On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Theo Yale <theoy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Re: Double click LyX on Mac doesn't open LyX > > On 2/2/09, Theo Yale <theoy...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi there: >> I'm trying to install LyX and having some trouble. The disk mounts >> just fine: I can run the intaller, read the readme, and drag >> application to my applications folder. However, when I go to open >> LyX, it simply doesnt work. No error message, no crash, it just >> starts bouncing on the dock for a few seconds and disappears. >> Any idea what could be wrong? >> FYI, when I ran the installer it went through just fine but never >> asked me for a password (not sure if it got it from keychain or >> something). > > I have actually found this problem in the archives here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg69835.html > There, Bennett Helm says to run LyX from the terminal and report what > happens. I am not sure exactly what his command of > "/path/to/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx" means, but I went into terminal > and commanded: > /applications/lyx.app/Contents/MacOS/lyx > and I recieved: > Segmentation fault > > If this is not what I was supposed to enter, please let me know > clearly what I should enter and I will do another test. > > Does this mean LyX will not work on my OS Will a previous edition > work, and if so which is the last one certified to work on 10.3.9?
Unfortunately, it looks like the precompiled binaries that we produce will not work on 10.3.9. I believe the 1.4 series will work as is with 10.3.9, and I believe it was faster than the 1.5 series (though not as fast as 1.3. 1.6 should work for you, but you'd need to compile it yourself. There is a macports version of it; compiling it via macports would be as simple as: sudo port install lyx Bennett
