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Yes thanks, Safari, I know this dmg contains an application 562 Views / 2 Replies  
Now can you please piss off and not remind me why I would choose to download pretty much any disk image I would download (to obtain and install an application).

Stupid repetitive warnings like...
Posted by trusted_content, on May 1, 2005 at 04:04 AM, in Applications
Check to see if you have HP printer drivers... 5,650 Views / 52 Replies  
Check to see if you have HP printer drivers installed.

Just saying.

I've seen them render many a Mac nearly unusable.
Posted by trusted_content, on Mar 14, 2005 at 01:06 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: Idea: IRC for Safari 1,752 Views / 4 Replies  
I don't really see the point.

I'm actually quoting you just to point out your correct use of the possessive 'its' though. It's so rare to not see someone making the mistake of adding an...
Posted by trusted_content, on Feb 2, 2005 at 02:51 AM, in Developer Center
In the past few weeks, I have had to work on... 876 Views / 3 Replies  
In the past few weeks, I have had to work on every kind of Mac currently shipping, doing software installs/etc. right out-of-the-box.

The only issue I have seen repeatedly is that the OS X image...
Posted by trusted_content, on Jan 2, 2005 at 06:42 PM, in macOS
Power supply question - URGENT 561 Views / 3 Replies  
I've been trusted to do some software maintenance on a close associate's G3 Ibook (900 mhz... Gen-3 I believe?) while she is away on vacation. I just realized she neglected to leave me with the...
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 24, 2004 at 08:01 PM, in Mac Notebooks
This very crash occurred under those very... 98,375 Views / 815 Replies  
This very crash occurred under those very circumstances last week, while my computer was in the middle of installing a system update. Needless to say, it's now borked but I haven't bothered to...
Posted by trusted_content, on Mar 24, 2004 at 08:27 PM, in macOS
Panther _IS_ Broken! 1,969 Views / 31 Replies  
I've had it up to here with the cascading lockups that have been the bane of several users here, but which Apple seems to categorically deny are happening.

We all know how they start. First a...
Posted by trusted_content, on Feb 25, 2004 at 03:10 PM, in macOS
Should've been more specific. I meant its... 15,651 Views / 64 Replies  
Should've been more specific. I meant its Preferences plist, as in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist.

I can't find the parts about transparency there, but I can find the ones about...
Posted by trusted_content, on Feb 25, 2004 at 07:55 AM, in macOS
Those are just the result of hidden options in... 15,651 Views / 64 Replies  
Those are just the result of hidden options in Dock's plist. You don't need any themer to enable them, you just need to either hack the .plist yourself or use one of the many free programs that do...
Posted by trusted_content, on Feb 25, 2004 at 12:08 AM, in macOS
Wow, Quartz is rockin' :) Here's the carnage... 15,651 Views / 64 Replies  
Wow, Quartz is rockin' :)

Here's the carnage of the first trick on my iMac (click for big)

http://dely.conio.net/img/oscracksmall.png (http://dely.conio.net/img/oscrack.png)
Posted by trusted_content, on Feb 24, 2004 at 10:00 PM, in macOS
Same here. The console log (which I can't be... 813 Views / 14 Replies  
Same here. The console log (which I can't be arsed to check right now) indicates an issue with Java.
Posted by trusted_content, on Feb 21, 2004 at 05:51 AM, in Applications
The strangest thing ever... please scratch your heads at this 1,164 Views / 9 Replies  
I was poking around my OS 9 volume, which is in /Volumes/El Duderino, and I noticed a whole BSD subsystem was installed there. Not only that, but there are logs in var/log indicating that at some...
Posted by trusted_content, on Feb 7, 2004 at 02:10 PM, in macOS
Gah... still didn't fix my popup menu bug. ... 14,486 Views / 150 Replies  
Gah... still didn't fix my popup menu bug.


And I think I'm the only person with this problem too.



I feel so alone :(
Posted by trusted_content, on Dec 17, 2003 at 09:28 PM, in macOS
INSTALLING 14,486 Views / 150 Replies  
INSTALLING
Posted by trusted_content, on Dec 17, 2003 at 09:12 PM, in macOS
Cannot get programs to dump core for the life of me 516 Views / 0 Replies  
There's an app I'm debugging that I want to use the core dump of in GDB. I followed some instructions to enable coredumps in /etc/hostconfig, where I changed:

COREDUMPS=-NO-

to:
...
Posted by trusted_content, on Dec 16, 2003 at 08:17 PM, in macOS
This has happened to me three times now, the... 810 Views / 3 Replies  
This has happened to me three times now, the latest 5 minutes ago.

