Gordon A Fox wrote:
Thanks, but it's pretty useless to me -- I'm sure the authors meant well, but it's quite vague. I actually need some help figuring out whether any of the issues listed applies, and this page just tells me to check them -- not how to do so.
In other words, the page isn't written for newbies with this software -- it's a list of potential problems without any info as to how to actually diagnose or fix them.
Our experience is usually it works fine as long as you installed all the support software, and never works if you didn't. :)
So if it doesn't work after kicking the tires and reseating the connectors, you may well have to dig in and debug it yourself, I'm afraid.
Gordon Fox wrote:
Failed to parse (Missing texvc executable; please see math/README to configure.): 20y
after trying to insert <math> 20 y </math>
That error is returned in response to this test:
if( function_exists( 'is_executable' ) && !is_executable( $wgTexvc ) ) { return $this->_error( 'math_notexvc' ); }
So, if you're getting the error there are a few possibilities: * $wgTexvc is set to the wrong path * the file doesn't exist * the file isn't executable by the web server according to permissions * some weird PHP restriction is preventing you from accessing the file
You should check into all of these possibilities.
Another possibility is that you wrote that wiki page before compiling texvc, and haven't rerendered any math since. Remember that page renderings are aggressively cached; run your tests in a preview and try varying texts.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)