Parallels Desktop 8 Installer crashes

SteveHowes

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I was psyched to buy my upgrade to Parallels 8 today, but this quickly turned to disappointment.

I'm running Mac OS 10.8.1 on a 2012 MacBook Air, and previously ran Parallels 7 wonderfully. When I start the Parallels 8 installer, I'm prompted to accept the license agreement, and immediately afterward the installer (v ParallelsDesktop-8.0.18085.795013.dmg) crashes. I've re-dlownloaded the installer, I tried removing parallels 7 and all supporting files, and trying again but no dice.

Any advice before I ask for a refund?

Many Thanks,

Steve
 
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Same thing here

Same thing here. PD8 installer crashes immediately on 2007 MacPro running Lion and 2012 Macbook Air i7 running Mountain Lion.

Please give me a fix or my $50 back until you have a fix. Thanks.

Bud
 
PD8 install crash

I tried rebooting my Mac Pro running Lion and still cannot get the installer to run.

On my MacBook Air 2012 i7, I was able to complete the installation without any problems.

Bud
 
SteveHowes, Wheezer, BudJ more detailed information needed.
Please, press "Report..." button in crash message box, then copy text from "Problem Details and System Configuration" and post it here (or send to me).
 
Solved!

Folks,

I just got off a Parallels Chat Support session, and found my solution. My issue was trying to run the Installer from behind my company's firewall. In order to set up a remote session, I had to disconnect from the corporate network and re-conned via my Verizon MiFi .. and at that point the Installer worked just great. The first thing the installer does is try to update itself, and I'm guessing if it can't connect back, it crashes.

Thanks all,

S
 
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PD8 installer crashes after clicking "Accept" on 2007 MacPro

I have no firewall at home and I still the Parallels 8 installer crashes 100% of the time after clicking "Accept" to the disclosures.

As requested, here is the debugging info from the crash:


Process: prl_installer [1115]
Path: /Volumes/VOLUME/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_installer
Identifier: com.parallels.desktop.console
Version: 8.0 (18085.795013)
Build Info: Parallels-18085.795013~8.0.18085.795013
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: Install [1113]

Date/Time: 2012-08-31 18:13:50.049 -0400
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E53)
Report Version: 9

Interval Since Last Report: -8242 sec
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 9 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 15
Anonymous UUID: 9B18C251-DC3F-4CA5-9F9D-2B0CCD7CCFD7

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

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: 0x000000000000000d, 0x0000000000000000

VM Regions Near 0:
-->
__TEXT 0000000100000000-0000000103097000 [ 48.6M] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Volumes/VOLUME/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_installer

Application Specific Information:
objc[1115]: garbage collection is OFF

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff90994e38 _cache_getImp + 4
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff909972a4 lookUpMethod + 40
2 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff90999a5c class_respondsToSelector + 26
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86118002 objectIsKindOfClass + 66
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff861a22d9 __handleUncaughtException + 57
5 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff909a21b0 _objc_terminate + 85
6 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff86c78001 safe_handler_caller(void (*)()) + 11
7 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff86c7805c std::terminate() + 16
8 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff86c791e9 __cxa_rethrow + 88
9 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e61121 QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 801
10 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e6337c QCoreApplication::exec() + 188
11 prl_installer 0x0000000100092e14 0x100000000 + 601620
12 prl_installer 0x000000010000c374 start + 52

Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff864b07e6 kevent + 10
1 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8dc0e78a _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 923
2 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8dc0d31a _dispatch_mgr_thread + 54

Thread 2:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff864b0192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce97594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce98b85 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 3:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff864b0192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce97594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce98b85 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 4:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff864b0192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce97594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce98b85 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 5:: com.apple.CFSocket.private
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff864afdf2 __select + 10
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff860f5c8b __CFSocketManager + 1355
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce958bf _pthread_start + 335
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce98b75 thread_start + 13

Thread 6:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff864afbca __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce99274 _pthread_cond_wait + 840
2 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d4f840 QWaitCondition::wait(QMutex*, unsigned long) + 272
3 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d41ea2 QThreadPool::~QThreadPool() + 514
4 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d4f3ba QThread::terminate() + 762
5 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce958bf _pthread_start + 335
6 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce98b75 thread_start + 13

