[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#337533: lyx: generation of pdf/ps shouldn't fail if freshly-installed.

[Margarita Manterola]

Package: lyx
Version: 1.3.4-2
Severity: important

When trying to generate a pdf or ps file, using lyx -e pdf file.lyx it's
not uncommon for lyx to fail due to its inability to find the "article"
class, or the "letter" class, etc.

This is fixed by running lyx -x reconfigure, but unfortunately, this needs an
Xserver attached.

This is experienced when running lyx in a freshly installed environment,
like a buildd.

It makes generating documentation from a lyx source impossible, thus
forcing us maintainers to manually generate files that could otherwise be
generated from source.

Therefore, it would be _really_ nice if lyx provided a solution.  Either by
allowing lyx -x reconfigure with no Xserver attached, or by always being 
ready to use upon fresh install (this one is, of course, the preferred
option).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
Locale: LANG=es_AR, LC_CTYPE=es_AR (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages lyx depends on:
ii  debconf                    1.4.58        Debian configuration management sy
ii  groff                      1.18.1.1-10   GNU troff text-formatting system
ii  imagemagick                6:6.0.6.2-2.4 Image manipulation programs
ii  libtiff-tools              3.7.3-1       TIFF manipulation and conversion t
ii  lyx-common                 1.3.4-2       High Level Word Processor - common
ii  lyx-qt                     1.3.4-2       High Level Word Processor - Qt fro
ii  mime-support               3.35-1        MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  preview-latex-style        0.9.1-3       LaTeX style files for editor embed
ii  tetex-bin                  2.0.2-31      The teTeX binary files
ii  tetex-extra                2.0.2c-8      Additional library files of teTeX

Versions of packages lyx recommends:
ii  aspell               0.60.3-5            GNU Aspell spell-checker
ii  cupsys-bsd [lpr]     1.1.23-12           Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  dillo [www-browser]  0.8.3-1.1           GTK-based web browser
ii  epiphany-browser [ww 1.6.4-1             Intuitive GNOME web browser
ii  evince [postscript-v 0.4.0-1             Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
ii  gnome-gv [postscript 1:2.8.5-2           GNOME PostScript viewer
pn  gnuhtml2latex        <none>              (no description available)
ii  gpdf [pdf-viewer]    2.8.2-1.3           Portable Document Format (PDF) vie
ii  gs-esp [postscript-v 7.07.1-9            The Ghostscript PostScript interpr
ii  gs-gpl [postscript-v 8.15-2              The GPL Ghostscript PostScript int
ii  gv [pdf-viewer]      1:3.6.1-12          PostScript and PDF viewer for X
ii  ispell               3.1.20.0-4          International Ispell (an interacti
ii  kdeprint             4:3.3.2-1sarge1     KDE Print
ii  kghostview [pdf-view 4:3.3.2-3           PostScript viewer for KDE
ii  konqueror [www-brows 4:3.3.2-1sarge1     KDE's advanced File Manager, Web B
ii  kpdf [pdf-viewer]    4:3.3.2-3           PDF viewer for KDE
ii  latex2html           2002-2-1-20050114-3 LaTeX to HTML translator
pn  linuxdoc-tools       <none>              (no description available)
ii  lynx [www-browser]   2.8.5-2             Text-mode WWW Browser
ii  lyx-qt               1.3.4-2             High Level Word Processor - Qt fro
ii  mozilla-browser [www 2:1.7.8-1sarge2     The Mozilla Internet application s
ii  mozilla-firefox [www 1.0.6-5             lightweight web browser based on M
ii  rcs                  5.7-16              The GNU Revision Control System
pn  sgmltools-lite       <none>              (no description available)
ii  w3m [www-browser]    0.5.1-4             WWW browsable pager with excellent
ii  wv                   1.0.2-0.1           Convert and preview Microsoft Word
ii  xemacs21-mule [www-b 21.4.17-2           highly customizable text editor --
ii  xpdf-reader [pdf-vie 3.01-1              Portable Document Format (PDF) sui
ii  xpdf-utils [pdf-view 3.01-1              Portable Document Format (PDF) sui

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  lyx/upgrade-notice: