Mixxx won't start when changing Mixxx app name on OSX 10.6.5

[Vittorio Colao]

If app name is changed and on MacOS X 10.6.5, both Mixxx 1.8.2 and 1.9.0beta1 fail to load with a

"Unable to establish a database connection. Mixxx requires QT with SQLite support. Please read the Qt SQL driver documentation for information on how to build it."

I am submitting it as a bug since it is a regression from earlier releases.
Step to reproduce:

1) Install Mixxx under "Application folder"
2) Change app name from "Mixxx" to "Mixxx-1.9.0beta1" ( or to "Mixxx-1.8.2" )

From Mixxx log:

Warning: [Main]: QSqlDatabase: QSQLITE driver not loaded
Warning: [Main]: QSqlDatabase: available drivers:
Debug: [Main]: ()
Debug: [Main]: src/library/trackcollection.cpp DB status: false
Debug: [Main]: QSqlError(-1, "Driver not loaded", "Driver not loaded")

[jus (jus)]

Hello Vittorio,
same here (with original name "Mixxx.app").

Create a blank file "qt.conf" in your "Mixxx.app/Contents/Resources/" directory.
Insert the following 2 lines into "qt.conf" and save.

[Paths]
Plugins = plugins

More:
https://answers.launchpad.net/mixxx/+question/92851
http://mixxx.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1790&p=6632

[Vittorio Colao (l0rdt)]

Thanks jus,
it worked

[jus (jus)]

Patch adds qt.conf to MacOS app bundle by default.
Renaming Mixxx.app now working with latest trunk & MacOS 10.6.7

[jus (jus)]

While the patch works there is certainly a more elegant solution.
Just noticed the "Mixxx.app" path was hardcoded for some reasons here http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mixxxdevelopers/mixxx/trunk/revision/2376.

[RJ Skerry-Ryan (rryan)]

I just added a patch to lp:mixxx to fix the hard-coding of Mixxx.app.

[RJ Skerry-Ryan (rryan)]

Confirmed it fixes the issue. Renaming to "Foo.app" works.

[Swiftb0y (swiftb0y)]

Mixxx now uses GitHub for bug tracking. This bug has been migrated to:
https://github.com/mixxxdj/mixxx/issues/5698