Joel Pedro wrote:
Hi,
I have recently installed LyX 1.5.3 on a Windows XP system. When i attempt to
use pdfLaTeX a pdf file is generated at best very slowly and at worst LyX
crashes. This happens for simple text only documents (even un-edited LyX
templates take several minutes to produce a pdf). Dvi preview is also very slow
and sometimes crashes. I do no think the problem is my computer speed (i am
using on an Intel T2300 machine 1.66GHz 980MHz .98GB Ram).
I have spent a couple of hours looking through manuals and FAQ and searched the
forums but cannot find what the problem might be.
Any help would be much appreciated.
thanks, Joel.
Are you using MiKTeX? (Not that it should matter.) Try exporting a
smallish file from LyX to LaTeX (pdflatex) using File -> Export. Make
sure the MiKTeX (or whatever) bin directory is on your command path,
then run 'pdflatex <file.tex>' from a DOS prompt and see if you get any
informative diagnostic messages (or screams for mercy). In my
experience, when MiKTeX grinds slowly on a less-than-Dickensian
document, it's usually because it's cranking out fonts on the fly, so
maybe font generation is hosed on your machine (?).
/Paul
