Am 20.05.2016 um 17:56 schrieb Bryan Brown <bw...@rice.edu>: > > Thanks for the prompt response. > > I backed up and deleted the preferences file and Lxy 2.2 came right up. When > i tried to open a document it reported “cannot load basic module” and a lot > of associated problems. > > I then deleted the Lyx 2.2 app and Lyx-2.2 directory in ~/Library and then > ran my 2.1.4 installation. I then renamed the 2.1.4 app to OldLyx and > reinstalled by copying Lyx 2.2 to Applications. It seems to be working. I > have no idea why it works now but didn’t before. That is pretty much what I > did before. > > I will now try to get my laptop installation to work. It had the same > problem.
Hi Bill, if possible, please make an archive of the contents of the folder ~/Library/Application\ Support/LyX-2.1 first. It would be of great help to know what went wrong while doing the upgrade. Thanks. Stephan > > Regards > Bill Brown > >> On May 20, 2016, at 2:40 AM, LyX Ticket Tracker <t...@lyx.org> wrote: >> >> #10145: Lyx 2.2rc1 Mac not opening >> -----------------------+------------------------- >> Reporter: bwbwn | Owner: lasgouttes >> Type: defect | Status: new >> Priority: normal | Milestone: >> Component: general | Version: 2.2.0dev >> Severity: normal | Resolution: >> Keywords: os=macosx | >> -----------------------+------------------------- >> Changes (by skostysh): >> >> * cc: stwitt (added) >> * keywords: Error reading configuration file => os=macosx >> >> >> Comment: >> >> Thanks for the report bwbwn, and for testing RC1. In 2.1.4, go to Help > >> About. What does it say next to "User directory" ? I forget how we do >> things on Mac, but I think we try to carry your LyX preferences over to >> 2.2.0. Something must have gone wrong with how we did that. We need to >> find your preferences file (called "preferences") that 2.2.0 is trying to >> use. Once we do that, please backup that preferences file (do not delete, >> this might be important for us to fix the root bug), and then move it. >> Then start 2.2.0 again. >> >> -- >> Ticket URL: <http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10145#comment:1> >> The LyX Project <http://www.lyx.org/> >> LyX -- The Document Processor >