Thread 7:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff864afdf2 __select + 10
1 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e91505 qt_safe_select(int, fd_set*, fd_set*, fd_set*, timeval const*) + 389
2 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e957e3 QEventDispatcherUNIXPrivate::doSelect(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>, timeval*) + 435
3 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e95cb2 QEventDispatcherUNIX::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 178
4 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e60b94 QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 68
5 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e60f44 QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 324
6 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d4bd08 QThread::exec() + 312
7 libprl_sdk.5.dylib 0x000000010450ffe4 0x104398000 + 1540068
8 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d4f3ba QThread::terminate() + 762
9 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce958bf _pthread_start + 335
10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce98b75 thread_start + 13

Thread 8:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff864afdf2 __select + 10
1 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e35640 QFSFileEngine::fileName(QAbstractFileEngine::FileName) const + 21488
2 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d4f3ba QThread::terminate() + 762
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce958bf _pthread_start + 335
4 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8ce98b75 thread_start + 13

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0xb000000000000000 rbx: 0x0000000000000000 rcx: 0x0000000000000001 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0xb000000000000000 rsi: 0x00007fff8d7c82f0 rbp: 0x00007fff5fbffa60 rsp: 0x00007fff5fbffa20
r8: 0x00007fff751596e8 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000102e14d89 r11: 0xb000000000000000
r12: 0x000000010907b200 r13: 0x0000000109207088 r14: 0x00007fff8d7c82f0 r15: 0xb000000000000000
rip: 0x00007fff90994e38 rfl: 0x0000000000010202 cr2: 0x00007fff909a215b
Logical CPU: 3

Binary Images:
0x100000000 - 0x103096ff7 +prl_installer (??? - ???) /Volumes/VOLUME/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_installer
0x1032a7000 - 0x10421efd7 +libPrlGui.1.dylib (??? - ???) /Volumes/VOLUME/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/Frameworks/libPrlGui.1.dylib
0x10438a000 - 0x104391ff7 +libPrlWebWidgets.1.dylib (??? - ???) /Volumes/VOLUME/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/Frameworks/libPrlWebWidgets.1.dylib
0x104398000 - 0x10553dfef +libprl_sdk.5.dylib (5.0.0 - compatibility 5.0.0) /Volumes/VOLUME/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/Frameworks/ParallelsVirtualizationSDK.framework/Versions/5/Libraries/libprl_sdk.5.dylib
0x105684000 - 0x105a10ff7 +QtDeclarativePrl (4.8.0 - compatibility 4.8.0) <09159252-329D-BFBC-B398-5F8B025575F8> /Volumes/VOLUME/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtDeclarativePrl.framework/Versions/4/QtDeclarativePrl
0x105abe000 - 0x105cc9fe7 +QtScriptPrl (4.8.0 - compatibility 4.8.0) <2FA5623E-8E41-8358-7657-126177EA1A3C> /Volumes/VOLUME/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtScriptPrl.framework/Versions/4/QtScriptPrl
0x105d27000 - 0x105fecfff +QtCorePrl (4.8 - ???) <1D6E3C84-48A5-3F8C-21C7-3E5EE22078A9> /Volumes/VOLUME/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/Frameworks/QtCorePrl.framework/Versions/4/QtCorePrl
0x10605c000 - 0x1060acfef +QtSvgPrl (4.8.0 - compatibility 4.8.0) <FD84742C-A8A5-587B-EAE0-182776BCB99A> /Volumes/VOLUME/Parallels
 
Same here as well

Process: prl_installer [833]
Path: /Volumes/VOLUME/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_installer
Identifier: com.parallels.desktop.console
Version: 8.0 (18100.795512)
Build Info: Parallels-18100.795512~8.0.18100.795512
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: Install [830]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2012-09-01 16:09:54.884 +0200
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.8.1 (12B19)
Report Version: 10

Interval Since Last Report: 44920 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 4
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 33 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 4
Anonymous UUID: 8CA21A5C-988B-4A1A-AB81-A258D6AFA4BC

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

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: EXC_I386_GPFLT

Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff88ad9278 _cache_getImp + 4
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff88adaf51 lookUpMethod + 41
2 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff88adcd5e class_respondsToSelector + 31
3 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8c8c47ab objectIsKindOfClass + 43
4 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8c9589ea __handleUncaughtException + 58
5 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff88ae48ea _objc_terminate() + 82
6 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff83c23965 safe_handler_caller(void (*)()) + 8
7 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff83c239c0 std::terminate() + 16
8 libc++abi.dylib 0x00007fff83c24bb7 __cxa_rethrow + 85
9 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e61121 QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 801
10 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e6337c QCoreApplication::exec() + 188
11 prl_installer 0x0000000100092e14 0x100000000 + 601620
12 prl_installer 0x000000010000c374 start + 52

Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8c7c4d16 kevent + 10
1 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a048e26 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 883
2 libdispatch.dylib 0x00007fff8a048a2a _dispatch_mgr_thread + 54

Thread 2:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8c7c46d6 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdff2c _pthread_workq_return + 25
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdfcf3 _pthread_wqthread + 412
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfca1b1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 3:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8c7c46d6 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdff2c _pthread_workq_return + 25
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdfcf3 _pthread_wqthread + 412
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfca1b1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 4:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8c7c46d6 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdff2c _pthread_workq_return + 25
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdfcf3 _pthread_wqthread + 412
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfca1b1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 5:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8c7c46d6 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdff2c _pthread_workq_return + 25
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdfcf3 _pthread_wqthread + 412
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfca1b1 start_wqthread + 13

Thread 6:: com.apple.CFSocket.private
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8c7c4322 __select + 10
1 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x00007fff8c8a5bf6 __CFSocketManager + 1302
2 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdd782 _pthread_start + 327
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfca1c1 thread_start + 13

Thread 7:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8c7c40fa __psynch_cvwait + 10
1 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfe1fc9 _pthread_cond_wait + 869
2 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d4f840 QWaitCondition::wait(QMutex*, unsigned long) + 272
3 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d41ea2 QThreadPool::~QThreadPool() + 514
4 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d4f3ba QThread::terminate() + 762
5 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdd782 _pthread_start + 327
6 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfca1c1 thread_start + 13

Thread 8:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8c7c4322 __select + 10
1 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e91505 qt_safe_select(int, fd_set*, fd_set*, fd_set*, timeval const*) + 389
2 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e957e3 QEventDispatcherUNIXPrivate::doSelect(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>, timeval*) + 435
3 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e95cb2 QEventDispatcherUNIX::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 178
4 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e60b94 QEventLoop::processEvents(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 68
5 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e60f44 QEventLoop::exec(QFlags<QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlag>) + 324
6 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d4bd08 QThread::exec() + 312
7 libprl_sdk.5.dylib 0x000000010450ffe4 0x104398000 + 1540068
8 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d4f3ba QThread::terminate() + 762
9 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdd782 _pthread_start + 327
10 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfca1c1 thread_start + 13

Thread 9:
0 libsystem_kernel.dylib 0x00007fff8c7c4322 __select + 10
1 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105e35640 QFSFileEngine::fileName(QAbstractFileEngine::FileName) const + 21488
2 QtCorePrl 0x0000000105d4f3ba QThread::terminate() + 762
3 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfdd782 _pthread_start + 327
4 libsystem_c.dylib 0x00007fff8cfca1c1 thread_start + 13

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0xa000000010e05400 rbx: 0x00007fff74517810 rcx: 0x0000000000000001 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0xa000000010e05414 rsi: 0x00007fff87e7bf93 rbp: 0x00007fff5fbffa90 rsp: 0x00007fff5fbffa50
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0xa000000010e05414
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0xa000000010e05414 r15: 0x00007fff87e7bf93
rip: 0x00007fff88ad9278 rfl: 0x0000000000010202 cr2: 0x00000001028b3d80
Logical CPU: 0
 
Folks,
thank you everyone for posting, we're aware and investigating the issue. I'll keep you informed.

Regards,
Hanna
 
Hey,
could you please reproduce the crash and right after it go to Applications/Utilities/Console, find system.log there in left panel and send it to [email protected]?

Thanks in advance,
Hanna
 
Hey,
does anyone here use tablet with his host? We reproduced the crash using tablet and now trying to understand if this could be a root cause.

Regards,
Hanna
 
I have a Wacom Pen&Touch (driver 5.2.5-3). Unplugged it for the install, replugged after, and now everything's working great.
Thanks for the help
 
Yes, I use a Wacom Intuos 5

All I had to do was unplug it and it installed normally.

Thanks for the help!

Brett
 
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Yahoo! So we're right :)
Thank you so much, guys! Working on it now.

Regards,
Hanna
 
Your so wrong....Have the same issue and NO tablets installed......Its obvious that no one there has any idea to what the solution is......I tried to install on 4 machines all with mountain lion and 3 had no tablets installed and they all had same issue and crash report. It's obvious still in beta trail and should charge for such buggy software
 
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