OS X 10.4.11 crash

[BobDobbs]

I'm successfully running Audacity 1.3.9b on my G4 laptop, but when I install it on my dual G5 (OS X 10.4.11) it hangs every time.

I have removed all plugins from the library, user library, and Audacity folders. Preferences, old and new, have been trashed. Audacity gets to the first run "select language" dialog and hangs with the pinwheel of death. I have a couple of huge crash log files, which I'll post if desired, but the essential part seems to be:

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Host Name:      My-Studly-DP-G5
Date/Time:      2009-11-22 02:04:52.994 -0500
OS Version:     10.4.11 (Build 8S165)
Report Version: 4

Command: Audacity
Path:    /Users/greg/Desktop/Audacity.app/Contents/MacOS/Audacity
Parent:  Audacity [14814]

Version: 1.3.9.0 (1.3.9.0)

PID:    14816
Thread: 0

Exception:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes:      KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0x161582f8

Thread 0 Crashed:
0   <<00000000>> 	0x161582f8 0 + 370508536
1   dyld                     	0x8fe029e4 dyld::removeImage(ImageLoader*) + 240
2   dyld                     	0x8fe08220 NSUnLinkModule + 124
3   libSystem.B.dylib        	0x9005e4dc NSUnLinkModule + 96
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation 	0x9081edb8 _CFBundleDYLDUnloadBundle + 60
5   com.apple.CoreFoundation 	0x907f54b8 CFBundleUnloadExecutable + 188
6   com.apple.CoreFoundation 	0x907f533c __CFBundleDeallocate + 44
7   com.apple.CoreFoundation 	0x907bed54 _CFRelease + 240
8   com.apple.openscripting  	0x930eb868 shlb_entry::Unload() + 96
9   com.apple.openscripting  	0x930eb6bc UnloadAllAdditions() + 180
10  libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90014978 __cxa_finalize + 260
11  libSystem.B.dylib        	0x90014844 exit + 36
12  net.sourceforge.audacity 	0x0003a424 std::_Deque_base<Response, std::allocator<Response> >::~_Deque_base [not-in-charge]() + 138548
13  net.sourceforge.audacity 	0x0003a124 std::_Deque_base<Response, std::allocator<Response> >::~_Deque_base [not-in-charge]() + 137780

Thread 0 crashed with PPC Thread State 64:
  srr0: 0x00000000161582f8 srr1: 0x100000004200d930                        vrsave: 0x0000000000000000
    cr: 0x24002224          xer: 0x0000000000000000   lr: 0x000000009005e6d8  ctr: 0x00000000161582f8
    r0: 0x00000000161582f8   r1: 0x00000000bffff780   r2: 0x00000000a0001fa4   r3: 0x0000000001922f90
    r4: 0x0000000000000000   r5: 0x00000000000003e8   r6: 0xffffffffffffffff   r7: 0x000000000000004c
    r8: 0x0000000000000054   r9: 0x0000000000000000  r10: 0x000000005e5e4b48  r11: 0x00000000a00061ec
   r12: 0x00000000161582f8  r13: 0x0000000000000000  r14: 0x0000000000000000  r15: 0x0000000000000000
   r16: 0x0000000000000000  r17: 0x0000000000000000  r18: 0x0000000000000000  r19: 0x0000000000000000
   r20: 0x00000000a000487c  r21: 0x00000000a000487c  r22: 0x00000000a0001fa4  r23: 0x0000000000000000
   r24: 0x0000000016642000  r25: 0x0000000001922f90  r26: 0x0000000016642000  r27: 0x0000000000000000
   r28: 0x0000000000000000  r29: 0x0000000001900030  r30: 0x00000000161582f8  r31: 0x000000009005e514

I tried 1.3.10 (latest nightly) and have the same problem. Anything I can do to try to isolate this further?

[billw58]

I'm successfully running Audacity 1.3.9b on my G4 laptop, but when I install it on my dual G5 (OS X 10.4.11) it hangs every time.
I have removed all plugins from the library, user library, and Audacity folders. Preferences, old and new, have been trashed. Audacity gets to the first run "select language" dialog and hangs with the pinwheel of death.

I've successfully run 1.3.9 and 1.3.10 on a dual G5 with both 10.4.11 and 10.5.8.

Check /Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST and ~/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST to make sure there are no VST effects lurking there.

How did you get out of the pinwheel of death? A Force Quit doesn't usually produce a crash log.

-- Bill

[BobDobbs]

Nope, checked all the plugin directories in root and user paths - all empty.

I did have to force quit, but somehow I did get a log. Not every time, though.

Oh, and I disabled startup stuff like "Default Folder X" just in case. Made no difference.

[billw58]

I've posted your report and crash log to the developers' list. Hopefully someone there will be able to decipher what is going on.

-- Bill

[billw58]

I just noticed that you're running Audacity from the Desktop. Are all the other folders that Audacity needs also on the Desktop, like "Languages", "Nyquist" and "plug-ins"?

I usually run Audacity from a folder in Applications so I can keep all that stuff next to Audacity.

-- Bill

[Leland]

I'm successfully running Audacity 1.3.9b on my G4 laptop, but when I install it on my dual G5 (OS X 10.4.11) it hangs every time.

Hi Bob,

Can you try the latest nightly build at:

http://audacity.homerow.net/index.php?dir=mac

I think you're problem "may" have already been resolved.

Thanks,

Leland

[billw58]

I just noticed that you're running Audacity from the Desktop. Are all the other folders that Audacity needs also on the Desktop, like "Languages", "Nyquist" and "plug-ins"?

Never mind, Audacity runs just fine from the Desktop. Just no choice but "English" in the First Run dialog, and no Nyquist effects.

-- Bill

[BobDobbs]

I tried running it from the desktop because I've seen some applications have problems if they're too deep in the directory tree - but it seemed to make no difference. Like just now I tried with all the plugins installed, and got the same symptoms. I rebooted the Mac, ran that latest build of Audacity 1.3.10 before I launched any other apps... hang. I did not get a trace in the console logs the last 3-4 times I launched Audacity, either. It shows "not responding" in the Activity Monitor.

Sorry... there must be something I'm not doing. I installed 1.2.4 again, and it runs fine. Checking to see if maybe something wasn't getting created by 1.3.x when it ran, I switched to 1.3.10 again, and it still hangs. I'll keep trying to work out a set of conditions that allows it to run and let you know if I get something to work...

[kozikowski]

Did you try anything earlier? Around 1.3.8/9 was the first time Audacity used a new and different technology for managing add-ons and plug-ins. I do production in 1.3.7 on multiple machines with good stability, but have had troubles with later issues.

It would be an interesting event if the machines suddenly started working.

It would be entirely fascinating if they didn't.

Koz

[BobDobbs]

I am dl'ing 1.3.7 at this moment. Can't install it till I get home, but I'll report asap on the results. Thanks!