Re: Strange Error

FROM : Jim O'Connor
DATE : Thu Oct 24 17:59:41 2002

> On 24/10/02 3:42 pm, Finlay Dobbie <<email_removed>> wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 02:19  pm, Jim O'Connor wrote:
>>
>>> Oct 24 09:41:19 Per-Rittg-rds-dator WindowServer[1165]: ERROR!
>>> execle(/Users/per/Desktop/Marine Aquarium.app/Contents/MacOS/Marine
>>> Aquarium) returned, err=22
>>>
>>>
>>> I put debug strings in my application delegate method -
>>> applicationDidFinishLaunching but they aren't hit, so it looks to me
>>> like
>>> none of my code is ever getting executed.
>>
>> Of course, WindowServer is failing to launch your app in the first
>> place. However, error 22 is EINVAL (invalid argument), and I have no
>> idea why execle would be returning it...
>
> The man pages don't explain why execle could return EINVAL either. Maybe a
> look at the sources in Darwin would illuminate, or perhaps ktrace'ing the
> WindowServer while trying to start the app would provide clues.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
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I can't repro the problem myself - and the number of users with the problem
is a small percentage of total users, so I'm left with what comes out of the
console that the user can cut and paste to me.
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