Safari died after upgrading QT, iChat & Java

[donglenn]

I upgradet the recent software: iChat, QuickTime and Java yesterday, and after the reboot of the system, Safari acts dead.

Safari starts, and I can go through preferences etc, but it refuses to open the browser. I have tried double clicking on links, and I've tried to open a new page, but it refuses.

I did the upgrade with Safari running in the back.

I have tried to deleted the Home folder/Library/Preferences/com.apple.safari.plist

I have deleted the whole Safari, with every files I found, and made a frech install, however the same thing happens, it's dead..

I run OS 10.3.3.

I have a G3 iMac with 385MB RAM.

Hope someone can help, tnx in advance!

 

[HexMonkey]

Have you tried repairing permissions in Disk Utility? If that fails, try running Safari in another user, which will narrow down the source of the problem depending on the result.

 

[donglenn]

Have you tried repairing permissions in Disk Utility? If that fails, try running Safari in another user, which will narrow down the source of the problem depending on the result.

Yep, I've now tried both, and still the same problem. It fails to open the browser window.

I now have to use IE for Mac, and it is really not the same

 

[HexMonkey]

Yep, I've now tried both, and still the same problem. It fails to open the browser window.

I now have to use IE for Mac, and it is really not the same

What exactly happens when you try loading a page? Does it do nothing, unexpectedly quit, display an error etc? Also, go to Home/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/ and see if there is a file called 'Safari.crash.log'. If so, open it and see if there's any information from when the problems occured. Post any relevant information here, although I probably won't be able to make sense of it, other people might.

Unfortunately since the problem occurs with every user, it could be difficult to fix. Reinstalling the system will probably fix it if it's not too inconvenient.

If you don't want to do that, there are a lot of other browsers available instead of IE. Firefox is a popular one, which has similar features to Safari (tabbed browsing, popup blocking, good speed etc).

 

[donglenn]

Hmm.. There isn't logged a crash, but I just provoced a crash now and here's the error report (usually Safari just don't load the Browser, but I can still change any preferences or view bookmarks etc, but if I click on three or four bookmarks it will crash and automatically shut down.)

Date/Time: 2004-03-26 12:12:16 +0100
OS Version: 10.3.3 (Build 7F44)
Report Version: 2

Command: Safari
Path: /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
Version: 1.2 (125)
PID: 623
Thread: 0

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000013

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x90192ce8 CFArrayGetCount + 0x34
1 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927fef94 _FindMenuUnderMouse + 0x40
2 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927def74 _Z6HitBarP14StdMBDFGlobals + 0x100
3 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927e0154 _Z12StandardMBDFssll + 0x184
4 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927e9c90 _Z8_MBarHit5PointPhPP8MenuData + 0x38
5 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927f388c MBarHit + 0x24
6 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927e3950 _Z16FindWindowCommon5PointPP15OpaqueWindowPtrPs + 0x44
7 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927f43a0 FindWindowOfClass + 0x58
8 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927f492c FindWindow + 0x24
9 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927f7424 FindWindowAndPartFromMouseEvent + 0xa0
10 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927e8c00 _Z16HandleMouseEventP14OpaqueEventRef + 0xec
11 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927e3188 _Z29ToolboxEventDispatcherHandlerP25OpaqueEventHandlerCallRefP14OpaqueEventRefPv + 0x1e8
12 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927d25a0 DispatchEventToHandlers + 0x20c
13 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927d2758 SendEventToEventTargetInternal + 0x174
14 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x927e4be8 SendEventToEventTarget + 0x28
15 com.apple.AppKit 0x92dd2dd0 _DPSNextEvent + 0x51c
16 com.apple.AppKit 0x92de93b0 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 0x74
17 com.apple.Safari 0x0000bd70 0x1000 + 0xad70
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x92dfd718 -[NSApplication run] + 0x21c
19 com.apple.AppKit 0x92eb9b80 NSApplicationMain + 0x1d0
20 com.apple.Safari 0x0000ceec 0x1000 + 0xbeec
21 com.apple.Safari 0x0000cd60 0x1000 + 0xbd60

I had to shorten the error as it was too long for this thread..

I would hate to reinstall the system now.. but if I have to..

 

[Bear]

I upgradet the recent software: iChat, QuickTime and Java yesterday, and after the reboot of the system, Safari acts dead.
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I run OS 10.3.3.
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Which Versions of Java and Quicktime did you install? Quicktime 6.5 was released mid December and java 1.4.2 was released the beginning of February.

A suggestion that might work is see if you can download and apply the 10.3.3 update again. This has a very small chance of fixing things, but it is definatly worth trying before reinstalling.

 

[donglenn]

Which Versions of Java and Quicktime did you install? Quicktime 6.5 was released mid December and java 1.4.2 was released the beginning of February.

A suggestion that might work is see if you can download and apply the 10.3.3 update again. This has a very small chance of fixing things, but it is definatly worth trying before reinstalling.

I installed QT 6.5 and Java 1.4.2, not sure why I installed those now, since they are so old.. Probably because I have set to default the Upgrade event thing. And the iChat upgrade was just now so I upgraded it all at once..

I really give up on this thing, I installed Firefox (Thanks HexMonkey) and found it to be as good as Safari. So until I make my boss buy me a new mac, I'll go with Firefox

Thanks for all your help guys!

 

[blue&whiteman]

unless you use video chat there is no need to upgrade to the new ichat at all. the only thing it adds is support for the newest aim client.

 

[donglenn]

hmm I always upgrade when upgrades are available..

 

[blue&whiteman]

hmm I always upgrade when upgrades are available..

some upgrades are worthy and others are not. when an upgrade doesn't offer you anything more and your current version is stable as mine is then why upgrade? its like putting fresh paint on something that looks fine as is.