Having trouble with Processing application.
It worked fine all day, now suddenly does not launch.
Uninstalled (by dragging it to trash)/Reinstalled
Early 2008 Mac Pro, 10.7.5
If I knew which section to reveal in console to identify the problem, I could share that code so someone could help me pinpoint what's wrong.
Any help will be appreciated.
Mac Pro
As a first response, do the equivalent of "whacking it upside the head with a 2 by 4". Run Disk Utility and (Repair permissions) on your boot drive. This function makes sure that permissions on all the bits and pieces installed with Installer are set correctly. This is its one and only trick.
All the "Heavy Lifting" in Disk Utility is done by ( Repair disk), which should actually be called, Repair Directory.
I don't know what application you mean, but what exactly happens when you try to launch it?
Thanks for the suggestion, Grant.
Tried the Disk Utility but still having the same problem.
The program is Processing, https://processing.org/download/?processing
The version I used yesterday is the Mac OS X, 2.0, 3 June 2013.
I'm thinking I might try an earlier version listed lower on their page "Stable Releases"
Hi Linc, I appreciate you trying to help.
The program is Processing, https://processing.org/download/?processing
The version I used yesterday is the Mac OS X, 2.0, 3 June 2013.
After downloading the application, I move it into my Applications folder on my HD.
When I double click on the application icon, a splash screen appears for about 3 seconds then disappears. I've used both Safari and Chrome to download the application.
My "Uninstall" is just dragging the application to the trash and emptying the trash.
Not sure if I've accumulated some bits along the way that are going somewhere else undetected.
As Grant suggested above, I ran Disk Utilities, which did not report anything- said something like "all is well" but am still having the same problems.
I'm not familiar with Console, but on a different forum, someone suggested looking at Console to help identify what is going wrong. Just not sure which section of Console I should be looking in, System Log Inquires, User Diagnostic Reports, ~Library/Log…
Any help will be appreciated.
Go into ~/LIbrary and remove the support files, any plist or in "Application Support" etc that you can find... you might have the ~/.../Preferences folder open as well as the system log so you can see what is being written.
And it is certified to work with Lion? it isn't an older PowerPC/Rosetta apps don't work with Lion and later.
That is a java program. Have you installed Java? It is NOT included by default.
I don't see it in my applications folder, but I do have this:
Java VisualVM
Should I download it from your supplied link and put it in my Applications folder?
Thanks so much for your help
I removed the plist folder, but problem persists.
Thank you for the suggestion.
Actually wasn't a plist folder, but a file
I think it is worth a download or re-download, as it could be part of the problem. I have no idea where it installs itself or what files would show its presence.
Ok, so I found Java in my System Preferences and it tells me Your system has the recommended versionof Java, Java 7 Update 21
Yes you need to get Java RE
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Step 1
Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Enter the name of the crashed application or process in the Filter text field. Select the messages from the time of the last crash, if any. Copy them to the Clipboard (command-C). Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.
Step 2
Still in the Console window, look under User Diagnostic Reports for crash reports related to the process. The report name starts with the name of the crashed process, and ends with ".crash". Select the most recent report and post the entire contents — again, the text, not a screenshot. In the interest of privacy, I suggest that, before posting, you edit out the “Anonymous UUID,” a long string of letters, numbers, and dashes in the header of the report, if it’s present (it may not be.) Please don’t post shutdownStall, spin, or hang logs — they're very long and not helpful.
Is there a difference between the Java 7 Update 21 and Java RE? or SE (standard edition?)
Step 1: All messages
6/11/13 3:18:39.782 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0"
6/11/13 3:18:39.782 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException: String index out of range: -1
6/11/13 3:18:39.782 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1937)
6/11/13 3:18:39.782 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.lang.String.substring(String.java:1904)
6/11/13 3:18:39.782 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at processing.app.Recent.updateMenu(Recent.java:127)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at processing.app.Recent.load(Recent.java:87)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at processing.app.Recent.<init>(Recent.java:60)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at processing.app.Base.<init>(Base.java:346)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at processing.app.Base.createAndShowGUI(Base.java:199)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at processing.app.Base.access$0(Base.java:143)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at processing.app.Base$1.run(Base.java:137)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:209)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:708)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.EventQueue.access$400(EventQueue.java:82)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:669)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.EventQueue$2.run(EventQueue.java:667)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(AccessControlConte xt.java:87)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:678)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:29 6)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:211)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:20 1)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:196)
6/11/13 3:18:39.783 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:188)
6/11/13 3:18:39.784 PM [0x0-0x6f06f].org.processing.app: at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:122)
Need help with understanding Console code
