Pro Tools 9.0.1 Crash when loading

[Midilord]

I had Pro Tools 9.0.1 running for two days but then I made one change in preferences. I selected to organize plugins by name and manufacturer and then I got the color wheel. I have not been able to get pro tools up and running since. I have just about tried everything, clean uninstall, reinstall, but I cannot get it to work. My last resort now is to go back to Pro Tools 9.0

Here is part of the last crash report


Process: Pro Tools [232]
Path: /Applications/Digidesign/Pro Tools/Pro Tools.app/Contents/MacOS/Pro Tools
Identifier: com.digidesign.ProTools
Version: 9.0.1 (9.0.1f41)
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [148]

Date/Time: 2011-02-10 16:57:07.465 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.6 (10J567)
Report Version: 6

Interval Since Last Report: -36396 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: -1
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: -6 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 37
Anonymous UUID: A4AF5D7E-7598-40E9-8AEE-21BBD210115E

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Application Specific Information:
__abort() called

Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919e5176 __kill + 10
1 libSystem.B.dylib 0x919e5168 kill$UNIX2003 + 32
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91a7789d raise + 26
3 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91a8d951 __abort + 124
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x91a7062c release_file_streams_for_task + 0
5 ...gidesign.framework.ProTools 0x0097ed3c MFortressHWBPEntryPoint_exit_mfort6317_ + 15231
6 ...gidesign.framework.ProTools 0x00984685 MFortressHWBPEntryPoint_exit_mfort6317_ + 38088
7 ...gidesign.framework.ProTools 0x0098483d MFortressHWBPEntryPoint_exit_mfort6317_ + 38528
8 ...gidesign.framework.ProTools 0x00984e52 MFortressHWBPEntryPoint_exit_mfort6317_ + 40085
9 ...gidesign.framework.ProTools 0x00981544 MFortressHWBPEntryPoint_exit_mfort6317_ + 25479
10 ...gidesign.framework.ProTools 0x00981f27 MFortressHWBPEntryPoint_exit_mfort6317_ + 28010
11 ...gidesign.framework.ProTools 0x01563c44 MFortressHWBPEntryPoint_exit_mfort6317_ + 12487303
12 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x03018a9e TCommandHandler::HandleSetupMenus() + 18
13 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x03011214 TApplication::SetupTheMenus() + 176
14 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x02fff9db TMenuManager::PerformMenuSetup(void (*)(void*), void*) + 91
15 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x03011198 TApplication::SetupTheMenus() + 52
16 ...gidesign.framework.ProTools 0x01c0b80c MFortressHWBPEntryPoint_exit_mfort6317_ + 19465807
17 ...gidesign.framework.ProTools 0x01c0d34a MFortressHWBPEntryPoint_exit_mfort6317_ + 19472781
18 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x03018e85 TCommandHandler::PerformCommand(TCommand*) + 251
19 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x0301944b TCommand::Process() + 31
20 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x0301135e TApplication::ProcessEvent(TEvent*) + 26
21 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x030115b8 TApplication::WakeUp() + 64
22 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x03122c93 TApplication::GetApplicationVersionComponents(Cmn_ PolyVector<long, false>*) + 5659
23 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x968f9ecf DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 1567
24 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x968f9196 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 411
25 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x968f8ff5 SendEventToEventTargetWithOptions + 58
26 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9692dc18 ToolboxEventDispatcherHandler(OpaqueEventHandlerCa llRef*, OpaqueEventRef*, void*) + 3006
27 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x968fa320 DispatchEventToHandlers(EventTargetRec*, OpaqueEventRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 2672
28 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x968f9196 SendEventToEventTargetInternal(OpaqueEventRef*, OpaqueEventTargetRef*, HandlerCallRec*) + 411
29 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x9691ba07 SendEventToEventTarget + 52
30 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x96aa4d2b ToolboxEventDispatcher + 86
31 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x96aa4e63 RunApplicationEventLoop + 243
32 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x03129365 DFW_EventLoop::RunApplicationEventLoop() + 11
33 com.digidesign.framework.DFW 0x03010f7f TApplication::Run() + 45
34 ...gidesign.framework.ProTools 0x01db8116 LaunchProTools + 5121
35 com.digidesign.ProTools 0x0000f735 0x1000 + 59189
36 com.digidesign.ProTools 0x0000e98f 0x1000 + 55695
37 com.digidesign.ProTools 0x0000e8bd 0x1000 + 55485
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[suicune]

Was trashing preferences amongst the 'everything' you've tried?

[Midilord]

Yes but that didn't work either. What did finally work was repair disk permissions.

[Mark Wheaton]

I had a problem with PT 9.0.1 not finishing it's load stalling at Checking Peripherals and forcing a Force Quit. It turned out, I had turned on Spotlight to do a search earlier in the day. Spotlight, while indexing a drive, seems to stall pro tools launches. Just putting any media drive in the privacy column of the Spotlight pref panel will solve that problem, but this may not be what you are experiencing.