[Drakino]

It's happening on it's own now. Software update ran, and said I needed the iPod 1.3 update, Bluetooth 1.2.1 update, and the Security update 2003-06-09 2.0. My recent install list shows this:

Monday, April 28, 2003 09:47:25 America/Denver: Installed "AirPort Software" (3.0.4)
Monday, April 28, 2003 12:48:48 America/Denver: Installed "iPod Software" (1.3)
Thursday, May 08, 2003 10:19:40 America/Denver: Installed "Mac OS X Update" (10.2.6)
Monday, May 19, 2003 08:03:01 America/Denver: Installed "Safari Update" (1.0 Beta 2 (v74))
Tuesday, May 27, 2003 16:57:01 America/Denver: Installed "iTunes" (4.0.1)
Tuesday, June 03, 2003 09:54:17 America/Denver: Installed "Bluetooth Software" (1.2.1)
Tuesday, June 03, 2003 10:27:59 America/Denver: Installed "QuickTime" (6.3)
Wednesday, June 04, 2003 14:40:10 America/Denver: Installed "iMovie" (3.0.3)
Friday, June 13, 2003 16:43:01 America/Denver: Installed "Security Update 2003-06-09" (2.0)

All three have been installed, and reboots have occured since then. If I quit Software Update and check again, the same three updates appear. Normally in the past this would happen with one item, then correct its self once a new update was released.

This is a clean install of 10.2 from CD, then updated to 10.2.2. After that, every update to 10.2.6 has been applied with no problem. The software update problem has been happening for months, but has never been as frequent as this.

Any ideas?

[zachs]

I haven't had this problem, so this is just guessing.

Try deleting the SW Update cache folder in /Library/Caches/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.

Again, I'm not positive this will work, but give it a try.

[jszrules]

Hi, I remember a little while ago there was a thread where people complained that updaters in OS X only look in certain locations for applications, etc. that need to be updated. This forces people to put files in places they may not consider as their first choice. Perhaps some of the files in your list are not in these "special" folders. The Applications folder is obviously one of these locations. I dunno what the others are. In fact, I don't even know if this is true, but if the people in that thread were correct, you might want to give this method a shot.

[zachs]

Originally posted by jszrules:
Hi, I remember a little while ago there was a thread where people complained that updaters in OS X only look in certain locations for applications, etc. that need to be updated. This forces people to put files in places they may not consider as their first choice. Perhaps some of the files in your list are not in these "special" folders. The Applications folder is obviously one of these locations. I dunno what the others are. In fact, I don't even know if this is true, but if the people in that thread were correct, you might want to give this method a shot.

Well unless Software Update installed the wrong files, I don't think there would be that issue with the Security Update, and probably not the iPod Update. The Security Update just updates existing system files.

[Drakino]

There has been some other wierdness on this machine as of late, I think I'm going to do a backup and a clean reload. Sound has been dieing quite a bit, and reseating the USB connector to the Apple Pro speakers the Cube came with typicially dumps me back to the login screen.

I'm also thinking the hard drive might be unhappy. Is there a way to do a bad block check in OS X or off the OS X CD?

[zachs]

Originally posted by Drakino:
I'm also thinking the hard drive might be unhappy. Is there a way to do a bad block check in OS X or off the OS X CD? [/B]

Start up from the Mac OS X Install CD. When you get to the first "Welcome" screen, select Run Disk Utility from the Installer menu.

You can check and repair the disk from there.

[Wet Jimmy]

I'm having this same problem. PB17 w/OSX 10.2.6.

Software update is continually forgetting what it has installed, and like someone previously mentioned, the log file shows several copies of the same update has been installed.

Any suggestions other than rebuilding the damned thing?