LyX ⇒ Error with graphics in Lyx

[hitokiri]

Whenever I try to view the DVI of my document I encounter this error
LaTeX Error:
Unknown option for 'dvialw' for package 'graphics'.

The description is:
\if
!\Gin@driver!
The option `dvialw' was not declared in package `graphics', perhaps you
misspelled its name. Try typing <return> to proceed.

This is my preamble:
\usepackage{fancyhdr} \pagestyle{fancy}
\cfoot{\thepage} % Print the page number in the center of the footer
\date{}
\lhead{}
\chead{}
\rhead{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0.0pt}

The document class is a article.
The image I am trying to place is a .emf
I have also tried .jpg, .bmp, and .eps all of which resulted in the same error.
Any advice or help would be very much appreciated as this is a document for school that is due 10/28/10.

[meho_r]

You cannot use JPG, PNG, BMP... images with "plain" LaTeX (i.e., for DVI output). LaTeX supports only EPS format. If you want to use other image formats, compile your document with pdflatex instead of latex, so that the output is PDF, not DVI.

In case that you get the error again, create an example .lyx file with a picture in it, then put the file into a ZIP archive and attach it to your next post.

[CSMR]

Whenever I try to view the DVI of my document I encounter this error

My understanding is that DVI is an obsolete format and with LyX you can bypass it.

[localghost]

My understanding is that DVI is an obsolete format and with LyX you can bypass it.

DVI is far from being obsolete.


Thorsten