CKAN GUI not appearing on mac OS #1844

kristvanbesien · 2016-07-27T17:47:03Z

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CKAN Version:
v1.18.1-0-g0d2c4f0 (beta)

Operating System:
OS X 10.11.6 (15G31)

The issue you are experiencing:
GUI is not appearing. Commands like ckan help, ckan list etc. work. But "ckan gui" or just "ckan" does not lead to a gui appearing...
What does appear is a blank "mono" labeled on the task bar. Right clicking on that shows that the application is not responding.

How to recreate this issue:
Install altest mono. Install ckan. Run ckan

CKAN error codes (if applicable):

politas · 2016-07-28T08:44:15Z

What is your Mono version?

ayan4m1 · 2016-08-02T00:44:09Z

Looks like El Cap (OSX 10.11) also broke a few Mono/Darwin base things that might affect this.

http://mono.1490590.n4.nabble.com/Mono-for-El-Capitan-OS-X-10-11-preview-package-now-available-td4666401.html

politas · 2016-08-05T00:41:25Z

Ref #1840

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fizker · 2016-08-18T15:46:49Z

I currently have the same issue, with the same version of OS X (10.11.6 (15G31)) and CKAN (v1.18.1-0-g0d2c4f0). The issue exists in both Mono 4.2.1 (from the link in your OS X install guide) and 4.4.2 (latest version from http://www.mono-project.com)

Output from mono --version:

Mono JIT compiler version 4.2.1 (explicit/6dd2d0d Tue Nov 10 18:01:18 EST 2015)
Mono JIT compiler version 4.4.2 (mono-4.4.0-branch-c7sr1/f72fe45 Wed Jul 27 16:20:13 EDT 2016)

100ideas · 2016-09-23T04:50:16Z

Me too. Here're the last few lines of output from mono 4.2.1 (32-bit) in verbose mode, after which it appears to hang:

converting method System.Windows.Forms.FormCollection:Remove (System.Windows.Forms.Form)
Method System.Windows.Forms.FormCollection:Remove (System.Windows.Forms.Form) emitted at 0x969f300 to 0x969f328 (code length 40) [ckan.exe]
^C⏎

And from mono 4.6.0 (32-bit) in verbose mode:

converting method void System.Windows.Forms.FormCollection:Remove (System.Windows.Forms.Form)
Method void System.Windows.Forms.FormCollection:Remove (System.Windows.Forms.Form) emitted at 0x93eb450 to 0x93eb478 (code length 40) [ckan.exe] with opts peephole,branch,inline,cfold,consprop,copyprop,deadce,linears,cmov,intrins,loop,fcmov,aot,exception,sse2,gshared,simd,alias-analysis
^C⏎

And here's some exceptions reported by mono (more info here):

$ mono --trace=N:nothing ckan.exe gui -v 

251 [1] INFO CKAN.CmdLine.MainClass (null) - Verbose logging enabled
[0xa3878000:] EXCEPTION handling: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path "/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/4.6.0/etc/mono/registry/last-btime" is denied.
[0xa3878000:] EXCEPTION handling: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'UIAutomationWinforms, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=f4ceacb585d99812' or one of its dependencies
550 [1] INFO CKAN.Main (null) - Starting the GUI
[0xa3878000:] EXCEPTION handling: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'ckan.XmlSerializers' or one of its dependencies
[0xa3878000:] EXCEPTION handling: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file "/Users/100ideas/.mono/mwf_config".
[0xa3878000:] EXCEPTION handling: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file "/Users/100ideas/.mono/mwf_config".

100ideas · 2016-09-23T13:07:45Z

Made some progress tracking down this bug.

Something is wrong with the way the auto-update config option or dialog window works in GUI/Main.cs#L289. The ckan application loads as expected when the if (!configuration.CheckForUpdatesOnLaunchNoNag) condition statement is skipped:

//if (!configuration.CheckForUpdatesOnLaunchNoNag)
if (false)
{
    log.Debug("Asking user if they wish for autoupdates");
    if (new AskUserForAutoUpdatesDialog().ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
    {
        configuration.CheckForUpdatesOnLaunch = true;
    }

    configuration.CheckForUpdatesOnLaunchNoNag = true;
    configuration.Save();
}

I haven't had time to figure out the deeper cause of the problem, will be back if I have time later.

