Fatal Error OpenLP Returned -1

cabinaibem

I shut my Open LP down after church this morning, and now that I am trying to restart it, it keeps giving me this error message.  "Open LP Returned -1.  HELP!!!!!!!!!  

raoul

This error seems to be a corrupted configuration. Did OpenLP shut down properly? Did you suspend your computer while OpenLP was running at all? Did you upgrade OpenLP recently? Backup your configuration by renaming it, and then re-run OpenLP. To find out where your configuration is stored, see this question in the Frequently Asked Questions section of our manual: https://manual.openlp.org/faq.html#where-do-i-find-the-configuration-file

bahenney

Mine did the same thing last Sunday Sept 30th.  Didn't come along this until today.  I ended up having to install an older version (2.2.1 I think) to get it to run again. I tried changing back to v2.4.3 but no luck.  Stuck with the 2.2 version I had been using.  Will try v2.4.3 again and see if the config file is causing the issue.  But wonder why it would work with the old version? Was just looking at the link for where config file is.  For Windows it is in the registry.  You want us to rename the registry entry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenLPOpenLP to something like HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenLPOpenLP_Backup ?

tgc

@bahenney : yes, if you rename the settings entry then a new OpenLP entry will be created by OpenLP when you start it the next time. Hopefully that will mean that the error will disappear.

manusaa

@tgc I already did it and it worked

RAllam

I am getting this Fatal Error OpenLP Return -1 currently on the PC at church.   The PC is windows 10.  I have tried  Uninstalling and reinstalling... also with rebooting in-between.   Uninstalling Renaming the registry keys as pictured above, then reinstalling.  I also searched for the location of the configuration file in windows 10 I can't seem to find that location.    Is the location different in Windows 10? I have downloaded the portal version that is working so I might have to use that this Sunday.       Any other ideas?   Thank you for your time, Rob Allam

JohnM

@RAllam On Windows 10 the settings are stored in the registry.  You can use Reg Editor to find and remove the registry item.

Deedark

Hi, I am having this error as well after upgrading the church computer from Ubuntu 18.04.4 to 20.04.1:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/openlp", line 44, in <module> main() File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/init.py", line 437, in main sys.exit(application.run(qt_args)) File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/init.py", line 142, in run Registry().execute('bootstrap_initialise') File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/common/registry.py", line 137, in execute result = function(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/lib/pluginmanager.py", line 60, in bootstrap_initialise self.hook_media_manager() File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/lib/pluginmanager.py", line 122, in hook_media_manager plugin.create_media_manager_item() File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/lib/plugin.py", line 204, in create_media_manager_item self.media_item = self.media_item_class(self.main_window.media_dock_manager.media_dock, self) File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/plugins/media/lib/mediaitem.py", line 58, in init super(MediaMediaItem, self).init(parent, plugin) File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/lib/mediamanageritem.py", line 82, in init self.setup_item() File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/plugins/media/lib/mediaitem.py", line 90, in setup_item self.media_controller.setup_display(self.display_controller.preview_display, False) File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/media/mediacontroller.py", line 322, in setup_display player.setup(display) File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/media/vlcplayer.py", line 157, in setup display.vlc_instance = vlc.Instance(command_line_options) File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/media/vendor/vlc.py", line 1411, in new return libvlc_new(len(args), args) File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/media/vendor/vlc.py", line 3629, in libvlc_new _Cfunction('libvlc_new', ((1,), (1,),), class_result(Instance), File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/media/vendor/vlc.py", line 246, in _Cfunction raise NameError('no function %r' % (name,)) NameError: no function 'libvlc_new'

tgc

Hi @Deedark

You need to install vlc and python3-vlc.

DANBIM

PLS SOMEONE SHOULD EDUCATE MMORE CAUSE MY I CANT SEEM TO MAKE MY ERROR DISAPPEAR  I AM USING WINDOWS 10  I DONOT KNOW WHAT TO DOOO...... @RAllam @tgc @JohnM

simonc

Hello DANBIM, what have you tried so far. The upper comments state in two possible directions. One was a missconfiguration and is stored in the registry files of windows and the other is the missing video player software "vlc".

Was it an Update to Win 10 on your computer or what was the background while it's not working anymore?

Greetings - Simon

ashJBC

Hello!

I am working with a Windows 10 system, and have been using OpenLP with voracious regularity for at least 2 years. We have built up a substantial song library, and we use the program constantly.

I recently opened the program to work up a service and received a fatal error message as described above. I was able to download VideoPsalm and the database imported almost seamlessly. We do not want to continue using this substantially different program, however, but have not been able to open the program--even the previous versions. Any help in this area would be wonderful.

