Thanks for your suggestions all of which I tried plus many other things. I eventually got it to work by copying Application Support/LyX-2.3 .lst and configure.log files from another computer.
> On 15 Nov 2018, at 8:08 am, LyX Ticket Tracker <[email protected]> wrote: > > #11369: Mac Initialization error > --------------------------+----------------------- > Reporter: rogermc | Owner: skostysh > Type: defect | Status: new > Priority: normal | Milestone: > Component: frontend-qt5 | Version: 2.3.1 > Severity: blocker | Resolution: > Keywords: os=macosx | > --------------------------+----------------------- > > Comment (by stwitt): > > Replying to [comment:4 rogermc]: >> Problem remains with the newer Qt-5.9.7 framework. >> I'm wondering if some plist or other associated file needs to be > deleted? > > You can try to rename or move away the following files or directory: > * {{{org.lyx.LyX-2.3.plist}}} in {{{~/Library/Preferences}}} > * {{{LyX-2.3}}} in {{{~/Library/Application Support}}} > > If you have a directory {{{LyX-2.2}}} or similar in > {{{~/Library/Application Support}}} LyX should try to create a new > {{{LyX-2.3}}} configuration as a copy of this elder configuration > automatically. > > Another option would be to start LyX with debug - something like this: > {{{ > $ /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx -dbg init,files,lyxrc > }}} >> Starting from terminal: >> :~ Roger$/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx >> LyX: reconfiguring user directory >> checking for a Latex2e program... >> +checking for "latex"... yes >> checking for a DVI postprocessing program... >> +checking for "pplatex"... yes >> checking for pLaTeX, the Japanese LaTeX... >> +checking for "platex"... yes >> checking for a java interpreter... >> +checking for "java"... yes >> checking for a perl interpreter... >> +checking for "perl"... yes > > You may verify the contents of {{{configure.log}}} in > {{{~/Library/Application Support}}} if this is really the last line of > configure output. Mine continues with > {{{ > checking for a Tgif viewer and editor... > +checking for "tgif"... no > }}} > >> >> then startup hangs. >> Same error message occurs >> >> Re: What’s your language and desktop environment? >> My language is English. >> I don't know what "desktop environment" means. > > I presume you use English keyboard, language and so on. Nothing special :) > > -- > Ticket URL: <https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/11369#comment:5> > The LyX Project <https://www.lyx.org/> > LyX -- The Document Processor
