Unable to start cs3 server on os x 10.6.3

[mhoehn@hotmail.de]

After starting from a shell server terminates with following error:

Sun Jun  6 12:28:11 2010 INFO    [Server] Initialisierung
Sun Jun  6 12:28:11 2010 INFO    [Server] Anwendung wird geladen
Sun Jun  6 12:28:11 2010 INFO    [Server] Zusatzmodule werden gesucht
Sun Jun  6 12:28:11 2010 INFO    [Server] 105 Zusatzmodule werden registriert
Sun Jun  6 12:28:13 2010 INFO    [Server] Objektmodell wird fertig gestellt
Sun Jun  6 12:28:13 2010 INFO    [Server] Objektmodell wird gespeichert
Sun Jun  6 12:28:13 2010 INFO    [Server] Zusatzmodule werden initialisiert
Sun Jun  6 12:28:13 2010 INFO    [Server] "Early Initializers" werden aufgerufen
Sun Jun  6 12:28:13 2010 INFO    [Server] Dienstregistrierung wird gestartet
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'devtech::LM_exception'
  what():  Can't find user application support folder!
./startup_id3.sh: line 4: 68749 Abort trap              InDesignServer.app/Contents/MacOS/InDesignServer -iorfile "/ior.txt" -pluginpath "Server/Corba" -previews
sh-3.2#

Any idea for a solution?

[Dirk Becker]

No experiences here with that exact combination.

Something general:

Make sure access rights on the application support folder are correctly set for the user account that you're using to launch InDesign.

Run the OSX repair privileges utility.

Compare the general folder structure to your desktop installation, or the earlier installation (replacing an old hardware?).

If that fails:

Launch the application from within Instruments (which comes with the optional installation of developer tools, e.g. XCode)

Trace file access and watch out for error results.

Dirk