kdenlive @0.7.8 - crash on startup

[f.dumas@…]

Environment: OS.X 10.5.8 XCode 3.1.4 MacPort 1.9.1

Worked around failure to build of many dependencies of Kdenlive (pygobject-2-4 - no ticket opened ; cmake/shared-desktop-ontologies - see Ticket #26698 ; makekdewidgets - no ticket opened). Kdenlive install completed.

When starting Kdenlive

open -a kdenlive

A sister application drkonqui starts as well, then crash; Kdenlive crash as well.

OS.X crash reporter file attached.

[f.dumas@…]

kdenlive/drkonqi crash report

[ddennedy (Dan Dennedy)]

Did you run kdeinit4? Is kded4 running? Check using ps or Activity Manager.

[f.dumas@…]

Hi Dan.

I carefully completed all post-install steps, as advertised on Kdenlive project's page:

Post-install
Run the following commands:
% sudo chown -R $USER ~/Library/Preferences/KDE
% sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist
% sudo chown $USER /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
% launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
% open -a kdeinit4

nevertheless, kded4 is not running, and command

open -a kded4
LSOpenFromURLSpec() failed with error -10810.

fails to launch kde4.

[ddennedy (Dan Dennedy)]

I am not 100% sure of those steps. It is hard to truly test this because for a true test I have to blow away most of macports and rebuild it, and frankly I have better things to do. Recently, I did a full reinstall because a full upgrade was not succeeding, and I had trouble with getting kdeinit4 working due to dbus-system. I rebooted, and I think that resolved it. I am not sure. All I know is eventually I got it working, and it is a little mysterious why I needed to reboot. Have you tried rebooting? You can check dbus in the processing listing as well.

[f.dumas@…]

Hi Dan,

Replying to dan@…:

I rebooted, and I think that resolved it. I am not sure. All I know is eventually I got it working, and it is a little mysterious why I needed to reboot. Have you tried rebooting? You can check dbus in the processing listing as well.

You were right. Rebooting my Mac solved the matter. Thank you.