Thanks, Ian, for the fast reply > Configuration files should handled with a text editor. I don't know > what that would be for your system but something like Vim, Gedit, Kate > etc. You will probably need to edit this file as root.
I am using Lyx 1.6.1 on Mac OS X 10.5.6. Unfortunately, I don't really know how to locate (and thus edit) the file in question. Sorry, I am one of those GUI folks who have no clue about the underlying structure of the Mac OS...