Ping #1501

politas · 2016-09-24T11:25:47Z

Reopening due to progress. Thanks for looking into this for us, @100ideas!

100ideas · 2016-09-28T12:21:53Z

I haven't had time to explore the issue further, sorry guys! I could submit a PR that disables the auto-update dialog window during launch if the OSX is detected... otherwise I might have time to look further in a week or two.

rgioai · 2016-10-13T14:14:39Z

Thanks @100ideas for the fix, worked great for me.
I'll leave my fork open with the fix for anyone that wants it:
https://github.com/gioGats/CKAN/

huslage · 2016-11-02T01:27:12Z

@gioGats can you submit a PR here?

ayan4m1 · 2016-11-02T01:48:49Z

Sorry, I took a look at this commit and while I am sure we can use it to fix the problem properly, if (false) doesn't make too much sense and likely has unintended side effects. Thanks @gioGats for writing it up! I will take this over, but your Macs will have to serve as my testbed unless one of the other devs happens to have one. My quick search tells me I can't legally buy OS X and run it in a virtualization environment, so 🍭.

ayan4m1 · 2016-11-02T02:06:32Z

Initial results - that form is the only place we used FormBorderStyle.FixedToolWindow - guess what has issues related to Mono on Macs...?

There are still plenty of other potential causes, but my current hypothesis is ayan4m1@4c0cf37

huslage · 2016-11-02T14:44:54Z

Happy to help test.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:06 PM ayan4m1 notifications@github.com wrote:

Initial results - that form is the only place we used
FormBorderStyle.FixedToolWindow - guess what has issues
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8593379/why-does-showdialog-crash-in-monodevelop
related to Mono on Macs...?

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100ideas · 2016-11-04T17:31:18Z

me too

Sparkly-Panda · 2016-11-21T07:30:07Z

I found that running ckan, even without the gui, and opening kip thru steam still applies the mods but you can't change them

politas · 2016-11-27T19:39:51Z

If any MacOS users would like to join the CKAN project as in-house MacOS CKAN testers, I'd be very happy to have a MacOS-testers group we can ping

ProfFan · 2016-12-26T06:24:25Z

+1 for MacOS Tester

politas · 2016-12-27T02:34:51Z

Thanks, @ProfFan , I've sent you an invite. @huslage, @100ideas, would you like invites, too?

leo-hotto-ko · 2017-01-06T14:14:21Z

hello, i've been stuck for days impossible to lauch the Ckan GUI after try everything i must have miss something i beg for help i can't play my favorite game and after a day of hardwork it's frustrating for a newbie like me to dive in terminal and mono problems that where i don't understand shit ...
i never had a problem like this before, since el capitain it's driving me mad

leo-hotto-ko · 2017-01-06T14:15:19Z

Last login: Fri Jan 6 14:54:30 on ttys000
iMac-de-marion:~ marion$ cd downloads
iMac-de-marion:downloads marion$ mono ckan.exe
WARNING: The Carbon driver has not been ported to 64bits, and very few parts of Windows.Forms will work properly, or at all
exception inside UnhandledException handler: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Forms.WindowsFormsSynchronizationContext' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Forms.ThemeEngine' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Forms.ThemeWin32Classic' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Drawing.KnownColors' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Drawing.GDIPlus' threw an exception. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: libgdiplus.dylib
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Drawing.GDIPlus:GdiplusStartup (ulong&,System.Drawing.GdiplusStartupInput&,System.Drawing.GdiplusStartupOutput&)
at System.Drawing.GDIPlus..cctor () [0x000cc] in <1917aa1c39d94b1a91807b8cd9f03350>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Drawing.KnownColors..cctor () [0x0001a] in <1917aa1c39d94b1a91807b8cd9f03350>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Drawing.Color.get_Black () [0x00000] in <1917aa1c39d94b1a91807b8cd9f03350>:0
at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeWin32Classic..cctor () [0x00000] in :0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeVisualStyles..ctor () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeEngine..cctor () [0x0002d] in :0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.get_MenuAccessKeysUnderlined () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.Control..ctor () [0x000ea] in :0
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Windows.Forms.Control:.ctor ()
at System.Windows.Forms.WindowsFormsSynchronizationContext..cctor () [0x00000] in :0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Windows.Forms.Control..ctor () [0x00014] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl..ctor () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl..ctor () [0x0000e] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.Form..ctor () [0x00012] in :0
at CKAN.Main..ctor (System.String[] cmdlineArgs, CKAN.GUIUser user, System.Boolean showConsole) [0x00024] in :0
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) CKAN.Main:.ctor (string[],CKAN.GUIUser,bool)
at CKAN.GUI.Main_ (System.String[] args, System.Boolean showConsole) [0x00057] in :0
at CKAN.CmdLine.MainClass.Gui (CKAN.CmdLine.GuiOptions options, System.String[] args) [0x00008] in :0
at CKAN.CmdLine.MainClass.Main (System.String[] args) [0x000a1] in :0
iMac-de-marion:downloads marion$

