Hey Phil,
thanks a lot for the suggestions, in the end i solved deleting the pref. file. But doing it from the terminal.
Sorry, for not answering but i was in incredible rush.
For info, the plist file wasn't there and after some typing in the terminal it appeared (odd behaviour). When i tried to open it the file was empty, but from terminal i could see the string where the error was. Then i deleted it from the terminal.
The laptop wasn't mine so that i don't know the technical details of it, but later i think i will be able to answer with that, if needed.
Besides i was checking the related FAQs, but i didn't find anything about deleting the plist, so (as it was the first time i had to manage a pref. issue) i wasn't sure at all about deleting it and how to do it and i had to find the instructions about using defaults in the terminal to modify or delete the file.
Then with your email and some googling i understood that one line from the terminal could solve everything.
I just miss this indication in the FAQs or it's missing for real?
if it's missing i think it could be useful to add it there in the FAQ section, cause as a newbie to this kind of operations i got lost for some hours.
best
Marco
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:50:20 -0700
From: Phil Stone <pkstone@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Re: [PD] startup makes crash + .plist
To: Marco Donnarumma <devel@thesaddj.com>
Cc: pd-list@iem.at
Message-ID: <49E3431C.90205@ucdavis.edu>
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Marco Donnarumma wrote:
> Hi list,
> i have an Urgent problem i realy hope someone could help me quickly.
> This is the last day for me to prepare a performance for a live show
> and Pd doesn't open anymore. :(
> The story>
> i installed pdmtl library (from zip file on MAC) following the video
> tutorial. I modified Pd preferences (path and startup), close Pd and
> when i tried to relaunch it, it open a blank consolle and then crash
> immediately without loading any library (or at least i don-t see in
> the consolle anything loading).
> so it doesn-t allow me to modify anymore the preferences.
>
> i disinstalled Pd and reinstalled twice but it keeps on with the same
> behaviour described above (as far as i know the keys are still stored
> in the system).
This suggests that the problem lies in the plist file in
~/Library/Preferences/, as when you re-install Pd, you should be
re-installing the default preferences as well (i.e., the plist that
lives within the application package contents). Are you re-installing
a completely fresh copy?
> how can i modify the org.puredata.pd.plist file from terminal? i used
> the command defaults read org.puredata.pd and i see the error in in
> the flags startup - but i cannot sort out how to modify it from
> terminal... (sorry for the ignorance but im not used to manage terminal)
> i also look for org.puredata.pd.plist in |~/Library/Preferences/ |but
> the file doens't look to be there.
That's very odd. There should be "org.puredata.pd.plist" (as well as
"org.puredata.pd.wish.pdlist", but ignore that) in
~/Library/Preferences/. It would seem to be the only explanation for
the persistence of the problem. By the way, if and when you find
org.puredata.pd.plist, just double-click it, and a property editing
program will run. Alternatively, just delete it org.puredata.pd.plist
from ~/Library/Preferences/ -- that will get you back to default
behavior. See here for more info: http://puredata.info/docs/faq/pdsettings
> or how i disinstall Pd in order to reset all preferences?
> or any other suggestion is really appreciated, i still have a hell of
> work to do on the performance patch..... :((((
I hope this helps...I'll be around for the next ten hours or so, so
write back if you're still stuck. Good luck.
Phil
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