On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 12:47:19 PM PST Paul A. Rubin wrote: > On 12/21/22 15:29, John White wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 12:16:22 PM PST Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > > On 12/21/22 14:29, John White wrote: > > > > Thank you Paul very much for the suggestion. It caused me to think > > > > > > > > that something might be wrong with permissions. So I opened lyx in > > > > > > > > root and the top tool bar shows. It only doesn't show when I open it > > > > > > > > on a regular, non-root command line or from the lyx icon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not sure where the system menu is. Lyx can be used without the > > > > > > > > top menu bar but it will only print to one pdf version. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, December 21, 2022 11:09:52 AM PST Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > > > > On 12/19/22 14:44, John White wrote: > > > > > > So I removed lyx and lyx common and reinstalled on my debian > > > > bullfrog > > > > > > > > system. This is what I get now when trying to open Lyx: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /usr/share/applications/lyx.desktop is not a readable LYX > > > > document. > > > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > Are you launching LyX from a terminal or from the system menu. > > > > If the > > > > > > > menu, try editing the system menu entry. I would not be > > > > surprised if it > > > > > > > somehow ended up using the command "lyx /usr/share/.../lyx.desktop", > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > which would launch LyX and try to open the desktop file as a > > > > document. > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > John, > > > > > > > > > > > > Please bottom-post on stuff going to the list. > > > > > > > > > > > > There are two different pathologies here (likely unrelated), the missing > > > > > > top toolbar and the "not readable" error message referring to the > > > > > > desktop file. My comment about the system menu was related to the > > > > > > latter. I don't use Debian (I'm on Mint), but if you have a button that > > > > > > you use to launch a menu of available programs, that's what I mean. You > > > > > > mentioned using the command line or a "LyX icon". Do you get the error > > >
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