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MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

try this:

DYLD_PRINT_LIBRARIES=1 /Applications/kstars.app/Contents/MacOS/kstars
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Replied by Wouter van Reeven on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

Lots of output which I captured in a txt file by adding a 2>&1 redirect. See the attached file.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

oh! it still might just be qt.conf. the plugins directory is not Plugins, its PlugIns

[Paths]
Plugins = PlugIns
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Replied by Wouter van Reeven on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

I changed both files but, sorry, it didn't work. I still get the same error :(
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

ok, I think I understand the issue now. Somehow when I ran the build, it didn't run the macdeployqt step correctly. There are files missing from the plugins folder. The qt.conf file is missing, but the files it tells the system to look for in plugins are missing too. I will check on the build computer and see why this didn't work.

Thank you for your help. I should be able to fix this now.
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Replied by Wouter van Reeven on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

Glad to have been of help. As I wrote in my PM to you, let me know when I can help out more.
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Replied by Rob Lancaster on topic MacOS Stars 2.9.5 crash

Ok, I have updated the KStars Mac DMG. There was a typo in the build script on the macdeployqt line. That explains why the qt.conf file was not created and why the plugins were not exported correctly. Please try the dmg again as soon as possible.

Thanks,

Rob
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