On 12/07/2019 11:21 AM, Brian Davis wrote:
How is it possible to have 3 working versions of LyX/MikTex on three
different computers (all Windows) and have them all break within a
couple of weeks without doing anything (except allowing Windows Updates)?
I have been receiving errors after latest windows updates on 3
different machines all were running successfully LyX and MikTex and
stopped working out of the blue with the following type errors:
The process latex icon bottom right just spins for minutes then:
LyX: Stop command?
The command pdflatex "test.txt" has not completed.
Do you want to stop it?
Stop it Let it run
If Let it run:
Does not matter which it will still fail either way.
LyX: LaTeX failed:
The external program
pdflatex
finished with an error. It is recommended you fix the cause of the
external program's error (check the logs)
And right about now I certainly wish LyX would make the error text
boxes where the text can be copied an pasted into an email.... sigh.
I currently upgraded to latest Lyx and MikTex and performed the
typical LyX -> Reconfigure and restart Lyx only to still find
Unavailable: Article (Standard Class) and still above errors as though
LyX cannot find MikTex even though Tools->TeX Information finds .cls
files in the MikTex 2.9 directory in Program Files (x86)
basic-miktex-2.9.7100-x64.exe
LyX Version 2.3.3
(Monday, June 10, 2019)
Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.3\Resources\
User directory: ~\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.3\
Qt Version (run-time): 5.11.3
Qt Version (compile-time): 5.11.3
Anyone else experience this?
It is super-awesome!
I'm running LyX 2.3.3 with MiKTeX 2.9 on windows 10 without problems.
However, after a MiKTeX update a week (or two? -- memory fades) ago I
had a problem compiling documents which previously compiled
successfully. There was a pdflatex error, the little circling busy sign
continuing endlessly. The problem was the absence of the LaTeX3 package
l3backend which is a new package required for the working of expl3.sty
which LyX requires. Check whether you have l3backend installed.
Andrew
