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duuuude · Oct 25, 2003, 12:50 PM

i installed panther an everything works, except safari. i have not clue why, when i try to open it it "quits unexpectedly" and when i tried downloading it agin it wouldn't allow me to install to the hard drive because it said that software couldn't work with this system.

can any help?

thanks

matthew

Uday's Carcass · Oct 25, 2003, 01:21 PM

boot from the cd-rom and repair the disk AND repair permissions.

perhaps that will help.

I did a clean install--formatted the drive--and have no problems.

Fellow2000 · Oct 25, 2003, 01:32 PM

Do you have any plugins installed like simbl or saft? Those do not work with panther yet so if you delete it, it will start normally again. I had this problem myself.

Go to HD>library>application support>SIMBL>plugins

if the saft bundle is there you need to just delete it.

kdogg73 · Oct 25, 2003, 02:47 PM

Originally posted by Fellow2000:
Do you have any plugins installed like simbl or saft? Those do not work with panther yet so if you delete it, it will start normally again. I had this problem myself.

Go to HD>library>application support>SIMBL>plugins

if the saft bundle is there you need to just delete it.

Anything else. I still can't get Safari to function like the original poster. I don't have either of those plugins and/or extensions?

milhouse · Oct 25, 2003, 05:27 PM

Safari crashed three times for me as well. Twice when selecting (highlighting) text to copy, once when launching.

I cleared my caches and repaired permission. Rebooted and so far so good.

duuuude · Oct 26, 2003, 12:29 PM

i've done everything that you guys suggested and still no luck. it looks like i might have do a clean install of the OS. unless there is anything else you can think of that it might be.

thanks though

matthew

Mr. Blur · Oct 26, 2003, 12:47 PM

log in as a different user (create one if need be) and see if it happens with a clean user pref file. if it works fine, then it is something in your home/library/

duuuude · Oct 26, 2003, 01:06 PM

this is what happened

there was a question mark icon in the dock. when i moused over it, it said it was safari. so i assume this means that my computer still has some things related to safari on it. i just don't know where to look for them, or what they might be.

matthew

Mr. Blur · Oct 26, 2003, 01:20 PM

have you tried just going into your applications folder and launching it from there? a ? in the dock indicates a bad alias (shortcut) to the program.

duuuude · Oct 26, 2003, 01:24 PM

the thing is, is that i deleted safari all together after a point. so it shouldn't be on my computer at all.

jmcnally · Nov 12, 2003, 11:58 AM

I've had the same problem and can no longer use Safari at all. Well, I'm getting to know Firebird better, though it's much slower to launch...

Back up 15 and punt · Nov 12, 2003, 03:05 PM

Originally posted by duuuude:
i've done everything that you guys suggested and still no luck. it looks like i might have do a clean install of the OS. unless there is anything else you can think of that it might be.

thanks though

matthew

Have you tried clearing out your cach and deleting you plist?