-A62184C9066E> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_dnssd.dylib 0x7fff8c1b0000 - 0x7fff8c1b2ff3 libsystem_configuration.dylib (596.13) <B51C8C22-C455-36AC-952D-A319B6545884> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_configuration.dylib 0x7fff8c6e2000 - 0x7fff8c6ecfff libcommonCrypto.dylib (60049) <8C4F0CA0-389C-3EDC-B155-E62DD2187E1D> /usr/lib/system/libcommonCrypto.dylib 0x7fff8dbd9000 - 0x7fff8dbe0ff8 liblaunch.dylib (842.90.1) <38D1AB2C-A476-385F-8EA8-7AB604CA1F89> /usr/lib/system/liblaunch.dylib 0x7fff8e82e000 - 0x7fff8e848fff libdispatch.dylib (339.90.1) <F3CBFE1B-FCE8-3F33-A53D-9092AB382DBB> /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib 0x7fff8ee80000 - 0x7fff8ee86ff7 libsystem_platform.dylib (24.90.1) <3C3D3DA8-32B9-3243-98EC-D89B9A1670B3> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_platform.dylib 0x7fff8f663000 - 0x7fff8f66aff7 libsystem_pthread.dylib (53.1.4) <AB498556-B555-310E-9041-F67EC9E00E2C> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x7fff8f901000 - 0x7fff8f903ff7 libquarantine.dylib (71) <7A1A2BCB-C03D-3A25-BFA4-3E569B2D2C38> /usr/lib/system/libquarantine.dylib 0x7fff8fa49000 - 0x7fff8fa4aff7 libSystem.B.dylib (1197.1.1) <BFC0DC97-46C6-3BE0-9983-54A98734897A> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib 0x7fff8fa56000 - 0x7fff8fa5dff3 libcopyfile.dylib (103) <5A881779-D0D6-3029-B371-E3021C2DDA5E> /usr/lib/system/libcopyfile.dylib 0x7fff8fcc2000 - 0x7fff8fcc6ff7 libcache.dylib (62) <BDC1E65B-72A1-3DA3-A57C-B23159CAAD0B> /usr/lib/system/libcache.dylib 0x7fff9048e000 - 0x7fff904dcfff libcorecrypto.dylib (161.1) <F3973C28-14B6-3006-BB2B-00DD7F09ABC7> /usr/lib/system/libcorecrypto.dylib 0x7fff911a9000 - 0x7fff911aafff libunc.dylib (28) <62682455-1862-36FE-8A04-7A6B91256438> /usr/lib/system/libunc.dylib 0x7fff91212000 - 0x7fff91241fd2 libsystem_m.dylib (3047.16) <B7F0E2E4-2777-33FC-A787-D6430B630D54> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_m.dylib 0x7fff91242000 - 0x7fff91247ff7 libunwind.dylib (35.3) <78DCC358-2FC1-302E-B395-0155B47CB547> /usr/lib/system/libunwind.dylib 0x7fff91248000 - 0x7fff91264ff7 libsystem_kernel.dylib (2422.90.20) <20E00C54-9222-359F-BD98-CB79ABED769A> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x7fff91401000 - 0x7fff91405ff7 libsystem_stats.dylib (93.90.3) <1A55AF8A-B6C4-3163-B557-3AD25DA643A8> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_stats.dylib 0x7fff91410000 - 0x7fff91439ff7 libc++abi.dylib (49.1) <21A807D3-6732-3455-B77F-743E9F916DF0> /usr/lib/libc++abi.dylib 0x7fff91997000 - 0x7fff919d9ff7 libauto.dylib (185.5) <F45C36E8-B606-3886-B5B1-B6745E757CA8> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib 0x7fff91a71000 - 0x7fff91a95fff libxpc.dylib (300.90.2) <AB40CD57-F454-3FD4-B415-63B3C0D5C624> /usr/lib/system/libxpc.dylib 0x7fff9227a000 - 0x7fff92283ff3 libsystem_notify.dylib (121) <52571EC3-6894-37E4-946E-064B021ED44E> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_notify.dylib 0x7fff92ffb000 - 0x7fff92ffeff7 libdyld.dylib (239.4) <CF03004F-58E4-3BB6-B3FD-BE4E05F128A0> /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib 0x7fff93f37000 - 0x7fff93f38ff7 libDiagnosticMessagesClient.dylib (100) <4CDB0F7B-C0AF-3424-BC39-495696F0DB1E> /usr/lib/libDiagnosticMessagesClient.dylib 0x7fff94525000 - 0x7fff94526ff7 libsystem_sandbox.dylib (278.11) <5E5A6E09-33A9-391A-AB34-E57D93BB1551> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_sandbox.dylib 0x7fff946a4000 - 0x7fff94851f27 libobjc.A.dylib (551.1) <AD7FD984-271E-30F4-A361-6B20319EC73B> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib 0x7fff94b94000 - 0x7fff94b9bfff libcompiler_rt.dylib (35) <4CD916B2-1B17-362A-B403-EF24A1DAC141> /usr/lib/system/libcompiler_rt.dylib 0x7fff95e7a000 - 0x7fff95ec8ff9 libstdc++.6.dylib (60) <0241E6A4-1368-33BE-950B-D0A175C41F54> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib 0x7fff95edf000 - 0x7fff95ef0ff7 libsystem_asl.dylib (217.1.4) <655FB343-52CF-3E2F-B14D-BEBF5AAEF94D> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_asl.dylib 0x7fff96189000 - 0x7fff961b0ff7 libsystem_network.dylib (241.3) <8B1E1F1D-A5CC-3BAE-8B1E-ABC84337A364> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_network.dylib 0x7fff961b8000 - 0x7fff96241ff7 libsystem_c.dylib (997.90.3) <6FD3A400-4BB2-3B95-B90C-BE6E9D0D78FA> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.dylib External Modification Summary: Calls made by other processes targeting this process: task_for_pid: 0 thread_create: 0 thread_set_state: 0 Calls made by this process: task_for_pid: 0 thread_create: 0 thread_set_state: 0 Calls made by all processes on this machine: task_for_pid: 2950273 thread_create: 2 thread_set_state: 0 VM Region Summary: ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=78.1M resident=14.4M(18%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=63.7M(82%) Writable regions: Total=273.6M written=244.1M(89%) resident=245.0M(90%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=28.7M(10%) REGION TYPE VIRTUAL =========== ======= Kernel Alloc Once 4K MALLOC 262.9M MALLOC (admin) 16K STACK GUARD 56.0M Stack 8192K VM_ALLOCATE 12K __DATA 4656K __LINKEDIT 65.7M __TEXT 12.4M shared memory 4K =========== ======= TOTAL 409.6M