vrod

vrod

:observer.start() crashes in ASDF Elixir

When I do :observer.start() from inside an iex session, erlang crashes with segmentation fault. I tried brew install wxmac to deal with the errors described here Elixir with ASDF: troubleshooting :observer.start - #2 by l00ker
But that’s when the crashes started. The log is very long has many lines:

./src/common/object.cpp(251): assert "classTable->Get(m_className) == NULL" failed in Register(): Class "wxXmlResourceHandler" already in RTTI table - have you used IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS() multiple times or linked some object file twice)?

I have these versions:

asdf install erlang 23.1.2
asdf install elixir 1.11.2-otp-23

running on OS X 11.2.1 Big Sur.

Does anyone have ideas what I should try? Thank you!

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WestKeys

WestKeys

had similar issue not too long ago

did u try just reinstalling elixir via asdf and if that doesnt work reinstalling asdf itself?

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drl123

drl123

wxmac has to be installed when/before Erlang is compiled. Observer runs in Erlang, not Elixir, so reinstalling Elixir alone will not help you. Remove your Erlang installation and reinstall, now that you have wxmac installed and it should work for you.

(PS…check the ASDF Erlang plugin readme for any other dependencies you may need before compiling Erlang again. It’s pretty well detailed).

vrod

vrod

I followed this: segmentation fault when starting observer (macOS Big Sur) · Issue #183 · asdf-vm/asdf-erlang · GitHub

it worked for me running

asdf install erlang 23.1.2
asdf install elixir 1.11.2-otp-23

on BigSur

Thank you!

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