[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#265030: lyx: Spell checking fails

[John Goerzen]

Package: lyx
Version: 1.3.4-2
Severity: normal

When I run the spell checker, I get a box that says:

The spell-checker has failed

Can't open /usr/lib/ispell/english.hash

However, running ispell foo.txt from the command line works fine.

The referenced file doesn't exist, but I don't know why LyX is
complaining:

$ ls -l /usr/lib/ispell
total 1132
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    5688 Jul 20  1999 american.aff
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      17 Apr  1 10:10 american.hash ->
americanmed+.hash
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1147480 Feb 16 02:21 americanmed+.hash
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      36 Jul 29 09:06 default.aff ->
/etc/dictionaries-common/default.aff
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root      37 Jul 29 09:06 default.hash ->
/etc/dictionaries-common/default.hash


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US

Versions of packages lyx depends on:
ii  debconf                      1.4.30      Debian configuration management sy
ii  groff                        1.18.1.1-1  GNU troff text-formatting system
ii  imagemagick                  5:6.0.3.5-2 Image manipulation programs
ii  libtiff-tools                3.6.1-1.1   TIFF manipulation and conversion t
ii  lyx-common                   1.3.4-2     High Level Word Processor - common
ii  lyx-qt                       1.3.4-2     High Level Word Processor - Qt fro
ii  mime-support                 3.28-1      MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii  preview-latex-style          0.8.1+0-2   LaTeX style files for editor embed
ii  tetex-bin                    2.0.2-17    The teTeX binary files
ii  tetex-extra                  2.0.2a-2    Additional library files of teTeX

-- debconf information:
  lyx/upgrade-notice: