2.2.0-rc2 fails to install on BigSur 11.1

Well, I lost my patience after 30 minutes looking at the white "welcome" window.
Any suggestions?
MacBookAir - M1 chip - 16GB - Big Sur 11.1
Thanks
C

Hi

Anyone experience problem with LibreCad and Mac OS X Big Sur?

Best regards
Peter

2.1.3 release works fine so I will use that instead

Many thanks for reporting this.
Have you tried older packages too?
It's important to know, if this is a problem with -rc2 only or if the older packages fail too.

I added messages to the download sites to warn other Mac users.

The M1-Chip is bleeding edge in the Mac world, nor do we have test hardware for this nor a maintainer with that hadware/macOS version.
Even better, that you reported this.

It will be a while before we can fix this, depending on when we find a maintainer or get appropriate hardware.
If anyone feels addressed, don't hesitate to get in touch.

Hello. I have just downloaded the V2 dmg package and installed it on a machine running Big Sur 11.1.

The package appears to install OK but does not present a user interface. checking its status (click and hold on dock icon) shows the app to be "Not Responding" and offers the option to "Force Quit".

Activity monitor shows the app to be burning 99.8% processor!

CPU tab:

 LibreCAD (Not Responding) 99.7 25:44.21 2 0 0.0 0.00 18885 eric 4.32 GB 130 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 0 0 bytes 0 bytes (null) - No No 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes Intel No No No 0 bytes 0 bytes (null)
 

Memory tab:

LibreCAD (Not Responding) 4.27 GB 2 130 18885 eric 100.0 25:13.39 1 0.0 0.00 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 0 0 bytes 0 bytes (null) - No No 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes Intel No No No 0 bytes 0 bytes (null)

Energy tab:

 LibreCAD (Not Responding) 99.9 3.69 No No eric 99.9 26:42.25 0 0.0 0.00 18885 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 0 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes Intel No No No 0 bytes 0 bytes

Disk tab:

 LibreCAD (Not Responding) 0 bytes 3.7 MB 18885 eric (null) - No No 100.0 27:18.77 (null) 0.0 0.00 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 0 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes Intel No No No 0 bytes 0 bytes (null)

Network tab:

 LibreCAD (Not Responding) 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 0 18885 eric 0 bytes 3.7 MB (null) - No No 99.9 27:48.68 (null) 0.0 0.00 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes 0 bytes Intel No No No 0 bytes 0 bytes (null)

Let me know if there is anything else that might be useful.

Can you please add information about your Mac hardware.

I tried the rc1, with identical result.
I will try older packages and report back.

They were all build in the same environment, so I expect same results, don't put too much effort in this.
The question for me was if something happened to that environment.
But as rc1 worked so far, I assume issues with Big Sur or M1-Chip.
I'm curious about the hardware of recumberic, maybe this brings new insights.

Hi Lord,

version 2.13 installs & starts in a matter of seconds.
No suspicious CPU / GPU activity recorded like described from recumberic.

LC data:

Version: 2.1.3
Compiler: Clang 8.0.0
Erstellt am: Sep 22 2016
Qt Version: 5.6.1
Boost Version: 1.60.0
System: OS X 10.16

Hardware data:

 Modell-Identification: MacBookAir10,1
  Chip: Apple M1
  Number of cores: 8
  Memory: 16 GB
  Systemfirmwareversion: 6723.61.3


Thanks
C

Hi @Lord and @Catalys

I also had problem on 2.2-0.rc-2 .dmg on my MacBook Pro i7, Big Sur 11.1.
Application start hanging and does not start.
Same problem on 2.2.0.rc-1

No problem, with vers 2.1.3.

I compiled source code from from 2.2.0-rc.2
https://librecad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/appx/build.html

And the LibreCad.app compiled is working.
Let me know if I can share it or do you need other info.

Thanks

Many thanks @savokov for your efforts.

I can't prove this, but my assumption is not the app, but some libraries may be missing or different on Big Sur.
So the app itself wouldn't solve this issue.

If you want to give it a try, there is a build-osx.sh script in the scripts folder.
When you open a terminal and change to the LibreCAD/scrips folder, you can run this script with ./build-osx.sh.
If everything runs well, this should result in a LibreCAD.dmg file in the LibreCAD root folder.
This package should contain everything needed to deploy it on Big Sur.
When this succeeds you can get in touch how to send it to me and I can publish it on the download sites then.

Armin

I have tried various different sources and versions but Mac's BigSpur operating system will not allow LibreCAD to be installed. Mac OS wants to immediately put the installer and the DMG into the trash. Until Apple recognises LibreCAD as a legitimate software you will not be able to use it if you have installed BigSpur.

I was trying with V2.2 in my MacBook Pro M1 and you can not even open it. I went back again with V2.1.3. I hope you can fix this soon :)

2.2.0 RC2 does not like my Intel 2015 MacBook Pro with macOS 11.1. It hangs with a blank outline of the Welcome screen.

2.1.3 seems fine. I'm new to LibreCAD, but I can at least draw a few rectangles, save, close and re-open the document.

I've got a new DMG package which was build by a community member on Big Sur, but not on a M1 system.
Many thanks!
It can be  downloaded now from Sourceforge and GitHub.

Please report success or failure here.

Armin

Thank you Armin. The build from LibreCAD-2.2.0-rc2-BigSur.dmg loads fine on my Intel Mac with macOS 11.2.1.

Hello,

LibreCAD-2.2.0-rc2-BigSur.dmg seems working fine on my Macbook Air M1 (macOS 11.2.1).
(LibreCAD-2.2.0-rc2.dmg did not work)

Thank you!!

Just wanting to confirm succesfull installation and running:

LibreCAD-2.2.0-rc2-BigSur.dmg:
Version: 2.2.0-rc2
Compiler: Clang 12.0.0
Compiled on: Feb 15 2021
Qt Version: 5.15.2
Boost Version: 1.71.0
System: macOS 11.2

On Mac mini (Late 2014) Dual-Core Intel Core i5 running:
System Version: macOS 11.2.3 (20D91)
Kernel Version: Darwin 20.3.0
Boot Mode: Normal
Secure Virtual Memory: Enabled
System Integrity Protection: Enabled

Great to hear that!

Many thanks @chazzo, @MizTor and @Twist for reporting.

Chiming in that this is working on my Macbook Pro with the M1. Hopefully this isn't a necro post, there is a link to it in the downloads page to report success/failure.