rwanyoike · 2017-01-06T14:25:53Z

@leo-hotto-ko maybe this will help:

I'm running macOS Sierra 10.12.2. All I did was run:

$ brew cask install mono-mdk

in the terminal, and ckan.exe works. What is brew? See http://brew.sh/ and https://caskroom.github.io/. It's simple to setup, give it a shot. Good luck!

For reference, I have this version of mono-mdk:

$ brew cask info mono-mdk
mono-mdk: 4.6.2.16

And ckan.exe:

$ mono ckan.exe version
v1.20.1-0-gd41fe54 (beta)

leo-hotto-ko · 2017-01-06T14:32:45Z

thank you for u'r quick awser i try that right away, sorry for my english not my native language ^^

leo-hotto-ko · 2017-01-06T14:38:39Z

Ok i install homebrew via terminal. Do i need to unistall my previous version of mono (4.6.1) it's a little bit advance for me one or two command line would help --"

leo-hotto-ko · 2017-01-06T14:41:40Z

and i don't understand the "cask" thing ..

rwanyoike · 2017-01-06T14:42:13Z

Yes uninstall your previous version of mono (4.6.1) http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/supported-platforms/osx/#uninstalling-mono-on-mac-os-x.

This is an example of what you'd run:

Install brew (from http://brew.sh/):

$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install brew cask (from https://caskroom.github.io/):

$ brew tap caskroom/cask

Install mono-mdk

$ brew cask install mono-mdk

🍻

leo-hotto-ko · 2017-01-06T14:48:18Z

ok guys u are indeed quite amazing ^^ all look to be install, do i need a different comand line for running ckan.exe ? ( cd Downloads mono ckan.exe) ?

leo-hotto-ko · 2017-01-06T14:52:29Z

i'm afraid to try anything now XD rwanyoike u rule boy a big TY for u'r precious help

rwanyoike · 2017-01-06T14:53:29Z

@leo-hotto-ko no different command. https://github.com/KSP-CKAN/CKAN/wiki/Installing-CKAN-on-OSX:

$ cd ~/Downloads
$ mono ckan.exe

leo-hotto-ko · 2017-01-06T14:57:15Z

arg still the same --"

