Kim, Please send the file privately to me (rgh...@lyx.org), if that is possible. I will be able to figure out what is wrong pretty quickly.
Another option: Run LyX from a terminal and try to open the file. You should see some more detailed error messages. Post them here---though you may also be able to tell what is wrong yourself, once you see them. Richard On 10/03/2017 12:30 PM, John Kane wrote: > Just to be a pedant, I think it is Ubuntu 16.04. > > On 3 October 2017 at 10:14, Tim Q <tetvn2...@gmail.com > <mailto:tetvn2...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi Scott, > Thanks for your prompt response. 1/ I'm currently using Ubuntu > version 16.4. > > 2/ I created a file using Lyx version 2.0.8.1 which is my back up > file. > > 3/ I installed Ubuntu 16.4 and Lyx 2.2.2 from Ubuntu software > application. > > Now I get this message trying to open my backup file. > > "Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the lyx2lyx > script failed to convert it." > > Kind regards, > Kim > > > > > > > > On Oct 2, 2017 10:42 PM, "Scott Kostyshak" <skost...@lyx.org > <mailto:skost...@lyx.org>> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 11:29:50PM +0000, Tim Q wrote: > > hi, > > > > > > "" Myreading.lyx is from an older version of LyX and the > lyx2lyx script > > failed to convert it. "" > > > > This is the message i got when i tried to open a Lyx file > from an older > > version 2.0.8.1 that i have been using and I have Ubuntu > 14.0. This file is > > extremely important to me as i have been working on it for 2 > years. I > > desperately need help on opening up this file. > > Hi Kim, > > The first thing to do is to make a backup of the file. Opening and > saving with newer versions could change something you don't want. > > Did you create the file using 2.0.8.1? Which version of LyX > are you > using now? How did you install that version? (e.g. from Ubuntu > PPA?). > > There is no Ubuntu 14.0. Do you mean 16.4? > > Scott > > > > > > -- > John Kane > Kingston ON Canada
