[mythtv] A little Mac OS X help needed

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Thu Sep 9 17:54:03 EDT 2004


On Thursday 09 September 2004 17:17, Jeremiah Morris wrote:
> On 9 Sep 2004, at 4:15 PM, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> > However, I have a question:  does anyone know offhand how I can see
> > terminal output from mythfrontend?  If I launch it from a terminal
> > using "open /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend.app", it seems to launch
> > everything in the background, and I don't get to see the error
> > messages.
>
> On OS X, most .app "files" are packages, which is just a directory
> with a special structure.  You can use "Show Package Contents" from
> the Finder contextual menu, or cd into them using Terminal.  The
> actual
>
> binary is buried inside; to run it UNIX-style, type:
>  > /usr/local/bin/mythfrontend.app/Contents/MacOS/mythfrontend
>
> This will allow you to see the output and pass command-line
> arguments.

I already tried that.

Anyway, I solved the problem... I upgraded my Qt version and forgot to 
update my DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH to the new Qt directory.  50 slaps with a 
wet noodle for me :-)

-JAC


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