Suddenly just won't start on my mac...

[cheesescientist]

Transmission today (after using it for years) suddenly crashed and would not start-up again.
I have deleted it and reinstalled it.
It says it's open but it isn't - when I click it. it bounces on the doc but doesn't open on the top menu bar or open visually. It does however, say that I have to quit it!
Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask for help on this but i've just fund this site.

Please help damsel in distress...

CS

[cheesescientist]

Hi, I'm using OS 10.5.8., mac is about one year old. Plenty of the 500gb available. 2GB ram.
What else can i tell you?

[Jordan]

http://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtop ... f=1&t=3274

[CursorK]

Just had the same problem. Couldn't find an answer using Google, but this thread turned up. I appreciate that the 'How to Report a Bug' list is a good idea. But in this case, Transmission simply never finishes starting up. With no Console messages at all...

Anyway, I fixed it by simply removing everything in /Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support/Transmission/Resume

Don't ask me why, maybe one of these got corrupted somehow. I didn't try anything else other than this.

[ScotiaGuy]

Worked for me to!

Thanks!

[syobwoc]

Just had the same problem. Couldn't find an answer using Google, but this thread turned up. I appreciate that the 'How to Report a Bug' list is a good idea. But in this case, Transmission simply never finishes starting up. With no Console messages at all...

Anyway, I fixed it by simply removing everything in /Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support/Transmission/Resume

Don't ask me why, maybe one of these got corrupted somehow. I didn't try anything else other than this.

CursorK that fixed it for me as well. I had the same problem. A never loading Transmission 1.74 on my Snow Leopard iMac. It just stopped working, all of a sudden. I tried running it under 32 bit mode, and rosetta. It would work sometimes then just stop or crash after awhile. I tried the latest nightly build 1.75b1 and same thing. I read your fix, and it fixed it right away, even wih the 32 bit mode and rosetta unchecked. Thanks for the suggestion! You're a life saver.

[arekisu]

I have the same problem but i don't have a resume folder, any ideas what's wrong?

[arekisu]

Thanks, I did install the latest beta but I didn't uninstall first.

I'll try what you suggested and let you know if it works. Luckily I only have torrents seeding, nothing downloading so if it doesn't work I've got vuse to fall back on. Not that I want to got back to it. Transmisson is much better.

[arekisu]

It didn't work. Am i supposed to have all 3 of those folders because i can't find them.

Here's the crash report if you need it.

Process: Transmission [441]
Path: /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission
Identifier: org.m0k.transmission
Version: ??? (???)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [93]

Interval Since Last Report: 55 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 1
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 0 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 1

Date/Time: 2010-01-21 19:52:43.645 +0000
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
Report Version: 6
Anonymous UUID: EC30A434-C6E0-4E5C-879B-E063BB6D1DD6

Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0

Dyld Error Message:
Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission
Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
/usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
/usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib: no matching architecture in universal wrapper

[livings124]

arekisu: Have you installed curl yourself? Looks like you might not have built a universal version that's compatible with Transmission.

[arekisu]

x190, tried all that you said and nothing has worked.

Repairing and verifying hasn't helped. That's the first thing i do whenever something doesn't work.
My problems started after i installed the update from apple, but i don't know how to get rid of it.

livings124, i don't know what curl is.

I'll try a different user account and see if that works.

edit: Tested another user account, same problem.

[ThomMyers]

I have used it for years and now, I upgraded today from 1.80 b4 to 1.80 on my mac and nothing happens. It just sits the and is crashed.....I had to go back to 1.76...........any ideas. I tried 1.80 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and nothing?

[livings124]

Those having issues, try a nightly build from http://transmission.xpjets.com/ and report back, good or bad.

[arekisu]

No drive backup.

I've tried a nightly build already and i get the same result.

[arekisu]

arekisu: Control-click on Transmission.app and select 'Get Info'. Uncheck 'Rosetta'. Check '32-bit mode'.

http://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtop ... f=2&t=8755

Neither was checked but once I checked 32-bit mode Transmission started, thanks a lot for your help.

Can anyone answer the question I asked earlier about 'curl'? It appears in the crash report and may have been the cause of the original problem.