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kupan787 · Feb 10, 2003, 02:51 PM

I was downloading something (Konfabulator), and it was goign really slow, so I decided to cancel it, and try again later. Whn I went to cancel it, it crashed Safari. No biggie, I tried to relaunch and it keeps unexpectedly quitting.

So I deleted the Downloads.plist file, and it still crashed. So I deleted anythign with th eword safari in it, and downloaded a new version. I still crashes. So I deleted the safari ape, and Safari Enhancer, but it still crashes. What did I miss?

I am posting this in Chimera, and boy are things different. I can't do spell check (control click on a word I know is wrong to get suggestd spellings), and its just not the same. I want my Safari back

zachs · Feb 10, 2003, 04:42 PM

Just re-download it from www.apple.com/safari

Your bookmarks and settings will stay
intact, as they are stored in your ~/Library
folder.

Art Vandelay · Feb 10, 2003, 05:04 PM

Not everything that belongs to Safari has the word 'safari' in it. Here's all of Safari's files:

Safari.app
~/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/
~/Library/Caches/Safari/
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.WebKit/
~/Library/Safari/
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist

zachs · Feb 10, 2003, 05:15 PM

I'm saying if you download
a new copy, and just replace the
app, your settings will be intact.

kupan787 · Feb 10, 2003, 05:39 PM

Originally posted by Art Vandelay:
Not everything that belongs to Safari has the word 'safari' in it. Here's all of Safari's files:

Safari.app
~/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/
~/Library/Caches/Safari/
~/Library/Caches/com.apple.WebKit/
~/Library/Safari/
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist

Well, I just deleted all of those, and still no go

I have redownladoed Safari now, as well, 3 times and it still crash on startup. I tried restarting and no go either. I am going to try creating a new user and running Safari and see if it will launch. That shoudl give me a bit more info hopefully.

malvolio · Feb 10, 2003, 11:02 PM

Some persistent crashes like this can be cured by doing a general cache clear-out. Using the Terminal or one of the 3rd-party utilities like Cache-Out X, get rid of:
~/Library/Caches
/Library/Caches
and even
/System/Library/Caches
and then reboot.

mmintler · Feb 12, 2003, 01:43 PM

I've been having the same problem with Safari. It crashed and now it quits on launch. I've cleaned out my caches , deleted associated files recommended here and reinstalled.. Nothing works. Tried downloading the new version released today and same problem. I'm including my crash log-hoping someone can tell something from it ....PLEASE HELP!

Date/Time: 2003-02-12 13:33:16 -0600
OS Version: 10.2.3 (Build 6G30)
Host: x-x-x-x.client.attbi.com

Command: Safari
PID: 814

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000

Thread 0 Crashed:
#0 0x90000f20 in strlen
#1 0x5680917c in -[WebCredentialStorage removeCredentialForResource:]
#2 0x56808d6c in -[WebCredentialStorage setCredential:forResource:]
#3 0x56808a98 in -[WebCredentialStorage(Internal) _initializeFromKeychain]
#4 0x56808b54 in -[WebCredentialStorage initWithNotificationObject:]
#5 0x567f4cd8 in -[WebAuthenticationManager(Internal) _internalInit]
#6 0x567f4ac0 in initSharedAuthenticationManager
#7 0x9005eac8 in pthread_once
#8 0x567f4b00 in +[WebAuthenticationManager sharedAuthenticationManager]
#9 0x568d00e8 in -[WebStandardPanels setUsesStandardAuthenticationPanel:]
#10 0x00006ff4 in 0x6ff4
#11 0x9081d348 in -[NSSet makeObjectsPerformSelector:]
#12 0x930acf98 in -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:]
#13 0x93123c70 in old_loadNib
#14 0x930e9e58 in +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:]
#15 0x93149098 in +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:]
#16 0x93148e58 in +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:]
#17 0x9315f65c in NSApplicationMain
#18 0x000040a4 in 0x40a4
#19 0x00003f24 in 0x3f24