One app would freeze. Force-quitting said app would destabilize the system, and every subsequent app would beachball ( and I...
Posted by trusted_content, on Dec 13, 2003 at 12:49 AM, in macOS
here you go... 1,235 Views / 23 Replies  
here you go (http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=192391)
Posted by trusted_content, on Dec 9, 2003 at 01:00 AM, in Applications
Make GTK apps pretty 2,125 Views / 2 Replies  
Here's some instructions I posted on the Something Awful Forums (http://forums.somethingawful.com) for setting up X11 with nice font options, and making GTK2 look extra sweet with a nice theme. I...
Posted by trusted_content, on Dec 9, 2003 at 12:58 AM, in macOS
Has nobody actually recommended pan... 1,235 Views / 23 Replies  
Has nobody actually recommended pan (http://pan.rebelbase.com/) yet?

Blasphemy!

Pan is a very very fine GTK2 newsreader. Requires X11 and either fink or darwinports to install (unless you're...
Posted by trusted_content, on Dec 8, 2003 at 07:47 PM, in Applications
I would do this except my Beige G3 at home only... 2,843 Views / 52 Replies  
I would do this except my Beige G3 at home only has onboard video.

Is it possible to use a kext from Jaguar for Beige G3 video and possible make it work then?
Posted by trusted_content, on Dec 8, 2003 at 05:53 AM, in macOS
Is it possible to fast user switch to >console 564 Views / 1 Replies  
That's the one piece of Linux functionality I really miss.

Is it possible/are there any hacks that make it possible?
Posted by trusted_content, on Nov 18, 2003 at 08:03 AM, in macOS
hay guys what's going on in th ... 4,813 Views / 59 Replies  
hay guys what's going on in th

http://delysid.frap.net/img/flatten.png
Posted by trusted_content, on Nov 17, 2003 at 10:10 PM, in macOS
Thanks for the plug. DOWNLOADED :cool: 1,034 Views / 11 Replies  
Thanks for the plug.

DOWNLOADED :cool:
Posted by trusted_content, on Nov 13, 2003 at 01:58 PM, in macOS
Services Menu... what were they thinking? 1,034 Views / 11 Replies  
I use irssi a lot in Terminal.app. It was always nice and convenient to select an URL, then cmd-shift-L and open it in Safari. Easy as pie.

Now they've reassigned Cmd-Shift-L to "google search"...
Posted by trusted_content, on Nov 12, 2003 at 11:46 PM, in macOS
I'm not sure now NeXTStep managed display... 1,199 Views / 7 Replies  
I'm not sure now NeXTStep managed display forwarding, but my guess is that the remote machine probably sent PostScript commands, which were rendered by the Display Postscript engine on the client.
...
Posted by trusted_content, on Nov 12, 2003 at 04:16 PM, in macOS
Bump! 1,093 Views / 14 Replies  
Bump!
Posted by trusted_content, on Nov 11, 2003 at 01:30 PM, in macOS
Damn is this fast! Pity that it can't even... 3,467 Views / 51 Replies  
Damn is this fast!

Pity that it can't even render Slashdot "nested view" though (renders everything flat).
Posted by trusted_content, on Nov 11, 2003 at 03:20 AM, in Applications
No APEs here, clean install of Panther on wiped... 1,093 Views / 14 Replies  
No APEs here, clean install of Panther on wiped drive, having the exact same problem.

Usually the culprit app that starts the shitstorm is iTunes. See this...
Posted by trusted_content, on Nov 11, 2003 at 03:02 AM, in macOS
Weird problem with one widget in Panther 515 Views / 1 Replies  
Note: this is a clean install of Panther on a freshly-wiped drive.

This widget:

http://delysid.frap.net/img/popupmenu.png

Does not work. And by "does not work" I mean if I press on the...
Posted by trusted_content, on Nov 10, 2003 at 11:45 PM, in macOS
iTunes Crash Bringing Down the Whole System (Panther) 633 Views / 1 Replies  
This has been happening the last two days. I can't think of anything that changed except I installed Windows Media Player 9.

iTunes for whatever reason will end up in an infinite loop of...
Posted by trusted_content, on Nov 10, 2003 at 05:02 PM, in macOS
Are you pulling my leg? I certainly don't see it... 18,918 Views / 64 Replies  
Are you pulling my leg? I certainly don't see it anywhere on Microsoft's website.
Posted by trusted_content, on Nov 7, 2003 at 07:39 PM, in macOS
Converting from one lossy codec to another... 747 Views / 4 Replies  
Converting from one lossy codec to another generally degrades the quality that much more.

Are you sure whoever is going to be viewing these can't just install VLC (http://www.videolan.org)?
Posted by trusted_content, on Oct 19, 2003 at 04:13 AM, in Applications
Re: Re: a slight improvement 4,933 Views / 57 Replies  
Why did killing Apache bring down ssh? Or the server for that matter?


