cannot run FS-UAE on OS X Yosemite

[reg1n]

Hello All, I've dowloaded and installed FS-UAE Launcher and Arcade on my old
MBP with OS X Yosemite 10.10.5
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2.4 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo),
4GB DDR2, GeForce 8600M GT

The issue is that I cannot run either Launcher or Arcade - apps are opening - icon appears on the dock and disappears after a few seconds.

Does anyone have idea how to fix that issue?
Thanks in advance!

[FrodeSolheim]

Things to try:

1. Please check fs-uae-launcher.log.txt and send logs if there is something there (https://fs-uae.net/log-files-needed).
2. Try running from a terminal, something like this:

/Applications/"FS-UAE Launcher.app"/Contents/MacOS/fs-uae-launcher

- does the program start then? or if not, are any error messages printed to the terminal?

[reg1n]

I do really appreciate your reply Frode.
I did run the app from the terminal however it all behaved as before.
Please find the logs attached.

[FrodeSolheim]

The immediate error which prevents the app from running is (from the log):

2.816 Traceback (most recent call last):
2.816   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cx_Freeze-6.0b1-py3.6-macosx-10.9-x86_64.egg/cx_Freeze/initscripts/__startup__.py", line 14, in run
2.817   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cx_Freeze-6.0b1-py3.6-macosx-10.9-x86_64.egg/cx_Freeze/initscripts/Console.py", line 26, in run
2.819   File "fs-uae-launcher", line 121, in <module>
2.820   File "fs-uae-launcher", line 118, in main
2.821   File "/Applications/FS-UAE Launcher.app/Contents/Resources/Python/launcher.zip/launcher/apps/__init__.py", line 137, in main
2.822   File "/Applications/FS-UAE Launcher.app/Contents/Resources/Python/launcher.zip/launcher/apps/fs_uae_launcher.py", line 22, in app_main
2.823   File "/Applications/FS-UAE Launcher.app/Contents/Resources/Python/launcher.zip/launcher/launcherapp.py", line 9, in <module>
2.823   File "/Applications/FS-UAE Launcher.app/Contents/Resources/Python/fsui.zip/fsui/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
2.824   File "/Applications/FS-UAE Launcher.app/Contents/Resources/Python/fsui.zip/fsui/qt/__init__.py", line 5, in <module>
2.825   File "/Applications/FS-UAE Launcher.app/Contents/Resources/Python/fsui.zip/fsui/qt/qt.py", line 12, in <module>
2.826   File "ExtensionLoader_PyQt5_QtCore.py", line 23, in <module>
2.827   File "ExtensionLoader_PyQt5_QtCore.py", line 15, in __bootstrap__
2.828   File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/imp.py", line 343, in load_dynamic
2.829 ImportError: dlopen(/Applications/FS-UAE Launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/sip.so, 2): no suitable image found.  Did find:
	/Applications/FS-UAE Launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/sip.so: code signature invalid for '/Applications/FS-UAE Launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/sip.so'

I checked the libraries in the bundle and found that the Qt libraries have LC_VERSION_MIN_MACOSX set to 10.13. In other words, they're compiled for macOS 10.13+. I thought that I had compiled them for macOS 10.9+ but apparently not. The signature error is probably just a consequence of this (codesign has chosen a newer signature not compatible with 10.10, since the library requires 10.13+ anyway).

I'll see if I can do something about it... - It could be a non-trivial amount of work to assemble a version for older macOSes complicated by the fact that I don't have a good way to test on older macOS versions...

EDIT: Looks like it might be only the sip library (dependency of PyQt5) that is compiled for macOS 10.13+.

[reg1n]

Should I maybe install some previous version of FS-UAE?
Or is this in plan to be fixed in the new releases?

[FrodeSolheim]

An older version would probably work; not sure how old though.

I'm testing creating a version with Python 3.7 / PyQt 5.8 via the new semi-automated build system. I'll post a link to the build later if it at least seems to work fine on a newer macOS computer, and then you can test on 10.10...

[FrodeSolheim]

Download both FS-UAE-Launcher and FS-UAE and extract with the built-in Archiver tool in macOS (avoid a third-party one, since it might extract symlinks and permissions incorrectly):

FS-UAE-Launcher: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ipbg7i9hh2...64.tar.xz?dl=1

FS-UAE: https://fs-uae.net/files/FS-UAE/Stab..._x86-64.tar.xz

Move FS-UAE.app and FS-UAE-Launcher.app from the respective FS-UAE[-Launcher]/macOS/x86-64 directories to /Applications and delete the remaining extracted files.

(If the Launcher still won't start, please send new logs )

[reg1n]

FS-UAE-Launcher: still did not launch

FS-UAE: run as before, I did not know only how to proceed for the screen "waiting for bootable media"

Logs attached

[FrodeSolheim]

Seems the "sip" library is still a problem. But maybe the problem is limited to the signature. I've made a new build here where I've tried to force inclusion of SHA-1 checksums:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fg0zec2gz1...86-64.dmg?dl=1

Does this one work better?

[reg1n]

Sorry Frode its still not working - attached log.
Which old version should I test so it wold work on 10.10.5?

[FrodeSolheim]

I don't know what the last version for 10.10.5 would be. You can of course try gradually older versions until one works. But it's not ideal; the game database functionality in older versions might not be compatible with the latest database updates, etc.

But the good news is that the last version kind of worked - the error is something else now. Something which I can reproduce and test (just a missing module). So we should give it another shot with a new version, when ready.

[reg1n]

great Frode - thank you for your time - where should I start regarding the previous versions?
I could not find any archive or FS-UAE

[FrodeSolheim]

Please try this one first:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9utgrj5ol1...86-64.dmg?dl=1

(I've checked that it runs on newer macOSes, so all modules are included this time)

[FrodeSolheim]

@reg1n Did you have a chance to test the latest build?

[reg1n]

Originally Posted by FrodeSolheim

@reg1n Did you have a chance to test the latest build?

It works!!
Thank you so much Frode! I do really appreciate your support!

[reg1n]

Originally Posted by FrodeSolheim

@reg1n Did you have a chance to test the latest build?

There seems to be new issues, but there is a progress

[FrodeSolheim]

Did you download and place FS-UAE.app side-by-side with FS-UAE Launcher.app?

[reg1n]

Originally Posted by FrodeSolheim

Did you download and place FS-UAE.app side-by-side with FS-UAE Launcher.app?

yes yes, now all works now