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Monodevelop error message when opening
Im on a mac book pro and every time i try to script anything this error message comes up on the screen saying,
MonoDevelop-Unity failed to start. The following error has been reported: Unrecognized image file format
GLib.GException: Unrecognized image file format at Gdk.PixbufLoader.Close () [0x00000] in :0 at Gdk.PixbufLoader.InitFromAssemblyResource (System.Reflection.Assembly assembly, System.String resource) [0x00000]
I've tried uninstalling unity several times and the same message keeps coming back.
Has anyone figured out why this happens? I've contacted Unity customer support and submitted a bug but they don't seem to care. I'm actually using UE4 now because I'm sick of these issues, I have some work I'd like to finish though!
Answer by cruser42 · Feb 04, 2014 at 11:43 PM
I have the exact same issue in osx 10.9.1
GLib.GException: Unrecognized image file format
at Gdk.PixbufLoader.Close () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Gdk.PixbufLoader.InitFromAssemblyResource (System.Reflection.Assembly assembly, System.String resource) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Gdk.PixbufLoader..ctor (System.Reflection.Assembly assembly, System.String resource) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Gdk.Pixbuf..ctor (System.Reflection.Assembly assembly, System.String resource) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at Gdk.Pixbuf.LoadFromResource (System.String resource) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at MonoDevelop.Components.MainToolbar.ButtonBar..ctor () [0x00043] in /BuildAgent/work/9ffd76bfa3f1a926/monodevelop/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Ide/MonoDevelop.Components.MainToolbar/ButtonBar.cs:60
at MonoDevelop.Components.MainToolbar.MainToolbar..ctor () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at MonoDevelop.MacIntegration.MacPlatformService.CreateMainToolbar (Gtk.Window window) [0x00040] in /BuildAgent/work/9ffd76bfa3f1a926/monodevelop/main/src/addins/MacPlatform/MacPlatform.cs:601
at MonoDevelop.Ide.DesktopService.CreateMainToolbar (Gtk.Window window) [0x00000] in /BuildAgent/work/9ffd76bfa3f1a926/monodevelop/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Ide/MonoDevelop.Ide/DesktopService.cs:230
at MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.DefaultWorkbench.CreateComponents () [0x00025] in /BuildAgent/work/9ffd76bfa3f1a926/monodevelop/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Ide/MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui/DefaultWorkbench.cs:811
at MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.DefaultWorkbench.InitializeLayout () [0x00064] in /BuildAgent/work/9ffd76bfa3f1a926/monodevelop/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Ide/MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui/DefaultWorkbench.cs:796
at MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui.Workbench.Initialize (IProgressMonitor monitor) [0x0008a] in /BuildAgent/work/9ffd76bfa3f1a926/monodevelop/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Ide/MonoDevelop.Ide.Gui/Workbench.cs:96
at MonoDevelop.Ide.IdeApp.Initialize (IProgressMonitor monitor) [0x00155] in /BuildAgent/work/9ffd76bfa3f1a926/monodevelop/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Ide/MonoDevelop.Ide/Ide.cs:208
at MonoDevelop.Ide.IdeStartup.Run (MonoDevelop.Ide.MonoDevelopOptions options) [0x00587] in /BuildAgent/work/9ffd76bfa3f1a926/monodevelop/main/src/core/MonoDevelop.Ide/MonoDevelop.Ide/IdeStartup.cs:247
What I did to keep working was get monodevelop directly from the source: http://monodevelop.com/ , not the unity branded version. The free version of xamarin studio that they link to in the downloads page was fine for my purposes. I do hope that they fix this. It looks bad when a piece of software this expensive doesn't turn on.
glad im not the only one with this problem and I'm running on the same osx as you to
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