LyX ⇒ Lyx, XeTex and the classicthesis template

[clemens]

Aaaarghhhh!!!

I get the following:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9995.0 (TeX Live 2009)
restricted \write18 enabled.
---! /home/arjuna/.texlive2009/texmf-var/web2c/xetex/xelatex.fmt doesn't match xetex.pool
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

I hope it is not because of texlive 2009.

[meho_r]

I'd suggest you subscribe to XeTeX and TeXLive mailing lists for all technical problems. Both of them are very much alive and you'll get help from gurus and even creators/developers of both typesetting systems.

[clemens]

Thank you again for all the help. You have been really a life saver.
I have registered to the mailing lists you suggested and asked the questions. I hope the whole process will become smoother in the future so that newbies like me don't need to hassle kind people like you too much (I have just realised how much time you must have spent on this whole thing to help me )

[meho_r]

Hehe, no worries. Don't hesitate to ask. Remember, when helping others you always learn something new or at least refresh your knowledge Those mailing lists saved me many times as this forum did. Many nice people here helped me in the past (and still do) to get on my feet with LaTeX, so the only right thing is to do the same.

[clemens]

Cheers!

I hope I will be able to help others in the future as well.


P.s I have P(ersonal)M(essag)ed you with another question

[alexandre krispin]

Hello, though I don't have tried with the lyx package, here is a little trick to make classicthesis work when compiling your file with xelatex. I have put this trick on my blog, here :
http://alexkrispin.wordpress.com/2010/0 ... h-xelatex/

Here is a copy of the end of my post on my blog :

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gksu gedit /usr/local/texlive/2010/tex/latex/classicthesis/classicthesis-ldpkg.sty

In this file, you will have to comment the following lines :

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% ********************************************************************
% Using PDFLaTeX:
% ********************************************************************
\RequirePackage[pdftex,hyperfootnotes=false,pdfpagelabels]{hyperref}  % backref linktocpage pagebackref
\pdfcompresslevel=9
\pdfadjustspacing=1 
\RequirePackage[pdftex]{graphicx} % PDFTeX driver for graphicx
%\DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{} % enables use of MetaPost graphics with pdflatex 

%*******************************************************
% for German texts to get \autoref macros right
\renewcommand{\figureautorefname}{Figure}
\renewcommand{\tableautorefname}{Table}
\renewcommand{\partautorefname}{Part}
\renewcommand{\chapterautorefname}{Chapter}
\renewcommand{\sectionautorefname}{Section}
\renewcommand{\subsectionautorefname}{Section}
\renewcommand{\subsubsectionautorefname}{Section}

Then compiling will work. But notice that if you plan to use classicthesis with pdflatex after completing this trick, you might encounter a problem, though I have not tried. But you might get the idea, I don't explain further.