WARNING: The Carbon driver has not been ported to 64bits, and very few parts of Windows.Forms will work properly, or at all
exception inside UnhandledException handler: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Forms.WindowsFormsSynchronizationContext' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Forms.ThemeEngine' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Forms.ThemeWin32Classic' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Drawing.KnownColors' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Drawing.GDIPlus' threw an exception. ---> System.DllNotFoundException: libgdiplus.dylib
at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Drawing.GDIPlus:GdiplusStartup (ulong&,System.Drawing.GdiplusStartupInput&,System.Drawing.GdiplusStartupOutput&)
at System.Drawing.GDIPlus..cctor () [0x000cc] in <1917aa1c39d94b1a91807b8cd9f03350>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Drawing.KnownColors..cctor () [0x0001a] in <1917aa1c39d94b1a91807b8cd9f03350>:0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Drawing.Color.get_Black () [0x00000] in <1917aa1c39d94b1a91807b8cd9f03350>:0
at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeWin32Classic..cctor () [0x00000] in :0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeVisualStyles..ctor () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.ThemeEngine..cctor () [0x0002d] in :0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Windows.Forms.SystemInformation.get_MenuAccessKeysUnderlined () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.Control..ctor () [0x000ea] in :0
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Windows.Forms.Control:.ctor ()
at System.Windows.Forms.WindowsFormsSynchronizationContext..cctor () [0x00000] in :0
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Windows.Forms.Control..ctor () [0x00014] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl..ctor () [0x00000] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl..ctor () [0x0000e] in :0
at System.Windows.Forms.Form..ctor () [0x00012] in :0
at CKAN.Main..ctor (System.String[] cmdlineArgs, CKAN.GUIUser user, System.Boolean showConsole) [0x00024] in :0
at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) CKAN.Main:.ctor (string[],CKAN.GUIUser,bool)
at CKAN.GUI.Main_ (System.String[] args, System.Boolean showConsole) [0x00057] in :0
at CKAN.CmdLine.MainClass.Gui (CKAN.CmdLine.GuiOptions options, System.String[] args) [0x00008] in :0
at CKAN.CmdLine.MainClass.Main (System.String[] args) [0x000a1] in :0
iMac-de-marion:Downloads marion$

rwanyoike · 2017-01-06T15:01:13Z

@leo-hotto-ko what does this command show for you:

$ mono --version

And you have the latest ckan.exe?

leo-hotto-ko · 2017-01-06T15:04:30Z

Last login: Fri Jan 6 15:38:18 on ttys000
iMac-de-marion:~ marion$ mono --version
Mono JIT compiler version 4.6.2 (Stable 4.6.2.7/08fd525 Tue Nov 22 22:05:58 GMT 2016)
Copyright (C) 2002-2014 Novell, Inc, Xamarin Inc and Contributors. www.mono-project.com
TLS: normal
SIGSEGV: altstack
Notification: kqueue
Architecture: amd64
Disabled: none
Misc: softdebug
LLVM: supported, not enabled.
GC: sgen
iMac-de-marion:~ marion$

Ckan V1.22.1 latest i think

rwanyoike · 2017-01-06T15:15:30Z

@leo-hotto-ko can you visit https://tlk.io/mono

100ideas · 2017-01-12T09:15:52Z

@politas pleased to help out w/ mac dev testing

politas · 2017-01-13T04:29:14Z

@100ideas , I've sent you an invite. Thanks!

mnewt · 2017-06-18T16:22:46Z

@politas If you still need macOS testers, I'm willing and able depending on what you want a tester to do. I don't know C# but I do IT and development professionally so I can do QA.

Currently experiencing this issue. That is, ckan command line functions work fine but the gui crashes with an exception in System.Windows.Forms.WindowsFormsSynchronizationContext. Cheers.

AdamLenda · 2017-06-20T12:38:47Z

rwanyoike comment on Jan 6 worked for me, though I did have to remove all versions of CKan and then rerun brew install ckan

ayan4m1 · 2017-09-28T20:52:56Z

I am fairly confident that this long issue history is actually multiple different problems manifesting in the same way. I think they can all be traced back to Mono or OS X and not to a defect in CKAN. @politas mind chiming in? I know multiple people have offered to help with testing but I am not sure what to give them to test.

politas · 2017-10-14T15:23:44Z

Yeah, lets close this off with a request for anyone still having problems to check the CKAN on OSX page and open a new issue if problems still occur.

politas added Support Issues that are support requests macOS Issues specific for macOS labels Aug 2, 2016

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100ideas mentioned this issue Sep 23, 2016

CKAN GUI not usable on OS X El Capitan #1501

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politas reopened this Sep 24, 2016

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politas closed this as completed Oct 14, 2017

Kamik423 mentioned this issue Feb 27, 2018

CKAN 1.24.0 Homebrew/homebrew-core#24609

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CKAN GUI not appearing on mac OS #1844

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