Enrico Forestieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 06:30:11PM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote: >> Persio Barros <persiobarros <at> ...> writes: >> >>> Can LyX-1.4.1 be installed on WinME? I tried the V1 setup program and after >>> searching (and correctly finding) the dependecies (msys, python, etc.), it >>> crashes with message: "Lyx-1 has caused an error in KRNL386.EXE" from >>> Windows. >> >> So the crash is in the installer, right? There's not much we can do about that. >> I *do* know that Luis Rivera was using LyX 1.3.7 successfully on Win98 but he >> was unable to use the installer. >>
For what is worth, I have to say that the installer for 141 (dots abbreviated) actually works on Win98. The problem starts on trying to get LyX to run. Crashes badly, without telling you why: only this bl**dy "Page" protection error/fault/whatever screen... > > I am curious to know if the cygwin version works on WinME. I know for > sure that 1.3.4 with X11 worked, as I built and installed it on the > machine of a collegue of mine a couple of years ago. I had to enlarge > the system environment fiddling with config.sys, but then it worked. > ... however, LyX seems to be pretty happy while running on Cygwin, especially on top of the xforms library. So I think that's the way to lead our poor Win95/98 (and perhaps ME) users. Cheers! Luis.
