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Andrew, Thank you for the kb article... it maybe useful to add a comment to the article in case that doesn't work properly.
If I follow the directions on the KB parallels does not startup but instead gives me "Problem ID: 15381" Unable to start Parallels services.
I found I have to do the following to make it work.
1) Start the service as described in the KB. (You should see the following line.. "WARNING: QApplication was not created in the main() thread."
2) Start Parallels Desktop
3) click on the terminal window and ctrl-c the service then hit up and enter to start the service again.
After starting the service the second time you will see the following and Parallels Desktop loads.
"WARNING: QApplication was not created in the main() thread.
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist: No such file or directory
QFileSystemWatcher::addPath: path is empty
QFileSystemWatcher: failed to add paths: /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports"
Andrew, thanks for the post -- but as you can see, this seems to only work for a small subset of users. When can we expect a fix / when should I be checking the download page? This is crippling.
but do we also have to leave the command running in terminal while Parallels is in use?
Not sure what you mean... You run it before Parallels Desktop start and that's it - no need to run it several times during one session.
sudo /Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/Parallels\ Service.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_disp_service -e &
PID=$!
sleep 2
open /Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.app
kill -SIGINT $PID
sudo /Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/Parallels\ Service.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_disp_service -e &
I mean, do we have to leave the Terminal window open whilst we run Parallels as if I close Terminal, Parallel crashes.
I don't mean running the command more than once.
The workaround has been confirmed. Instructions available at http://kb.parallels.com/122670 help to run Parallels Desktop 9 on Yosemite DP6.
Thanks all for your active participation!
Yes, I would also like to know this. Can you quit terminal after Parallels launches?
Okay, I have a temporary work-around solution.
Open Terminal and type:
sudo /Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/Parallels\ Service.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_disp_service -e
This will launch the dispatcher service. Then you can start Parallels.
Yes if you tell sudo to put the process in the background. Add the '-b' option like so
sudo -b /Applications/Parallels\ Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS/Parallels\ Service.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_disp_service -e
You'll return instantly to your command prompt and you can then close the terminal window. This will persist nicely until you close parallels, which will then kill the service you started, so you'll need to open another window and do it again.