Immediate crash

Support Basics & Interface
#1

I apologize for the n00b question but I’ve searched the forums and read the FAQs and can’t find a clear answer.

I’m trying to use Blender 2.4 on Mac OS X 10.4.3 and it just crashes immediately on launch with no error message. Do you need to have Python and/or SDL installed separately before this will even launch? The documentation mentions an installer but the OS X version has no installer, just an executable .app.

I tried running it from the command line and received this:


dyld: Library not loaded: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/Python
  Referenced from: /Users/xxxx/Desktop/blender-2.40-OSX-10.3+-py2.4-powerpc/blender.app/Contents/MacOS/blender
  Reason: image not found
Trace/BPT trap

I’m confused because the website indicates that there’s enough Python included in the app for it to run.

-Dan

#2

It has nothing to do with Python. Maybe a corrupted download?

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#3

It’s possible, although I downloaded it twice from the Australian mirror. (The US mirror is hopelessly clogged)

-Dan

#4

Have you used another version of blender before? If so, try to rename the file .B.blend, should be somewhere in your home directory.

#5

I’ve never used Blender before.

-Dan