Odd.
Posted by trusted_content, on Oct 13, 2003 at 11:46 PM, in macOS
Hehe... I know this thread was a joke. But... 7,449 Views / 54 Replies  
Hehe... I know this thread was a joke.

But I'll just chime in with:

"I've spoken to one Apple employee. He confirmed that build 85 was GM. Would I trust him? Yes. Do you have any reason to...
Posted by trusted_content, on Oct 7, 2003 at 02:30 AM, in macOS
Fermat references never grow old :D :cool: :) 3,289 Views / 41 Replies  
Fermat references never grow old :D :cool: :)
Posted by trusted_content, on Oct 3, 2003 at 07:23 AM, in macOS
fink selfupdate-cvs times out... indefinitely 579 Views / 1 Replies  
I've noticed a problem in the last few days where every time I try to update the fink tree (seen this on two boxes so far), it just stalls after running the command. Like so:


[Cthulhu:~]...
Posted by trusted_content, on Sep 29, 2003 at 05:06 PM, in macOS
That's the point. It's great for converting a... 6,484 Views / 108 Replies  
That's the point. It's great for converting a few things, is rather cheap, and when you want to do a quick and dirty sketch (Something Awful threads come to mind), it's perfect.




Plus, the...
Posted by trusted_content, on Sep 22, 2003 at 06:52 AM, in Applications
but then it won't be Snappy� 16,904 Views / 186 Replies  
but then it won't be Snappy�
Posted by trusted_content, on Sep 22, 2003 at 06:31 AM, in macOS
KDE uses Kwin by default. Gnome, as the guy... 3,623 Views / 52 Replies  
KDE uses Kwin by default.

Gnome, as the guy above me said, uses Metacity.
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 23, 2003 at 12:06 AM, in macOS
Huh... My Beige G3-266dt runs fine with... 709 Views / 7 Replies  
Huh...

My Beige G3-266dt runs fine with every rev. of OS 10.2.

I'd suspect you have some sort of hardware issue.
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 21, 2003 at 09:59 PM, in macOS
I heard that it was sn 17,206 Views / 160 Replies  
I heard that it was sn
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 21, 2003 at 09:56 PM, in macOS
I would still suggest you have your hardware... 3,623 Views / 52 Replies  
I would still suggest you have your hardware looked at.

I had the exact same problem (kernel panic on boot, complaining about IOKit) trying to install OS X.2 on a Lombard G3 Powerbook and it...
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 21, 2003 at 09:55 PM, in macOS
It happened AGAIN. And once again it wasn't... 1,540 Views / 17 Replies  
It happened AGAIN. And once again it wasn't logged. At least I remembered to write down the hex string this time:

00 : 03 : 93 : C0 : DF : BE

I'm gonna try that Open Firmware code but from...
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 12, 2003 at 12:59 AM, in macOS
My Mac/Linux superiority complex has just gotten a huge boost thanks to this RPC worm 994 Views / 25 Replies  
On every message board I use, the number of 'HALP MY WINDOWSE MACHIEN KEEPS REBOOTING' threads have gone from 2 a day to over 15 a day.

Almost all of those people are now propagating worms or...
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 11, 2003 at 10:50 PM, in MacNN Lounge
Sounds like it's time for the good old 'zap your... 432 Views / 2 Replies  
Sounds like it's time for the good old 'zap your PRAM'. Best I can offer :hmm:
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 11, 2003 at 01:59 AM, in macOS
Depending on your video card, that shouldn't hold... 3,267 Views / 39 Replies  
Depending on your video card, that shouldn't hold you back.

Edit
...
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 10, 2003 at 12:47 AM, in macOS
I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem. ... 543 Views / 2 Replies  
I'm glad I'm not the only one with this problem.

Rebooting did fix it, thankfully. It only seems to crop up every few weeks... I also noticed some CoreAudio errors appeared at the same time which...
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 8, 2003 at 06:40 AM, in macOS
Audio Quality Weirdness 543 Views / 2 Replies  
Something awfully strange has happened to me for the second time today. I'm not sure what I did to trigger it ( nor what I did last time ), but suddenly all audio being played sounds muffled, almost...
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 7, 2003 at 10:09 PM, in macOS
Um, by 'safe mode' you mean 'single user mode',... 526 Views / 3 Replies  
Um, by 'safe mode' you mean 'single user mode', right?
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 7, 2003 at 10:06 PM, in macOS
Holy ****, did they remove the debug code? 1,657 Views / 13 Replies  
Holy ****, did they remove the debug code?
Posted by trusted_content, on Aug 7, 2003 at 10:04 PM, in macOS
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