LyX ⇒ problem with float object

[SeeSharp]

Hallo!

From a former teacher I got pattern for a beamer presentation which was created with Lyx 1.6.

Now I try to edit this pattern on Windows 7 with Lyx 1.6.10 and Miktex 2.9 64 bit. But it does not work. I got an error because beamer.layout are unemployable.

A colleague told me he use Lyx 2 and it he have no problems with the beamer.layout.
So I installed version 2.0.4 from Lyx and it works but know my "figure flots" make problems.
In the float objects I load a emf-file und if I scalling it the picture is blurred in compare with the old presentation which I had made.
Another problem is that pdf allocate at once 2,5 MB and before 360 kB. When I open the PDF the slides with the graphics took where long to load.

So what option is be changed beetween Lyx 1.6 and 2.0.4, because in the option dialog I can not see anything.

Tia

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Tia,

welcome to the board!

I guess you use LyX on a pdfTeX engine. So try converting your picture to pdf, then load this.

Stefan

[SeeSharp]

Well, but if I do that I lose the advantages of the vector graphic!

Why it works under Lyx 1.6 so fine?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

If you do a proper conversion, pdf is still vector graphic. The quality should be fine. Just give it a try.

Perhaps you used the earlier version of LyX in dvi/ps mode.

Stefan

[SeeSharp]

I have tried it. I directly export the graphic from MS Visio to a pdf. But the quality of the scalled graphics is not so good as the former version with Lyx 1.6 .

I create both pdfs with View --> ps2pdf with Lyx 1.6 and Lyx 2.0.4. But probably that says nothing about the modus which I used?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

I create both pdfs with View --> ps2pdf with Lyx 1.6 and Lyx 2.0.4. But probably that says nothing about the modus which I used?

ps2pdf says, that you did not use pdfTeX, since the latter doesn't involve ps. What I said was all that I could tell for a general case. Perhaps post your picture and a test example document here, as attachment. A problem can be fixed if the situation is clear.

Stefan

[SeeSharp]

Hi!

I think I have identifier the problem! I think it is Miktex 2.9.

Look at the history auf my experiments:

1. I create the presentation with Lyx 1.6 and Miktex 2.7 on my Workstation --> it works fine

2. At my notebook with Win7 with Lyx 1.6 and Miktex 2.9 I have problems to open the pattern of the presentation --> I installed Lyx 2.0 and I can open it but I have the problem with the images

3. I installed 2.0 on my workstation but I have the same problem (ok maybe it is not Miktex?) but after that I have also troubles with Lyx 1.6

4. so I uninstall all Lyx and Miktex versions of my workstation and install Lyx 1.6 and Miktex 2.7 again but I don't got a server for the repository
so now it does not work on my workstation too

5. I installed Miktex 2.9 on my workstation and with some updates with the repository it works with Lyx 1.6 but i got the same problems with the big images (loading the slide takes very long and the pdf-size increase from 360 kB to 2,5 MB)

6. I entered the repository on my notebook to miktex config and with some updates I can open the pattern with Lyx 1.6 but I got the same problems as on my workstation or under Lyx 2.0

7. I try it on a template from Lyx 2.0 and do it on a zip (testpres.zip). One page 5 you can see my problem

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Could you post two .log files as attachments, for both configurations, one log file of the working config and one log file where the output was wrong? I guess there we can see the difference.

Stefan

[SeeSharp]

Not really . When you see my post first I uninstalled all versions from my workstation because nor 1.6 or 2.0 does not work

Can you tell me where I find the location of the logfile and the exact filename?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

The log file should be in the same directory / folder as the actual document, with the file name extension .log.

Stefan