On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 02:35:38AM -0700, Rudy Ketterer wrote:
> found the lyxrc.defaults file ... in /usr/local/src/lyx.............
> and not where it should be in ~rudy/.lyx/.....
> have to try again with the file in the correct place.
> RTFM the next time!
> will stand in the corner with the pointy dunce hat for a certain time.
The problem is not the location of the lyxrc.defaults file.
The problem is that latex2e is not correctly installed (or it wasn't
installed at the time you installed lyx).
Try the menu edit->reconfigure in LyX and then quit from LyX, and run it
again.