Arduino IDE Crashes on macOS 10.15.4

eicecek · March 26, 2020, 8:35pm

Hi,
I uploaded the logs. I've reinstall Mac today, now just added ESP32 support, that's it.

Arduino_2020-03-26-232214_Kemals-MacBook-Pro.txt (128 KB)

pert · March 26, 2020, 10:59pm

This "Crashed Thread: 20 Java: Java2D Queue Flusher" issue is a known bug with Arduino IDE 1.8.11 and newer:

Arduino IDE 1.8.12 crashes upon startup Mac OS X 10.15.3 · Issue #9828 · arduino/Arduino · GitHub
SIGABRT in Arduino IDE 1.8.11 on secondary screen of dual-screen Mac · Issue #9764 · arduino/Arduino · GitHub
Crashes on Mac Catalina when switching graphics performance mode · Issue #9926 · arduino/Arduino · GitHub

It is related to either having two monitors or the computer switching between the "high performance" and the standard display drivers.

The problem is Arduino had to switch from Oracle JRE to OpenJDK in order to notarize the Arduino IDE to meet Apples new requirements introduced in macOS Catalina. But it turned out that OpenJDK caused a lot of problems, including this one. They went back to Oracle JRE in the Windows and Linux versions of the Arduino IDE, but were not able to do this with the macOS version due to the notarization requirement.

The workaround is to use Arduino IDE 1.8.10. You can download it here:

Since 1.8.10 is not notarized, you might get the warning:

"Arduino" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.

If so, you can follow these workaround instructions:

pforrow · March 27, 2020, 9:39am

This solution did not work for me. 1.18.12 was working perfectly under MacOS 10.15.3 but would fail to open after upgrading to MacOS 10.15.4 yesterday. System log shows:

com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (cc.arduino.Arduino.1100[1524]): Service exited with abnormal code: 255

I tried 1.18.10 as recommended, but with same result. I found this thread:

github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller

Bundled MacOS App opens and closes immediately

opened 04:49PM - 22 Oct 18 UTC

closed 05:10PM - 05 Oct 20 UTC

tnightengale

## Problem: An app created with the `$ pyinstaller --onefile --windowed myapp….spec` command creates an app bundle that opens and closes immediately: both when it is doubles clicked and run using `$ open ./myapp.app`. The output to the console.app is: `Oct 22 12:33:13 Teghans-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (test.10192[42509]): Service exited with abnormal code: 255`. Running pyinstaller with the .spec `EXE(..., debug=1, ...)` does not generate additional debugging messages in the console.app. The unix executable `./dist/myapp` runs fine. The unix executable in the app bundle `./dist/myapp.app/Contents/MacOs/myapp` also runs fine. This issue is simply with clicking or attempting to open the `./dist/myapp.app` app bundle. ## Software: - Using an Anaconda virtual env with Python==3.7, pyinstaller==3.4 - MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 - The example program I am trying to run: ``` import tkinter as tk window = tk.Tk() window.title("Welcome to LikeGeeks app") lbl = tk.Label(window, text="Hello") lbl.grid(column=0, row=0) window.geometry('350x200') window.mainloop() ``` NOTE: that this problem also persisted for me using a non-tkinter python script: therefore I find it likely that using tkinter is not in anyway related. However, I would like to be able to create an app using tkinter GUI, thus, my interest in resolving this issue with respect to this python script. ## Important Info for Related Issues: This issue has been referenced in several other threads but has been conflated with other issues. Issue #1804 addresses this exact issue, however, that thread has been conflated with users who are having their app crash because of loading files within their python script. #604 also addresses this issue and has been closed because, again, some users commented on that issue and discussed how their problem was with the paths of loading a file within the python script. #1454 also addresses this issue and again does not provide solutions. **The issue of app crashing due to file loading within the python script can be solved by consulting those threads.** The distinction between this issue and the issue of file loading within the python script can be diagnosed by the following (as I understand it): **The file loading issue is diagnosed by:** - App closes immediately when double-clicked in finder. - App opens when running `$ open ./myapp.app` in terminal and crashes when it encounters a line in the python script to load a certain file **This issue is diagnosed by:** - App opens and closes immediately when double-clicked in finder. - App opens and closes immediately when running `$ open ./myapp.app` in terminal. - The unix executable in the app runs fine when run using `$ open ./myapp.app/Contents/MacOs/myapp` - The output to the console.app is the highly uninformative `Oct 22 12:33:13 Teghans-MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (test.10192[42509]): Service exited with abnormal code: 255`. This issue is about why the unix executable generated by the `--onefile` option works perfectly, yet the mac app bundle will open and immediately close.

and it turns out that both 1.18.10 and 1.18.12 work ok if they are started from terminal.app, as in:

<machine_name>~ % open /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/MacOS/Arduino

As for the proper solution, that's beyond my pay grade

eicecek · March 27, 2020, 1:21pm

I think the easiest solution is using PlatformIO, besides for one day experience, it looks like offers more.

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