max 0.8 does not start

[pboe]

Hi,
i cant start max on 10.5.2. After clicking the icon it makes on quick jump and thats all.
0.7 worked fine and i used the delet preferences script and also deleted all files with max or sbooth in the library folders.
Anything i coud do?

Thanks Paul

[sbooth]

Are there any errors in the Console log? (Accessible in /Applications/Utilities/Console) What type of Mac do you have?

[pboe]

I get the following error on my macbook pro:

09.04.08 16:32:33 com.apple.launchd[132] ([0x0-0xb60b6].org.sbooth.Max[1524]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/Max.app/Contents/MacOS/Max", ...): Permission denied

[sbooth]

It sounds like the executable bit might not be set. Open Terminal and run the following commands (assuming Max is still in your Applications folder):

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% cd /Applications/Max.app/Contents/MacOS
% ls -l

The output should look like:

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-rwxr-xr-x  1 user  group  1258344 Apr  8 22:22 Max*

If you don't see the letter x in the -rwxr-xr-x column run the following command:

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chmod 755 Max

[pboe]

That fixed the problem. Thanks for the fast support!!!

Paul

[scavenga]

Hi, I have the same problem on my iMac G5 (ALS) running 10.5.2.

Console shows this:
19.04.08 20.11.47 com.apple.launchd[69] ([0x0-0x2a02a].org.sbooth.Max[205]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/Max.app/Contents/MacOS/Max", ...): Permission denied
19.04.08 20.11.47 com.apple.launchd[69] ([0x0-0x2a02a].org.sbooth.Max[205]) Exited with exit code: 1

But the terminal code provided above resulted in "no such job", of course.

Any ideas?
Can't wait to put this promising piece of app to the test!

[sbooth]

But the terminal code provided above resulted in "no such job", of course.

Can you post the commands you entered in Terminal and their output?

[scavenga]

Oh yeah, sorry - I just tried the commands supplied earlier in this thread.
% cd /Applications/Max.app/Contents/MacOS
% ls -l

Which looked as follows:
Last login: Sat Apr 19 20:27:01 on console
Macintosh:~ damien$ % cd /Applications/Max.app/Contents/MacOS
-bash: fg: %: no such job
Macintosh:~ damien$ % ls -l
-bash: fg: %: no such job
Macintosh:~ damien$

[sbooth]

The % character represents the prompt. Try typing the commands without it and it should work.

[scavenga]

D'oh!

It's been a loooong while since I last doodled in Terminal and such.

Worked great, cheers for your incredibly fast support!

[Lotus]

hi, MAx doesn't start for me... I have an iMac 10.4.11 any ideas?

[sbooth]

Are there any errors printed in the Console log?

[akamyself]

hello,

got a similar problem, it won't launch on my powerbook using 10.5
error log :
14/06/08 10:55:31 com.apple.launchd[110] ([0x0-0xbd0bd].org.sbooth.Max[1155]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/Max.app/Contents/MacOS/Max", ...): Permission denied
14/06/08 10:55:31 com.apple.launchd[110] ([0x0-0xbd0bd].org.sbooth.Max[1155]) Exited with exit code: 1

tried to type :
% cd /Applications/Max.app/Contents/MacOS
% ls -l
and got this :
-bash: fg: %: no such job

tried without the % and got this :
drwxr-xr-x 3 nico staff 102

not too familiar with terminal...

thanks if you can help..
Nico

[sbooth]

You can also use Finder for this (I believe)- go to Applications, select Max, then control-click and select Show Package Contents. Navigate to the Contents/MacOS folder and then select the Max file and Get Info. Open the Sharing & Permissions portion of the window and ensure that Read & Write is checked.