[jbeach27]

I just installed Dharma Beta 3 and I am getting the following message when I attempt to run XBMC.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled a few times now and got the same error.

XBMC: Error

CApplication::Create() failed - check log file and that it is writable.

Below is the log file when I launched XBMC.



15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164359168 NOTICE: load settings...
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164363264 NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164363264 NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164363264 ERROR: special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml, Line 0
Failed to open file
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164363264 ERROR: Unable to load special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml, creating new special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml with default values
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164355072 NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164355072 NOTICE: Checking resolution 12
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164355072 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164346880 NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164346880 NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164346880 NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164346880 NOTICE: No advancedsettings.xml to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164346880 NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164346880 NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164346880 NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
15:06:27 T:3892 M:2164346880 NOTICE: Loading media sources from special://masterprofile/sources.xml
15:06:31 T:3892 M:2170957824 WARNING: CRenderSystemDX::CreateDevice - initial wanted device config failed

[jhsrennie]

That's not the complete log file and the important info is missing. Please *don't* post the complete log file here. Upload it to pastebin.com and post the link here.

I would guess you are running XBMC in portable mode on Windows Vista or 7 and you have user access control enabled. This protects C:\Program Files\XBMC so XBMC cannot write to it. The fix is to run XBMC in default mode or (not advised) to turn UAC off.

JR

[mothi]

I've the same error, but only when I'm trying to start XBMC as Windows shell. When started normally, it works fine. Graphic drivers are updated, latest nightly build installed. Tried on two different XP machines, same results.

[jhsrennie]

Please start a new thread and provide a debug log.

JR