Thread 1:
#0 0x90073c48 in mach_msg_trap
#1 0x90005f90 in mach_msg
#2 0x90148b10 in __CFRunLoopRun
#3 0x90180fe4 in CFRunLoopRunSpecific
#4 0x907f5a0c in -[NSRunLoop runMode:beforeDate:]
#5 0x90809244 in -[NSRunLoop run]
#6 0x567eab2c in +[WebFileDatabase _syncLoop:]
#7 0x9081cd38 in forkThreadForFunction
#8 0x90020d48 in _pthread_body

PPC Thread State:
srr0: 0x90000f20 srr1: 0x0200f030 vrsave: 0x00000000
xer: 0x00000000 lr: 0x5680917c ctr: 0x90000f00 mq: 0x00000000
r0: 0x5680917c r1: 0xbffff740 r2: 0x24008282 r3: 0xfffffffc
r4: 0x00000000 r5: 0xfefefeff r6: 0x80808080 r7: 0x00000001
r8: 0x00000000 r9: 0x00000000 r10: 0xa07e0278 r11: 0x5681a974
r12: 0x90000f00 r13: 0x00000000 r14: 0x00000000 r15: 0x00000000
r16: 0x001843a0 r17: 0xa3099b00 r18: 0xa3099b00 r19: 0xa3099b00
r20: 0x00f90400 r21: 0x00f7d630 r22: 0x00f95260 r23: 0x00000000
r24: 0x00000000 r25: 0x56810094 r26: 0x00f90250 r27: 0x9068ea58
r28: 0x906cdc38 r29: 0x64666c74 r30: 0x00000000 r31: 0x56808dec

**********

malvolio · Feb 12, 2003, 02:05 PM

I'm not an expert, but it looks like a web certificate problem. What's your home page? Does it require log-in?
Maybe try changing your home page in System Preferences > Internet.

kupan787 · Feb 12, 2003, 03:14 PM

Well, to let you guys know, I solved my problem. Turns out there was a bug in PithHelmet that caused Safari to crash on launch in the 0.4 release. 0.4.1 fixed this.

mmintler · Feb 12, 2003, 04:40 PM

Thanks for the suggestion..unfortunately still no go. As far as the certificates go...I didn't have a home page set-up in the internet control panel and I have IE as my primary browser.

any other ideas?

thanks
Mark

3R1C · Feb 12, 2003, 10:48 PM

Originally posted by kupan787:
Well, to let you guys know, I solved my problem. Turns out there was a bug in PithHelmet that caused Safari to crash on launch in the 0.4 release. 0.4.1 fixed this.

Boy I tell ya. That pithHelmet seems to be a source of consternation. I installed it to check it out, and it worked as adveryised. then I decided to uninstall it cuz I noticed that I didnt have ANY images. I deleted everything, reinstalled Safari, cleared out my web cache restarted, logged out...jeez I tried everything. STILL no images at all in safari. I contacted the author, and to his credit, he replied really quickly. he told me to do just exactly what Ive already done, and he said that if that didnt fix it to send him a console log. The trouble is, that after deleting everything, there arent any entries pertaining to pithHelmet or Safari. I guess I'll try that Cache-Out X thingy...Anyone else have this issue?

btw. all my other browsers show images just fine.

JeremyS · Mar 30, 2003, 01:19 PM

Just to let you know you are not alone, my Safari just started doing this also. My clock also started acting weird. I have tried many things and they do not work.

i have a few more things to try and will report back with the results.

Michel Fortin · Mar 30, 2003, 07:32 PM

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000000

Thread 0 Crashed:
#0 0x90000f20 in strlen
#1 0x5680917c in -[WebCredentialStorage removeCredentialForResource:]
#2 0x56808d6c in -[WebCredentialStorage setCredential:forResource:]
#3 0x56808a98 in -[WebCredentialStorage(Internal) _initializeFromKeychain]

Maybe you could try deleting your keychain, or just open it with the Keychain manager in case it find damage and can repair it. (Keep a copy in case it's not that)

Technical: This looks like a invalid string pointer being passed to strlen function. By looking at the trace, it seems the invalid string may have been initialized using the keychain. Of course it's still a bug not to check for validity at some point.

mmintler · Mar 31, 2003, 10:49 AM

Thanks, deleting my keychain solved the problem. I really appreciate your help!

Thanks
Mark