Every time I open Lightroom I get a series of issues, eventually leading (every time) to a complete lockup, requiring a restart of the whole computer.

Usually LR will run sweetly for a few minutes, then the screen started getting a bunch of artifacts flickering across it. Things get a little choppy. Sometimes it freezes up right then, sometimes it ends up looking like this: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v680/ixo...t=lr-error1.jpg (that's a screenshot I grabbed during one episode).

In the end, it always freezes.

If I look at the system logs, I consistently see this:

"May 1 16:18:17 ryMac /Applications/Adobe Lightroom.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Lightroom: CGContextClosePath: no current point.
May 1 16:19:09 ryMac /Applications/Adobe Lightroom.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Lightroom: CGContextClosePath: no current point.
May 1 16:19:09 ryMac /Applications/Adobe Lightroom.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Lightroom: CGContextClosePath: no current point.
May 1 16:19:09 ryMac /Applications/Adobe Lightroom.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Lightroom: CGContextClosePath: no current point.
May 1 16:19:09 ryMac /Applications/Adobe Lightroom.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Lightroom: CGContextClosePath: no current point.
May 1 16:25:33 ryMac kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
May 1 16:25:39 ryMac kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted.
May 1 16:25:44 ryMac kernel[0]: Graphics chip error! Restarted."

The "CGContextClosePath..." series is often repeated for several dozen lines.

WTF? Why did I even buy a Mac if it's going to suck worse than a PC? This is on a 24" iMac, 2.16 C2D, 2gb RAM, 7600GT video card.

Any help would be appreciated, since it would be nice to actually be able to work for more than 5 minutes without having to restart.

Ah, an Intel chip. [scurries away writing in his notebook]

Actually, I have great respect for the folks at Intel -- especially those living in Hillsboro -- specifically my brother-in-law.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

Wow, never seen that before. I googled your error message and found this:
http://weblog.mrbill.net/archives/2005/02/...dware-problems/

Good find, Andy, I hadn't seen that one. I wonder if it could be the same root cause, even though that was with a G5 iMac and mine's Intel chipped? Hmm ... looks like Apple Care will be getting a call on the telly tomorrow.

this honestly has nothing to do with apple or apple care. call adobe tech support.... this is an adobe issue, not apple's fault. I run LR on a quad G5 and 1.66GHZ Intel Core2 Duo MacBook pro with no problems at all.

I concur, I have a 24" imac with intel and a new mac book pro and I've been running LR for a month and no probs at all to speak of. Hope you get this figured out and quick!!

Ryan- that's lame, I hate computer issues.
I have to agree with Trevor that it sounds like a software thing. Have you tried a re-install? That would be my first step before bothering to call. I had issues with PS and all it took was a re-install.

BTW, I just upgraded my mac to 6.5GB of RAM from 2.5 and LR works way faster now. Before, every time I scrolled through images it would take a second or two to fully render the image. Now it is instant. Seems LR likes lots of RAM.

For your de-install you should try using a program that cans all of the associated preference files. AppDelete is good.

It's not your computer, as others have also said. Just nuke LR, delete your preferences and do a fresh install.

Good to know it's not my computer (even though the "graphics chip error" has me worried). Thanks for the help guys, I'll try a reinstall. And thanks for the link to AppDelete, Damon.

Colin, 6.5gb ... that's like the computer equivalent of an f/0.75 lens

The error is "CGContextClosePath: no current point". The graphics chip crashed because of the undefined value.

Alright folks...

After uninstalling Lightroom, and redownloading and reinstalling it ... the SAME thing is happening. This is driving me nuts, and it's going to cost me clients if I can't even work on their images.

ANY other ideas? I would think after reinstalling it, that would show it's not a software issue? Am I wrong? Help!

I run LR on a G4 and on a MACBOOKPRO but never encountered that issue, Although I have some issues with LR as an unstable release.

Issue 1: on both system but different card readers LR tends to freeze up when importing images. I ended up transfering the images directly into the HD and then importing the images to LR.

Issue 2: After all the boasting from LR fans about speed, LR has become quite sluggish when it reaches the 4k image mark. I went for LR because it seemed quite faster than Aperture (until I get my MACPRO, that is) but now I am experiencing a slow LR.

Solution: On Friday I get my new 3.0mhz MACPRO with the 1900 video card and 4gig of memory and I am back into using Aperture. Although LR is a great software with an outstanding Develop module, I have found myself using several solutions to be able to do what I was able to do with just one solution, that is, Aperture. I am getting my work done for sure, and have no complaint with image quality coming out of LR, but its Library module just sucks... too limiting.

My suggestion... download Aperture trial and see if it does the same. That way you will see if it is a software or a Hardware problem (it may be the second) or most likely a LR bug. you may want to do a fresh download and make sure you erase every trace of LR from the system.

David,

You can optimize your catalog inside of LR. Something you might try.

I sat down a couple weeks ago with some guys who are evangelists for Apple on the Aperture product. I asked them to wow me. I didn't see much they could do in Aperture that LR isn't capable of. The integration with the iLife Suite is neat, but unnecessary for me.

Now that I've discovered you can do custom books in Aperture (move/add/delete boxes), I'm using that for some low-end books that are quick to crank out. Other than that type of thing... what can you do in Aperture that you can't in LR?

PS: try shifting the capture time of photos by 2 minutes in Aperture (something I do all the time when I shoot with multiple cameras). It can't be done! You can only adjust time zone. ??!!

i had the same problem to one of my Macbooks.

did you had LightRoom beta before the full version? make sure you remove everything before installing LR Full version.

i did a spot light search and removed anything thats ADOBE and re-install LR and everything is fine now. It has something to do with older version of graphic library that lightroom beta created and lightroom full won't update it.

I have since swtiched back to Aperture (i have aperture on all 3 of my systems)
and i am glad. I have a copy of LightRoom is anybody wants to buy it from me, i'll let it go CHEAP

Yeah. Jeff's right.

If you had the Beta version you MUST uninstall every bit of LR. Then a fresh install.

That should clear you up.

Its a known issue and they are working it. This is the fix tho.

Keep us posted.

db





Just to say my new intel mac flies with LR and CS3.

I love what Adobe has done:) again...

db

There's no real evidence to say that it's not your hardware. Put in the hardware test cd and see what comes back as a fail if nothing fails then assume it's not hardware. Why just cross off something easy to test for. For instructions on how to test you hardware on an intel mac look at this document. Good luck!

Jeff, Dusty, Bryce, thanks dudes.

I don't think I had the LR beta ... I had the 30-day trial, not sure if that's the same thing.

I talked with Applecare for a long time, and after running the hardware test cd (all was green-light), I reinstalled the OS ... so far so good, I've been using LR like normal and it's smooth sailing.

So, fingers crossed the issue is solved, but we'll see ... I'm not an optimist when it comes to computers

Thanks again for the help everyone!

Wait until you get a large library, say of around 10 shoots and you will see how Lightroom gets very slow!... specially when it start. you can start the software and walk away for a few minutes while the program does it thing. I have a brad new MACPRO with 4gig of ram and should not have any problem... as a matter of fact, Aperture runs better than LR.

Plus, I had to stop importing directly from the Memory card because if you do anything else while LR is importing, or if you are backing up automaticaly, or sometime for no reason, it will crash.

IN my experience, LR v1.0 not very stable yet. Some say that you could expect that from a Verision 1.0, but I don't. Adobe had enough time and feed back to do it right the firts time. I really feel they rush the launch to meet expectations.