"Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
John,
Did you try updating your format files using the MiKTeX Options program
(General tab, Format files section, Update Now button) and, if so, did
anything on your computer melt?
Paul
Arghh! I was afraid I'd forgotten something! Thanks. I just did it.
Results
Creating "latex.efmt"...
"pdfetex.exe" --ini --interaction=nonstopmode --halt-on-error --alias
pdflatex *\pdfcompresslevel=9 \pdfdecimaldigits=3 \pdfhorigin=1 true in
\pdfoutput=1 \pdfpageheight=297 true mm \pdfpagewidth=210 true mm
\pdfoptionpdfminorversion=4 \pdfpkresolution=600 \pdfvorigin=1 true in \input
latex.ltx \dump
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.21a-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
entering extended mode
(C:\texmf\tex\latex\base\latex.ltx (C:\texmf\tex\latex\00miktex\texsys.cfg)
!! No syntax for the current directory could be found
[EMAIL PROTECTED] set to: .
Assuming \openin and \input
have the same search path.
----------And much more dreck-----------------------------
John Kane wrote:
> Updates on the continuing (non) installation saga
> This replies to a number of postings by Steven and Paul over the Sunday 14
> & Nov 14, 2005. Hopefully I have not missed any important suggestions. I
> decided to use Yahoo mail for the list since I don't use it much otherwise
> and thought it would keep things separate. Unfortunately I had not realised
> the rather serious limitations of it for handling a mail list.
> Anyway
> I did have an earlier installation of LyX Small a few weeks ago when I was
> trying to install LyX 1.3.5. As far as I have been able to tell, there are
> no files/folders left from that attempt. I spend a good while late
> yesterday and this morning checking. Also checked for *.tex files and found
> nothing suspicious.
> Since then I have tried both the large and whole installations both
> from the hard drive.
> The last installation I also disabled my virus protection.
> I have checked and could not find any rogue Latex.exe files and I have
> hunted down and exterminated the localtexmf and texmf and the only texmf
> which was in my R folder. I simply removed R for the moment. :)
> I copied ltxcheck.tex to C:\texmf ran C:\texmf>latex ltxcheck.tex with the
> same results as when I ran the 'latex chklatex.ltx' . That is, files not
> found etc.
> I then tried the c:\fmtutil all with this result
> C:\>fmtutil --all
> 'fmtutil' is not recognized as an internal or external
> command,
> operable program or batch file.
>
>
> I tried initex latex.lts Latex.lts does not seem to exist. A search of
> C drive did not find it.
> C:\texmf>initex latex.lts
> This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (MiKTeX 2.4) (INITEX)
> ! I can't find file `latex.lts'.
> <*> latex.lts
>
---------------------------------
Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos
