Looking at the *.log file I found the following error: ! LaTeX Error: File `preview.sty' not found.
Does this indicate the source of the problem? I will send a trivial example file together with the 01lyxpreview.tex and 01lyxpreview.log files in a separate email (in case it doesn't make it through the size restrictions on the list) James On 5/23/07 2:22 PM, "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James wrote: >> All, >> >> I am trying to get 1.50b3 running on my desktop (Linux). I have it running >> on my laptop (Mac) and am very pleased with the new look and feel. >> >> On the linux build, I am having trouble with math symbols in preview. They >> come out fine in a DVI/PS/PDF document, but don't show up properly in the >> lyx preview. This is more of an annoyance than anything else, but I would >> like to have it working properly. >> >> Launching lyx from a command prompt, I see an error message back to the >> command window that says: >> latex failed to compile 01lyxpreview.tex >> This message shows up after I leave a math environment. >> >> Any thoughts on what is causing this, or how I could fix it? >> >> I built the binary from the 1.50 beta 3 source today, and I used qt 4.2.3. >> >> James >> > > While LyX is open (and you're staring at that error message), locate > your temporary buffer directory. (Sorry, I know where to find it on > Windows but not on Linux. Tools -> Preferences... -> Paths -> Temporary > directory will point you to it.) The first question is whether > 01lyxpreview.tex exists there. If so, open it with a plain vanilla text > editor and see if it looks like valid LaTeX source code. It should look > like an abbreviated document containing just your math formula(s). > Presumably 01lyxpreview.dvi is *not* there. If there's a > 01lyxpreview.log, have a look at it and see if you can spot what blew > up. If not, perhaps you could post a minimal example plus whatever you > find in the temp directory. > > /Paul -- James C. Sutherland, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering The University of Utah 50 S. Central Campus Dr, 3290 MEB Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9203 Tel: (801) 585-1246 http://www.che.utah.edu/~sutherland
