Can't start QtCreator on macOS BigSur

[ea4k]

I am a long time Qt Creator user.
A couple of days ago I updated my Qt software using the Qt Maintenance Tool and updated Qt Creator to the latest version.
Since then I am not able to start Qt Creator.

When I start it I see an error showing the following text:
"The last time you started Qt Creator, it seems to have closed because of a problem with the "Debugger" plugin. Temporarily disable the plugin?"

If I reopen I see the following text:
"The last time you started Qt Creator, it seems to have closed because of a problem with the "FakeVim" plugin. Temporarily disable the plugin?"

My configuration is the following:

I have tried MANY times to remove it all and install again, deleting or not the .config/QtProject folder.
I have even done a FULL/CLEAN reinstall of the operating system with not success... getting the same error when installing the Qt software... so I guess the issue is in the latest Qt update.

Do you have a hint to help me to start Qt Creator?
Thanks!

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

I would try to start it from the command line, you might get better hints about what is happening seeing the application output.

[ea4k]

@SGaist Thank you very much for your answer.
This is what I get when I run QT Creator from the shell:

qt.qpa.dialogs: Message box contains detailed text
qt.qpa.dialogs: Message box contains detailed text
SOFT ASSERT [20:34:42.425]: "!Base::nameToUidMap().contains(QLatin1String(typeid(T).name())) || Base::nameToUidMap().value(QLatin1String(typeid(T).name())) == name" in /Users/qt/work/build/qt-creator/src/libs/modelinglib/qtserialization/inc/qark/typeregistry.h:80
SOFT ASSERT [20:34:42.425]: "!Base::nameToUidMap().contains(QLatin1String(typeid(T).name())) || Base::nameToUidMap().value(QLatin1String(typeid(T).name())) == name" in /Users/qt/work/build/qt-creator/src/libs/modelinglib/qtserialization/inc/qark/typeregistry.h:80
zsh: segmentation fault ./Qt\ Creator

[SGaist]

Something is not clear here, did you compile Qt Creator yourself ?

[ea4k]

@SGaist No, I used the official Qt online installer (qt-online-installer-macOS-x64-4.8.0)... in a clean system.
It includes the latest version of QT Creator, 14.

On the other hand, I have installed the offline package: Qt Creator 10.0.2 from (https://download.qt.io/archive/qtcreator/10.0/10.0.2/) and it works... so I would say it is a bug of the last package or a new incompatibility with old macOS versions.

By the way, as a new user I am not allowed to post frequently until I get reputation points so sorry if my answer is delayed) :-(

[cristian-adam]

Have a look at https://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-how-to-find-settings-files.html

You can start Qt Creator with -tcs to have temporary settings. If this works, then there is something with the configuration, something that prevents things to start.

You can also start with the environment variable QT_LOGGING_RULES=qtc*=true to get logging from Qt Creator, this should help point in the right direction.

[ea4k]

Thank you!
Unfortunately this is what it happens when I run QtCreator -tcs, it segfault.

d@ds-MacBook-Pro MacOS % ./Qt\ Creator -tcs
Failed to initialize instances shared memory: "QSharedMemory::handle: doesn't exist"
SOFT ASSERT [12:49:53.000]: "!Base::nameToUidMap().contains(QLatin1String(typeid(T).name())) || Base::nameToUidMap().value(QLatin1String(typeid(T).name())) == name" in /Users/qt/work/build/qt-creator/src/libs/modelinglib/qtserialization/inc/qark/typeregistry.h:80
SOFT ASSERT [12:49:53.000]: "!Base::nameToUidMap().contains(QLatin1String(typeid(T).name())) || Base::nameToUidMap().value(QLatin1String(typeid(T).name())) == name" in /Users/qt/work/build/qt-creator/src/libs/modelinglib/qtserialization/inc/qark/typeregistry.h:80
zsh: segmentation fault ./Qt\ Creator -tcs
d@ds-MacBook-Pro MacOS %

If I check the macOS report that can be sent, it says:
Process: Qt Creator [7090]
Path: /Users/USER/*/Qt Creator.app/Contents/MacOS/./Qt Creator
Identifier: org.qt-project.qtcreator
Version: 14.0.0 (14.0.0)
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: zsh [4997]
Responsible: iTerm2 [350]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2024-08-01 12:52:40.575 +0200
OS Version: macOS 11.7.10 (20G1427)
Report Version: 12
Anonymous UUID: 8D2ED072-769B-4B4C-904F-B46EBFFFA30A

Sleep/Wake UUID: 1D5237C3-02B2-4BD5-B5DC-7ACB1303BD8D

Time Awake Since Boot: 3500 seconds
Time Since Wake: 290 seconds

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: EXC_I386_GPFLT
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Signal: Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process: exc handler [7090]

