Need help FAST Application refusing to launch...

[Benjamindaines]

My PowerBook is refusing to launch an app, the app works fine on all my other computers. In the app's crash log I get this:

http://pastebin.com/664099

This computer used to run the app fine until earlier today when a folder named 501.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (the x represents numbers that I can't remember). I am loosing my patients with this damn computer and am about to smash it with a hammer if I don't get this fixed FAST.

--Thank you for your help

 

[The Void]

So, Adium then? Might have helped if you'd mentioned that to start with.

OK, have you tried repairing disk permissions?
Trashing the Adium preferences?

Those are my immediate thoughts.

If neither of those work, you could always resort to Fire instead, assuming you're desperate to IM someone.

The Void
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It's not for you to know, it's just for you to weep and wonder, when the death of your civilisation precedes you.

 

[Benjamindaines]

So, Adium then? Might have helped if you'd mentioned that to start with.

OK, have you tried repairing disk permissions?
Trashing the Adium preferences?

Those are my immediate thoughts.

If neither of those work, you could always resort to Fire instead, assuming you're desperate to IM someone.

The Void
.................
It's not for you to know, it's just for you to weep and wonder, when the death of your civilisation precedes you.

Yes, I have tried all that. I didn't mention that it was Adium because I didn't really think it was relevant because it runs fine on the G5 meaning it's a problem with my laptop

 

[CanadaRAM]

It is not particularly helpful to know it works on the G5... because the circumstances are guaranteed to be different.

How did you install it on your laptop?
What other things are on the laptop that are not on the G5?
What are the respective version numbers of OSX?
Have you completely removed and then reinstalled the application from its original installer?

There are a wealth of relevant details we don't know and without which we're just shooting in the dark.

 

[The Void]

OK, how about logging in as another user, and launching it from there? It'll tell you if it's a user problem or an app/system problem.

Also, in your first post, the sentence starting "This computer..." isn't complete. What about the folder, exactly?

The Void
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Neko just fell on me as I was quoting her!

 

[Benjamindaines]

How did you install it on your laptop?
The app was built from source code on the G5 then dragged over to the PowerBook (I have always done it that way and it has always worked before until that folder trashed its self)
What other things are on the laptop that are not on the G5?
None, in fact the laptop has less
What are the respective version numbers of OSX?
Both running 10.4.6
Have you completely removed and then reinstalled the application from its original installer?
Yes, explained above

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[Jay42]

What have you tried? We don't have much information to go on here. I agree with what's been posted, try all the usual suspects (repair permissions, get rid of preferences, switch accounts, etc.) and then trash it and reinstall it.

Can't you at least use iChat or something in the interim? What exactly do you need fast?

EDIT: Just saw your post, I would still trash the whole thing and install it from here.

 

[Benjamindaines]

OK, how about logging in as another user, and launching it from there? It'll tell you if it's a user problem or an app/system problem.

Also, in your first post, the sentence starting "This computer..." isn't complete. What about the folder, exactly?

The Void
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Neko just fell on me as I was quoting her!

I'll try the running in a new user and get back to you shortly. The folder had obvious system files in it Annex_Aux, annex.db, fonts.db, User.fcache, System.fcache.

 

[Benjamindaines]

What have you tried? We don't have much information to go on here. I agree with what's been posted, try all the usual suspects (repair permissions, get rid of preferences, switch accounts, etc.) and then trash it and reinstall it.

Can't you at least use iChat or something in the interim? What exactly do you need fast?

I have repaired permissions, trashed Adium's pref files, trashed its Application Support folder, trashed it and rebuilt the app, archive install (the app worked after that until I deleted the Pervious Systems folder :\

 

[berg]

Hi There ...

You can try cleaning your caches with something like ...

Cache Out X
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9538

 

[Benjamindaines]

Hi There ...

You can try cleaning your caches with something like ...

Cache Out X
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/9538

I am trying that as I type this.

To anyone who has helped with this issue: you all deserve a big THANK YOU!! (even though we are not done yet)

 

[mduser63]

Why is it that you don't just download the regular, pre-compiled version of Adium? If you really need to build it from source, how about compiling it on the laptop instead of on the G5, then transferring it.

I've had some trouble running apps compiled on my G5 on other computers. I'm no programming expert, but I believe the problem has to do with the compiler linking to libraries that may or may not be present on other machines. There are ways to force the compiler to avoid linking to anything that will cause trouble, but I can't remember what they are.