Thank You!

A. R. H. (Jeruel Baptist)

JohnM

The surest way to fix this is to reinstall OpenLP....your current database should be OK provided it isn't the cause!

select the windows start button and type 'regeditor' open the regeditor and look for the Openlp folder.delete the OpenLP folder and close regeditor.Run the OpenLP installer, you can download it from the website if you no longer have it....just be sure it is the same version as you used previously.As the installer goes through the process you do NOT need to select any Bibles, songs or themes. When it finishes you should be able to run OpenLP again and your data should be ready to use. You may have to modify your settings to get everything acting the same as it did before it stopped working.

PaulRowell

JohnM
The surest way to fix this is to reinstall OpenLP....your current database should be OK provided it isn't the cause!
select the windows start button and type 'regeditor' open the regeditor and look for the Openlp folder.delete the OpenLP folder and close regeditor.Run the OpenLP installer, you can download it from the website if you no longer have it....just be sure it is the same version as you used previously.As the installer goes through the process you do NOT need to select any Bibles, songs or themes. When it finishes you should be able to run OpenLP again and your data should be ready to use. You may have to modify your settings to get everything acting the same as it did before it stopped working.

The OpenLP registry folder is found here: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\OpenLP

ashJBC

Thanks JohnM!

I was able to reinstall it in a new folder in my "Program Files" and it worked great. I was also able to reimport my library perfectly. Thanks for your help! We are so glad to have our preferred program back up and running.

God Bless!

A.R.H.

Holodlev

Hello.

OpenLP won't run on Linux Mint 19.3.

Error while running in console:

~$ openlp

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/bin/openlp", line 27, in <module>

from openlp.core.common import is_win, is_macosx

File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>

from openlp import core, plugins

File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/__init__.py", line 43, in <module>

from openlp.core.ui.mainwindow import MainWindow

File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py", line 29, in

from distutils import dir_util

ImportError: cannot import name 'dir_util'

Error in sys.excepthook:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line

154, in apport_excepthook

os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:

'/var/crash/_usr_share_openlp_openlp.py.1000.crash'

Original exception was:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/bin/openlp", line 27, in <module>

from openlp.core.common import is_win, is_macosx

File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>

from openlp import core, plugins

File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/__init__.py", line 43, in <module>

from openlp.core.ui.mainwindow import MainWindow

File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py", line 29, in

from distutils import dir_util

ImportError: cannot import name 'dir_util'

Holodlev

Holodlev
Hello.
OpenLP won't run on Linux Mint 19.3.
Error while running in console:
~$ openlp
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/bin/openlp", line 27, in <module>
 from openlp.core.common import is_win, is_macosx
 File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
 from openlp import core, plugins
 File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/__init__.py", line 43, in <module>
 from openlp.core.ui.mainwindow import MainWindow
 File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py", line 29, in
<module>
 from distutils import dir_util
ImportError: cannot import name 'dir_util'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line
154, in apport_excepthook
 os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT | os.O_EXCL, 0o640), 'wb') as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
'/var/crash/_usr_share_openlp_openlp.py.1000.crash'
Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/bin/openlp", line 27, in <module>
 from openlp.core.common import is_win, is_macosx
 File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
 from openlp import core, plugins
 File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/__init__.py", line 43, in <module>
 from openlp.core.ui.mainwindow import MainWindow
 File "/usr/share/openlp/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py", line 29, in
<module>
 from distutils import dir_util
ImportError: cannot import name 'dir_util'

I helped advice from a neighboring topic for Ubuntu 20:

sudo apt install python3-distutils

Victor_Galvan

instalé la versión 2.4 y me encimaba las letras, me sugirieron en estos foros desinstalarla e instalar una versión anterior. Así lo hice y ahora me manda todo este mensaje de error.

Me urge saber como dejar limpia mi laptop y volver a instalar una versión que funcione.

ninjakiwi

@Victor_Galvan

Traducción Española: https://translate.google.com

You are running a very old version of OpenLP (version 2.2.1).

If you do not have permission to install software, you can use the portable version. You can find the download for the portable version on the website next to the normal download. Although, it would be best to ask your computer administrator to install the software for you.

Victor_Galvan

ninjakiwi
@Victor_Galvan
Traducción Española: https://translate.google.com
You are running a very old version of OpenLP (version 2.2.1).
If you do not have permission to install software, you can use the portable version. You can find the download for the portable version on the website next to the normal download. Although, it would be best to ask your computer administrator to install the software for you.

@ninjakiwi

Yo soy el dueño de la computadora, el detalle es que me lo hace con cualquier versión que instale, no se como limpiar el registro para poder hacer una instalación limpia.