I just installed 10.2 on a Pismo/500/192. It runs beautifully - I expected it to be a lot slower until I got more RAM, but speed simply hasn't been a problem.
The problem is that even very basic applications, like TextEdit, simply won't work. It all seems to be related to something with ATSserver.
So far, problems have occurred with:
HelpViewer (quits unexpectedly)
Mail (cannot access any mailboxes)
Software Updater (quits unexpectedly)
TextEdit (cannot access any menus)
Console (cannot copy text out)
Under TextEdit, I can still do things via key commands, even though none of the menus will come down. The only exceptions are commands which require font actions - bold, italic, or opening the font panel.
In my console.log, all of the above result in messages like:
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Support/ATSServer: ATSServer got a fatal exception!! Please check /var/tmp/ATSServer_170.
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Support/ATSServer: FOExceptionMainHandler caught a fatal exception at 0x0003cf74
My Help Viewer.crash.log says:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x0000029c
My Software Update.crash.log says:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x0000003f
My Console.crash.log says:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xbff7ffe4
I should point out that I get these problems under a system which has not been "customized" - it's all fresh. In addition, I get these same problems when booting off of an eternal FireWire drive running 10.2.2 and I try to run the above applications *from the external drive*, rather than simply my internal drive.
That leads me to another problem: I cannot update to 10.2.2. The web page says I simply need OS X installed as the only requirement, but the updater won't work for me... I don't know if that is related or not.
I appreciate any help anyone can give me. I've run Disk First Aid and I've run the "permission fixer" to see if either would help, but no such luck. I'd love to use OS X, but it does me no good for the system to run beautifully while half the applications crash. It all seems related to fonts, though, so perhaps I've provided enough information to make solving this straightforward...
Thanks again!
The problem is that even very basic applications, like TextEdit, simply won't work. It all seems to be related to something with ATSserver.
So far, problems have occurred with:
HelpViewer (quits unexpectedly)
Mail (cannot access any mailboxes)
Software Updater (quits unexpectedly)
TextEdit (cannot access any menus)
Console (cannot copy text out)
Under TextEdit, I can still do things via key commands, even though none of the menus will come down. The only exceptions are commands which require font actions - bold, italic, or opening the font panel.
In my console.log, all of the above result in messages like:
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Support/ATSServer: ATSServer got a fatal exception!! Please check /var/tmp/ATSServer_170.
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/ATS.framework/Versions/A/Support/ATSServer: FOExceptionMainHandler caught a fatal exception at 0x0003cf74
My Help Viewer.crash.log says:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x0000029c
My Software Update.crash.log says:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x0000003f
My Console.crash.log says:
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x0001) at 0xbff7ffe4
I should point out that I get these problems under a system which has not been "customized" - it's all fresh. In addition, I get these same problems when booting off of an eternal FireWire drive running 10.2.2 and I try to run the above applications *from the external drive*, rather than simply my internal drive.
That leads me to another problem: I cannot update to 10.2.2. The web page says I simply need OS X installed as the only requirement, but the updater won't work for me... I don't know if that is related or not.
I appreciate any help anyone can give me. I've run Disk First Aid and I've run the "permission fixer" to see if either would help, but no such luck. I'd love to use OS X, but it does me no good for the system to run beautifully while half the applications crash. It all seems related to fonts, though, so perhaps I've provided enough information to make solving this straightforward...
Thanks again!