LyX ⇒ Difficulties with inserting figures and figures' list

[clemens]

Hello,

I am a beginner with Lyx and Latex. It's a bit of a silly thing, but I am having problems with inserting images, adding captions to them and then have the automatic list of figures.
I tried with the insert->graphic option but then I am not able to put the caption (I get Senseless !!!) nor the figure number appears on the list of figures.
EDIT: NOW THIS WORKS
I tried with the insert->float->figure and then I am able to put the caption but still nothing shows up on the list of figures.

BUT STILL, WHY THIS DOESN'T?
I tried also with

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\usepackage{graphicx}

in the preamble
and then direct code

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\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.7]{filename.jpg}
\caption{}
\label{fig}
\end{figure}

but Lyx cannot find the image
What should I do?
Cheers

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Clemens,

use pdfLaTeX, that means compile with LyX directly to pdf, if you want to include jpg images.

Stefan

[clemens]

Thank you for your suggestion.
All the best