×

INDI Library v2.0.7 is Released (01 Apr 2024)

Bi-monthly release with minor bug fixes and improvements

Read More...

MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

  • Posts: 1957
  • Thank you received: 420

Replied by Wouter van Reeven on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

Same here. I completely removed KStars via App Cleaner, including the ~/Libary/Application Support/Kstars (or kstars I am not sure about the capital K) directory and reinstalled. Immediate crash. I have attached the crash log.
The following user(s) said Thank You: Florian Schmidt
Last edit: 5 years 11 months ago by Wouter van Reeven.
5 years 11 months ago #25503
Attachments:

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 2877
  • Thank you received: 812

Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

So the crash log isn't helping because it isn't obvious like the libraw error that was so clearly spelled out.. Can you run KStars from the command line in a terminal window and get the text that prints in the terminal or get a kstars log of the session?
5 years 11 months ago #25504

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 1957
  • Thank you received: 420

Replied by Wouter van Reeven on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

Sure:
$> /Applications/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS/kstars
This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "cocoa"
in "".
 
Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
Abort trap: 6
5 years 11 months ago #25506

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 31
  • Thank you received: 7

Replied by Andrew Couture on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

Installed 2.9.5 in my other machine (same work flow, scrub old program with appclean first).
console log shows same error as on my last post.
Equipment

Sky Watcher Esprit 100ED APO
QHY5L-II Mini Guider
Pegasus PPB, DMFC
Xagyl Filter, LRGB+Ha
CGEM DX
RP4.4

William Optics RedCat 51
Star Adventurer
RP4.1
Software
KStars phd2 , Ubuntu, StarTools, Mac OS
AstroDSLR AstroGuider AstroTelescope, AstroImager, Astrometry
5 years 11 months ago #25507

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 1957
  • Thank you received: 420

Replied by Wouter van Reeven on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

Any command line options you'd like me to add to increase the verbosity of the output?
5 years 11 months ago #25508

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 2877
  • Thank you received: 812

Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

ah, thank you, thats much better info.
5 years 11 months ago #25509

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 2877
  • Thank you received: 812

Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

no, I think I might have found a lead based on what you said via a google search.
5 years 11 months ago #25510

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 2877
  • Thank you received: 812

Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

Can you try putting a text file in the folder /Applications/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS called qt.conf with the following contents:

[Paths]
Plugins = Plugins
5 years 11 months ago #25511

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 2877
  • Thank you received: 812

Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

or possibly in /Applications/kstars.app/Contents/Resources

That is actually where it was before.
5 years 11 months ago #25512

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 2877
  • Thank you received: 812

Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

I don't know why but it seems to be missing in the build I made last night. Weird. It has been automatically in kstars every time I built it for a very long time! Now it is suddenly not there.
5 years 11 months ago #25513

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 1957
  • Thank you received: 420

Replied by Wouter van Reeven on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

I tried both places and tried to start KStars from the command line but got the same error:
$> /Applications/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS/kstars
This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin "cocoa"
in "".
 
Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
Abort trap: 6
5 years 11 months ago #25514

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

  • Posts: 1957
  • Thank you received: 420

Replied by Wouter van Reeven on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

I meant: I first tried /Applications/kstars.app/Contents/Resources and tried to start KStars but got the error. Then i tried /Applications/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS and got the same error. I even tried having the file with those contents in both directories at the same time but still I got the error.
5 years 11 months ago #25515

Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.

Time to create page: 0.821 seconds