log4cxx: No appender could be found for logger (BtCommon). Failed to create application support directories

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I followed this guide to install Davinci Resolve Studio on Ubuntu 24.04:
https://github.com/leinardi/JDInstaller/blob/davinci/roles/davinci_resolve/DaVinciResolve.md

When I try to run resolve, I get

$ /opt/davinci-resolve-studio/bin/resolve 
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c005, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c006, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c007, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= 2282, Mode=  0, Level=  0, CmdKey= 8, Option= 0
log4cxx: No appender could be found for logger (BtCommon).
log4cxx: Please initialize the log4cxx system properly.
Failed to create application support directories

If I sudo to run as root, it works properly. After running once as root, it then seems to run correctly as non-root.

$ /opt/davinci-resolve-studio/bin/resolve 
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c005, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c006, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= c007, Mode= 13, Level=  1, CmdKey= -1, Option= 0
ActCCMessage Already in Table: Code= 2282, Mode=  0, Level=  0, CmdKey= 8, Option= 0
20.1.1.0007 Linux/Clang x86_64
Main thread starts: DDC9A000
0x7476ddc9a000 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2025-09-08 09:21:42,594 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x7476ddc9a000 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2025-09-08 09:21:42,594 | Loaded log config from /home/alex/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/configs/log-conf.xml
0x7476ddc9a000 | Undefined            | INFO  | 2025-09-08 09:21:42,594 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Resolve communication is open and waiting..
Accepted new client
FusionScript Server [152110] Started
Host 'Resolve' [151722] Added
Host 'Resolve' Removed
FusionScript Server [152110] Terminated

I wonder if there's a missing permission somewhere, so when Davinci Resolve Studio launches for the first time, it can't create a necessary log directory (for log4cxx) unless it's run as root.

Also thanks for doing a great job on this Ansible playbook.

[leinardi]

Hey sorry, I was away on vacation. I guess something changed with the latest version of DaVinci (it worked fine in the past). I'll try to have a look during the weekend.

[leinardi]

Unfortunately I didn't find the time to investigate this issue. If someone knows what are these support directories please post a comment.