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Problem with starting aMule
« on: February 24, 2006, 02:14:32 PM »
Hi everyone.
Hate to bother anyone on a first post with annoying question but this one is driving me nuts. I used aMule 2.0.6 before and no problems whatsoever. Now I switched to 2.1.0 and the app won't start up properly anymore.

Let me explain.

Whenever I start up aMule the user interface appears faithfully and then it switches to the waiting cursor (the rainbow-coloured swirling thingie). And it stays like this for an eternity. OK, I don't know how long it actually stays but my patience ran out after 20 minutes.
After 15 minutes there is no sign that aMule is doing anything, even HD activity stops at this point.
I never had this problem with the version I was previously using.

I'm running aMule on a G5 iMac (1GB RAM) with Tiger (and yes, I've downloaded the Tiger-version).

I'd appreciate any help on this topic. Anyone? Please?  :)
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2006, 03:16:55 PM »
Well, it seems that there was a thread that answered my question. Sorry for not looking properly beforehand.  :]

Deleted the Library/Application Support/aMule directory, let aMule create a new one, restored the Temp folder and everything's peachy again. This forum has still been most helpful. Thanks anyway.
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2006, 10:14:16 PM »
Glad you worked it out.
I'm still wondering, though, why some users experience this problem when they migrate from 2.0.3 to 2.1.0 and others don't.
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RE: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2006, 10:15:51 PM »
Hi fellows ..

Really useful information as i was ready to start an new post about this problem .. Now the only think that remained is to keep the right files for the last version's preferences.

Thanks again ...

Keep sharing ...
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2006, 01:43:54 AM »
I'm starting to get really curious what the reason for this problem is.

The next one reading this who is experiencing this problem, could you please start aMule through the Terminal and post the output here?

  • Control-click on the aMule application icon in the Finder and select Show Package Contents
  • Navigate to Contents/MacOS where you should see the file 'amule'
  • Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
  • Drag the amule file from the Finder and drop it in the Terminal window
  • Press return to start amule
  • If aMule does not start up, copy the text from the terminal window and paste it here

Thanks in advance. :)
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2006, 03:08:34 PM »
Ok just tryied it  about 10 times and every single one was on my screen the following message from Terminal ..

RegisterProcess failed (error = -50)
/Users/helios/Desktop/boinc_4.05_powerpc-apple-darwin; exit
[Process was terminated by signal 6]

Now as for my machine i am running 10.4.2 on a

  Machine Name:   eMac
  Machine Model:   PowerMac4,4
  CPU Type:   PowerPC G4  (3.3)
  Number Of CPUs:   1
  CPU Speed:   1 GHz
  L2 Cache (per CPU):   256 KB
  Memory:   768 MB
  Bus Speed:   133 MHz
  Boot ROM Version:   4.6.4f1

Hope that i gave you a sign to resolve this problem ...

Greetings from a Greek in Ferrara Italy ...
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2006, 05:15:11 AM »
/me tries to telepathically summon ken... ;)
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2006, 06:07:30 AM »
You rang?  ;)

Well, uh, that's a new one on me.  It mentions "boinc", which is the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing.  It's the infrastructure underneath a bunch of distributed computing projects, such as SETI@Home and ClimatePrediction.net.  I have no idea why it would be showing up in the messages produced when you try to run aMule.

I would guess that it tries to keep track ("RegisterProcess") of what programs are running for some reason (maybe so that it doesn't take too many resources from them?).  For some reason, this is failing with aMule and preventing aMule from running.  Try disabling whatever BOINC-based program(s) you might be running and starting aMule.  If that fixes it, you need to submit a bug report to the BOINC folks.
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2006, 11:28:26 PM »
Yep .. that was really strange as i am not running the application of climate prediction since 2 years and more strange as i am not running any other application on my eMac since i am using it only for downloading .. The problem started when i installed the aMule 2.1.0 version for Tiger and i also tried the Panther version without any further luck..

I used to run Terminal for prebinding without problems and until now ... i do not know what else to do ..

I tried the same operation with my iBook with ppc and with different account .. but still the application is not responding ..

This seems e real X-File ...
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2006, 05:48:23 PM »
Whatever BOINC stuff you used to have, it probably used haxie-like technology (APE) to inject code into every running process, or something.  I can't think of a good reason for it to do that, but that's my best guess as to what's happening.

It should be possible to disable that technology.  I think there should be a System Preferences Pane to control it.  If you're not using it for anything, it's best to uninstall it altogether.  You should also check your login items (System Preferences -> Accounts -> Login Items) and delete any items you don't need to have running.

If you want to test if this is the problem before actually changing anything, log out and then hold the shift key while logging back in.  That will temporarily disable login items for that login session.  Then you can see if aMule runs.
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2006, 07:00:59 PM »
I see ...

Anyway Ken thanx for the tip ..

Practickly i resolved the problem by erasing anything that had to do with the Boinc stuff and all the logs of aMule.
Then i reinstalled the aMule and after fixing the prefs of the programm started working again...

The server list could not be downloaded automatically so i did it myself and then installed it in the right file ..

After repairing the permissions and restarting my eMac everything returned to normal ...

Really thnx for your time ..

Keep the good work ..
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2006, 05:40:43 PM »
MY AMULE DOES NOT START HERE COPY AND PASTE OF TERMINAL UTILITY


Last login: Thu Apr  6 17:02:05 on console
Welcome to Darwin!
[adsl-ull-253-252:~] bettaman% /Users/bettaman/Desktop/aMule.app
tcsh: /Users/bettaman/Desktop/aMule.app: Permission denied.
[adsl-ull-253-252:~] bettaman%
[adsl-ull-253-252:~] bettaman%



ELISABETTA
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2006, 05:47:00 PM »
Mh, Please don't be angry if I'm telling you wrong things, I'm just supposing, that Mac OS and Unix use the same commands.

What's the result of ls -l /Users/bettaman/Desktop/ | grep aMule.app?

A way to solve this should be chmod 754 /Users/bettaman/Desktop/aMule.app
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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2006, 06:03:21 PM »
SORRY I can't understand, whta do i need to do?

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Re: Problem with starting aMule
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2006, 06:19:26 PM »
OK. Open a terminal and try to copy and execute the first italic command.

This way:

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[adsl-ull-253-252:~] bettaman% ls -l /Users/bettaman/Desktop/ | grep aMule.app
The result should look similar to:
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tux@ubuntu:~$ ls -l /home/tux | grep aMule-2.1.1.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r--   1 tux tux  3263428 2006-03-18 13:41 aMule-2.1.1.tar.bz2

The first thing which I highlighted by writing it in bold letters shows you the permissions for this file.
You see, I have no 'x' there, no one can execute it. You need to allow execution, which can be done with the second command. After doing this it should look like -rwxr-xr--
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