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff2045e3fe __cxxabiv1::__si_class_type_info::search_below_dst(__cxxabiv1::__dynamic_cast_info*, void const*, int, bool) const + 222
1 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff2045dc45 __dynamic_cast + 184
2 libUtils.14.0.0.dylib 0x000000010658e155 Utils::AspectContainer::forEachAspect(std::__1::function<void (Utils::BaseAspect*)> const&) const + 101
3 libDebugger.dylib 0x000000011074c2f4 0x1106a8000 + 672500
4 libDebugger.dylib 0x000000011074a87b 0x1106a8000 + 665723
5 libDebugger.dylib 0x00000001107acf95 0x1106a8000 + 1068949
6 libDebugger.dylib 0x00000001107ae47c 0x1106a8000 + 1074300
7 libDebugger.dylib 0x00000001107bd167 0x1106a8000 + 1134951
8 libExtensionSystem.14.0.0.dylib 0x0000000106509f28 0x1064cc000 + 253736
9 libExtensionSystem.14.0.0.dylib 0x00000001064ee805 0x1064cc000 + 141317
10 libExtensionSystem.14.0.0.dylib 0x00000001064e4562 0x1064cc000 + 99682
11 org.qt-project.qtcreator 0x00000001064a09c7 0x106492000 + 59847
12 libdyld.dylib 0x00007fff204b4f3d start + 1

Thread 1:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff20495420 start_wqthread + 0

Thread 2:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff20495420 start_wqthread + 0

Thread 3:
0 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff20495420 start_wqthread + 0

Thread 4:: com.apple.CFSocket.private
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff2046c636 __select + 10
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff205b83f3 __CFSocketManager + 630
2 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff204998fc _pthread_start + 224
3 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff20495443 thread_start + 15

Thread 5:: Thread (pooled)
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff20466cbe __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff20499e49 _pthread_cond_wait + 1298
2 org.qt-project.QtCore 0x0000000107e2a794 0x107c04000 + 2254740
3 org.qt-project.QtCore 0x0000000107e2a655 QWaitCondition::wait(QMutex*, QDeadlineTimer) + 85
4 org.qt-project.QtCore 0x0000000107e24f7d 0x107c04000 + 2232189
5 org.qt-project.QtCore 0x0000000107e1ce69 0x107c04000 + 2199145
6 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff204998fc _pthread_start + 224
7 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x00007fff20495443 thread_start + 15

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x01000007feedfacf rbx: 0x00007ffee976c5f8 rcx: 0x0000000000000001 rdx: 0x00000001067e69bd
rdi: 0x0000000106541000 rsi: 0x00007ffee976c5f8 rbp: 0x00007ffee976c5e0 rsp: 0x00007ffee976c5b0
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000107fddb70 r10: 0x000000000000000f r11: 0x000000010658e0f0
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000106889340 r14: 0x00000001109ceac8 r15: 0x0000000106889340
rip: 0x00007fff2045e3fe rfl: 0x0000000000010283 cr2: 0x00007fade8997020

Logical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x00000000
Trap Number: 13

Thread 0 instruction stream:
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Thread 0 last branch register state not available.

Binary Images:
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0x1064cc000 - 0x10651bfff +libExtensionSystem.14.0.0.dylib (0) <A63C1B36-7A79-3024-9C48-638C5D22FC56> /Users/USER//Qt Creator.app/Contents/Frameworks/libExtensionSystem.14.0.0.dylib
0x106541000 - 0x106884fff +libUtils.14.0.0.dylib (0) <E31C1EAF-4982-3240-A548-261807D8B8B3> /Users/USER//Qt Creator.app/Contents/Frameworks/libUtils.14.0.0.dylib
0x106992000 - 0x106999fff +libAggregation.14.0.0.dylib (0) <2796FC5E-A841-3C9D-8E32-35F672CF73AE> /Users/USER//Qt Creator.app/Contents/Frameworks/libAggregation.14.0.0.dylib

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[cristian-adam]

This issue is being tracked at https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-31354

Currently there is no solution to the issue.

[cristian-adam]

And it's a Xcode 15 side effect, as per https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77193298/crash-running-app-build-on-macos-13-6-clang-15-when-running-on-macos-11-dyna

[cristian-adam]

Alternatively you could try out an alternative build from Release v14.0.0 · qt-creator/qt-creator (github.com)

GitHub Actions have a newer Xcode installation for the macos-latest hosted runner.

[ea4k]

@cristian-adam Thank you for the information. I will follow the bug report.