Brackets quit unexpectedly

[jjpsos]

1. OS & version: Mac OS X 10.6.8
2. Brackets version: brackets-sprint-35-OSX.dmg
3. Extensions / plug-in listing: ?
4. Detailed steps for problem & if it is repeatable: get error message, 'Brackets quit unexpectedly', each time application is started.
5. Steps for attempts of working around: Followed troubleshooting, Brackets not working tips. Checked the File Permissions. Cleared The Cache. Ran Brackets From The Command Line.

Tried searching the internet for related OS X 10.6.8 & brackets sprint 35 problems. Found adobe/brackets tips and 'File an Issue'.

[peterflynn]

@jjpsos Please click the error dialog's "Report..." button, copy all of the detail info from the text field there, paste it into a Gist, and then post a link here. Thanks!

You also might want to just try re-downloading in case the file got corrupted somehow.

[jjpsos]

@peterflynn tried re-downloading but same error. I did have brackets sprint 26 up and running before trying this newer version.

https://gist.github.com/jjpsos/8587406

[peterflynn]

Hmm, this stack looks the same as #4394 and its dupes (#4699, #4473, #4544, #4573, #4495, etc.) -- the 10.6 problem that was fixed back in Sprint 30. Could the CEF bug have regressed?

[peterflynn]

Works on my 10.6.8 machine, though. Gonna have to triage this to someone with more native Mac experience than me to further diagnose...

[redmunds]

Take a look at the Can't Run Brackets section of the Troubleshooting guide, especially the Clear the Cache step.

[jjpsos]

Tried clearing the Cache. Same error starting Brackets. Also had Google Chrome Canary running. Tried a software upgrade of OS X 10.6.8 ... now "can't open the application Google Chrome Canary because it is not supported on this type of Mac" error when trying to start Google Chrome Canary.

[jjpsos]

Google Chrome Canary opens and runs. Cache is not the problem. Will look deeper into this problem with running Brackets on my OS X 10.6.8 machine since others report it's working on their 10.6.8 machines.

[redmunds]

@jjpsos That would be great if you could research this and let us know what you find. In all honesty, the only reason that we still claim to have Mac OS X 10.6.8 support is because it just works (i.e. our resources for fixing 10.6.8 problems is pretty thin).

[jjpsos]

@redmunds My model A1176 Mac mini is late 2006 core duo 1.66 GHz which was pre-installed with OS X 10.4.6, and upgraded to 10.6.8 about two years ago. OS X Mavericks (free) version 10.9.1 is compatible with 10.6.8 and later but only supports the early 2009 or newer Mac mini. The model A1176 has a maximum OS of 10.6.8..

I'm unable to understand the reason for the Brackets-sprint-35 crash other than saying it's CrBrowserMain and libcef.dylib related. Seems like a problem some updated Mavericks users are reporting with their Chrome Browsers.

Tried working with Brackets-sprint-26 by following the Hack on Brackets instructions. After setting up the required libraries, Mustache, CodeMirror, RequireJS ... brackets started but the UI, menus, sidebars, didn't appear in the Bracket's main window. I was running Brackets-sprint-26 from my copy of the git repo instead of the installed build, but having much difficulty getting everything to work properly.

Workaround. A native Mac build for 10.4.6/10.6.8 is not a priority. Found GitHub's node-brackets-module and the Brackets in-browser branch which both have what I'm looking for: the in-line coding functionality and the possibility of live preview - without having to rely on a native Mac build.

[jjpsos]

(Side note: Ref #6659 for a possible solution for running Brackets-sprint-35 on ~2006 core duo Mac hardware.)