Re: Dia 0.97.1 cannot be loaded on Mac OSX

[Steffen Macke <dia diagramr biz>]

Hello Kazuhiko,

sorry to hear about your problem. Your report is quite comprehensive - 
thanks
for taking the time to write down all this information.

>  I installed Dia 0.97.1 for Mac OSX using downloaded installation package.

I assume that you've downloaded the DMG from

http://dia-installer.de/download/macosx.html

When you say "installed" - something might go wrong in the installation phase.
Please also try to run Dia directly from the installation package.

>  When I try to start Dia, the icon of Dia appears in Dock, swings few
>  times and disappears. And nothing happens after that.

Usually the "Console" gives helpful information in these cases. Applications ->  Utilities ->  Console.
In case you're familiar with Terminals, you may also want to open a terminal and try to start
Dia.app/Contents/Resources/bin/dia

>  Could you give me some advice?

Two ideas:

* In case you're operating your Mac in Japanese (or any other non-English locale),
could you try to temporarily switch the locale to English?

* Mixup with GIMP/other libraries
  - Please make sure that you close all programs that use X11/GTK before trying to run Dia.
  - As mentioned before, try to run Dia directly from the DMG
  - If possible, temporarily move your GIMP/GTK+ libraries to a different location (Don't
    do this unless you know exactly what you're doing and how to leave your system libraries alone!)
  - Try to install both GIMP and Dia using MacPorts

Regards,

Steffen