Calibre doesn't start on OSX

Mark Bragg · 01-14-2010, 09:39 PM

Or rather... Calibre started once for me and then not again. I reinstalled, then the same thing, it started once, then after quitting and trying to restart nothing happened. Then I downloaded the latest version, then tried again. It booted once, I tinkered with it, then quit and tried again, no dice.

Curious, I tried to open it from the command line with "open -a calibre.app"

It didn't open, but I got this error:

LSOpenFromURLSpec() failed with error -10810.

Any ideas?

M.

Mark Bragg · 01-14-2010, 09:47 PM

I also took a bite out of the console log:

14/01/10 10:11:52 PM [0x0-0x2dd2dd].org.mozilla.camino[5612] Debugger() was called!
14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] Python function terminated unexpectedly: CALIBRE_WORKER_ADDRESS
14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] Traceback (most recent call last):
14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 147, in main
14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] return run_entry_point()
14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 116, in run_entry_point
14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] return getattr(pmod, func)()
14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] File "site-packages/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 76, in main
14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] File "lib/python2.6/UserDict.py", line 22, in __getitem__

kovidgoyal · 01-14-2010, 10:17 PM

this is a nasty little bug that seems to affect some users on 10.5.8

easiest fix is to upgrade to 10.6 or you can workaround it by launching calibre as

/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre

Mark Bragg · 01-14-2010, 11:35 PM

Thanks for the quick reply!

M.

01-14-2010, 09:39 PM	#1
Mark Bragg Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: St. John's Device: iPod Touch	Calibre doesn't start on OSX Or rather... Calibre started once for me and then not again. I reinstalled, then the same thing, it started once, then after quitting and trying to restart nothing happened. Then I downloaded the latest version, then tried again. It booted once, I tinkered with it, then quit and tried again, no dice. Curious, I tried to open it from the command line with "open -a calibre.app" It didn't open, but I got this error: LSOpenFromURLSpec() failed with error -10810. Any ideas? M.

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01-14-2010, 09:47 PM	#2
Mark Bragg Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: St. John's Device: iPod Touch	I also took a bite out of the console log: 14/01/10 10:11:52 PM [0x0-0x2dd2dd].org.mozilla.camino[5612] Debugger() was called! 14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] Python function terminated unexpectedly: CALIBRE_WORKER_ADDRESS 14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] Traceback (most recent call last): 14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 147, in main 14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] return run_entry_point() 14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 116, in run_entry_point 14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] return getattr(pmod, func)() 14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] File "site-packages/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 76, in main 14/01/10 10:14:19 PM [0x0-0x2f02f0].net.kovidgoyal.calibre[5708] File "lib/python2.6/UserDict.py", line 22, in __getitem__

01-14-2010, 10:17 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,610 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	this is a nasty little bug that seems to affect some users on 10.5.8 easiest fix is to upgrade to 10.6 or you can workaround it by launching calibre as /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre

01-14-2010, 11:35 PM	#4
Mark Bragg Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: St. John's Device: iPod Touch	Thanks for the quick reply! M.