Fail to activate package

[msiism]

I'm running hrev52295+96.

After installing BurnItNow, it doesn't show up in the Applications menu. Also, executing it from the command line doesn't seem to work, though I might have done something wrong there.

Rebooting fixes the problem, however.

[diver]

It works fine in nightly here.

[vidrep]

Never had a problem either on Beta or nightly

[humdinger]

I changed the title of the ticket, as it's not really an issue of a specific package.

I think what's described is a know penomenon, but details on what's causing it are thin. I suggest having a tail -f /var/logs/syslog running in Terminal when installing something. A successful installation looks like this:

KERN: package_daemon [1963373262:   700] CommitTransactionHandler::_ChangePackageActivation(): activating 1, deactivating 0 packages
KERN: unknown [1963373740:   700] Volume::_ChangeActivation(): 1 new packages, 0 old packages
KERN: unknown [1963375663:   700] package "burnitnow-1.2-4-x86_gcc2.hpkg" activated
KERN: package_daemon [1963881220:   700] Volume::_PackagesEntryCreated("burnitnow-1.2-4-x86_gcc2.hpkg")

Maybe we get some hints from a failed activation, but I kinda doubt it will help much...

[waddlesplash]

If it worked after the reboot, that means a system package update is pending. We now display messages when a reboot is required in HaikuDepot, so no more change is required.

[nielx]

Remove milestone for tickets with status = closed and resolution != fixed