Stephen Thomas wrote:
Hi all, im really new to lyx and latex..i installed lyx 1.6 with miktex bundled from the windows installation page at lyx .org.Im using windows XP.I want to tryout the beamer presentation creation with lyx. But wen i open new from template and give a beamer template Lyx tells that beamer.layout is not available so lyx wont be able to provide an output. can somebody help? I installed beamer package from MikTex browse package utility and ran reconfigure of lyx...it asked to install some files (reconfigure) i insatlled some files and not all.. But still when i open beamer template the same dialogue appears Can somebody please help??-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong." Zoroaster.
1. In LyX, does Tools > TeX Information > LaTeX classes show beamer.cls? If not, you need to reinstall the beamer package in MiKTeX and then reconfigure LyX.
2. Does Tools > TeX Information LaTeX styles show both pgf.sty and xcolor.sty? If not, install the missing package(s) in MiKTeX, go back to Tools > TeX Information LaTeX styles and click the Rescan button.
3. Does beamer.layout exist in C:\Program Files\LyX16\Resources\layouts? If not, something went wrong in your LyX installation, and you need to get a copy of the layout file from someone.
4. All else failing, you might try deleting you home directory. In LyX, click Help > About LyX and look for the "user directory" (typically something like "~\Application Data\lyx16". At a command prompt, type "set home" to get your HOMEDRIVE (usually C:) and HOMEPATH (usually \Documents and Settings\<you>). Replace the tilde with HOMEDRIVE HOMEPATH. Close LyX, delete the user directory (e.g., C:\Documents and Settings\<you>\Application Data\lyx16) and everything underneath it, then restart LyX and let LyX recreate it. (This is a bit of a long shot, but in the past a few people have been afflicted with incorrect settings that seem to have gotten permanently stuck in their user directory somehow.)
HTH, Paul
